Layne Beachley opens up on moment male surfer threatened to BASH her

Surfing legend Layne Beachley has opened up on her struggle with depression and how learning she was adopted pushed her to win seven world championship titles. Appearing on ABC's Anh's Brush With Fame on Tuesday night, Beachley said hearing the news just a year after her adoptive mother died made her feel 'worthless'. Appearing on ABC's Anh's Brush With Fame on Tuesday night, Layne Beachley said hearing the news just a year after she lost her adoptive mother made her feel 'worthless' Surfing legend Layne Beachley has described the moment a male surfer threatened to beat her up, her struggle with depression and how her adoption pushed her to win seven world championship titles 'The more he spoke and the more comforting he was, the bigger the couch grew and the more it swallowed me, because I started feeling worthless,' the champion surfer said. But being a young girl trying to get her start in Manly, Beachley said she had to fight for her waves and often came face-to-face with guys who 'weren't that welcoming' Beachley, who began surfing at Sydney's northern beaches, made a pact with herself that very same day to become a world champion and she set her sights on professional surfing While she didn't know what she had done wrong Beachley said she started to 'listen' and 'stopped doing things that p***ed people off'. When she was just eight years old, Beachley's adoptive father broke the news that she was not blood related and was put up for adoption The seven-time world champion, who is married to INXS guitarist Kirk Pengilly, revealed that the 'expectation and rejection' with being the 'best surfer in the world' put lots of pressure on her She said she knew people wanted to see her lose but she learnt to 'make success look like a struggle' to gain support After winning six consecutive world titles - a friend questioned if Beachley's adoption drove her.