Kelly Slater won his ninth world title today. Holy snakes. That makes him the record holder for most titles won, youngest surfer to be world champ (20, back in ’92) and now the oldest (36 this year—simple math, duh…).
I’m not sure what to say about the matter. In next month’s issue of every surfing magazine available (on planet earth), someone will have a description of how great Kelly Slater is. And I agree. He is. The greatest, even. Human freak show. Possible alien. Genius talent. I could go on.
So well done, Kelly Slater. Your parents must be very proud.
But even though the world title race is over, the Billabong Pro at Mundaka is not. Competition got as far as the quarter finals today. The event should finish tomorrow, provided the wave stick around (which seems likely).
Our Proudly South African moment came from Royden Bryson (Slummies)— he holds the highest heat score of the event (19.37 out of 20) so far. Bryson caned his round 2 heat, with a perfect 10 and a 9.37 back up score, taking out Damian Hobgood (USA).
Back in PE, there weren’t exceptional waves today. If you were busy all day (like myself) and never got a chance to surf, here is a photo that will make you feel better. It’s Pipe at around 4:30PM.
See you at the pub.
I’m not sure what to say about the matter. In next month’s issue of every surfing magazine available (on planet earth), someone will have a description of how great Kelly Slater is. And I agree. He is. The greatest, even. Human freak show. Possible alien. Genius talent. I could go on.
So well done, Kelly Slater. Your parents must be very proud.
But even though the world title race is over, the Billabong Pro at Mundaka is not. Competition got as far as the quarter finals today. The event should finish tomorrow, provided the wave stick around (which seems likely).
Our Proudly South African moment came from Royden Bryson (Slummies)— he holds the highest heat score of the event (19.37 out of 20) so far. Bryson caned his round 2 heat, with a perfect 10 and a 9.37 back up score, taking out Damian Hobgood (USA).
Back in PE, there weren’t exceptional waves today. If you were busy all day (like myself) and never got a chance to surf, here is a photo that will make you feel better. It’s Pipe at around 4:30PM.
See you at the pub.
2 comments:
I can't say I know that much about Slater legacy or surfing in general but he does seem to have dominated the sport an awful lot. Is that such a good thing? Remember how one-sided F1 got with Schumacher?
you make a good point. he has. since '92 he hasn't finished a year of competition in less than 6th place (excluding the years he was off the tour). some people do think he's overscored at events and that the tour has become the 'kelly show', but there are more people screaming for him to go one. its exciting to watch him break records and get better with age, but there is the one-sided schumaker element, too.
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