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.
