Should Kelly Slater pull a Freddy P? (Hint: Yes!)
I am still a little confused about the World Surf League format. Like, when surfers lose in the second round they’re out of the contest right? The second round is not a no losers round right? I think.
And Kelly lost in the second round to Stu Kennedy who was riding a Firewire. Kelly owns Firewire. Stu owned Kelly. And is it time for the man to make a Fred Pattachia and smash his Slater Designs on the rocks and step away? I think.
It ain’t pathetic yet. Kelly still surfs but getting smashed by Stu does not really add much to the legend. So what do you think? Is it time for the eleven time world champ to hang it up? I’ll give you a hint if you want. Yes.
P.S. Matt Warshaw! I finally agree!
Feeling the urge of burning an idol Chas?
No. Kelly looked terrible. He looked like he didn’t want to be there or couldn’t be there.
We all agree on that. But what if he went on to win Bells on the same weird looking board? Would you still suggest a retirement plan for the bold king?
Stu just looked like he had more fire(wire) in him. Kelly surfed that heat only to prove that his board choice (and design) was relevant. The win always goes to the guy who wants it more, just ask Adriano…
Well I guess I won’t be winning that free trip to Hawaii courtesy of Fantasy Surfer, no thanks to Melling, but I suppose Melling did as well as Slater in this competition!
Unfortunately yes. But the man is a freak and will prove us all wrong next event. He just needs to grab any board other than his.
Eh if this was at a barreling spot I would be concerned, but crap snapper…surprised he showed up.
I feel like Kellz has had some bad luck throughout last year and today with some of his heats being run in marginal conditions. He no longer appears to be able to win heats regularly if he needs to manufacture scores in dud waves. Would have been great to watch him compete in the conditions that were on offer a couple of weeks ago. Unless they reduce the top 34 to the top 17 which would reduce the need to run heats in such shitty waves I fear his days of winning multiple events a year are done. He has a shot at pipe, fiji and chopes, other than that he wont make it past the quarters. His only other chance is a Hypto
I think I worked it out. Since Kelly somewhat beat Webber to the punch on the wavepool front, under the guise of a board collaboration, Webber has secretly fucked him up. “Hey Kelly ride the banana board it is the bomb for snapper!!” – hahahaha got ya.
No & your stupid for saying so !! Not just because I’m a fan either. The waves where junk and Kelly just got what was given to him and sure you could second guess. However – you put this guy in serious conditions and he’ll rise to the occasion. He might not win the contest but he fucking won’t lose in the second round to anybody ranked lower or higher then him …not in the second round – dam it !!
Aha, I never said it wasn’t enjoyable, just lacking in content, like you could read a days’ posts in 10 minutes, I’d hope. They could be making more money is all. If all you read was Beach Grit you wouldn’t have a fucking clue what was actually happening in surfing, save for who’s arguing with who on instagram and which surfer has the gayest power? Which is nonetheless all entertaining, but y’know.
Please inform us where you go for “whats actually happening in surfing”?
Nowhere in particular! A select few posts from different places. Like if I wanted to see who this Ryan Callanan dude is and how he surfs I wouldn’t find much here would I? There is some decent vids and shit out there like. I’m not dissin’ BG, sure amn’t I here commenting just like the gossipy arsehole they want me to be
Nah no B-grade video clips here! to busy talking about Rory’s dog needing a massage… But pleased to have a blue eyed cheeky Irish lad like yourself here. xx
the parking area at Peahi down the dirt road.
It’s time for retirement… or HGH
I’ve literally only now just realised Beach Grit is the tabloid of the surf world. “Feud!”, “Rumour!”, “Panic!”, Kinky!”, “Hot Nude!”, and even Gay Power Rankings. So many exclamation marks! It’s not really about surfing per say? I suppose it fills a niche.
Go read inertia, it’s for the “smart” people.
Don’t tell me Beach Grit is for dummies!
The other thing is that slater had nothing to do with the board Kennedy surfed design wise . He may own a % of FireWire , but tomo and stu have been working together well before slater came on board.
That thing slater rode was shit.Nobodys fault but his own
With what Slater has done for pro surfing Slater should be allowed to surf until he’s 60. If he is good enough to qualify he gets to surf, plenty of guys half his age can’t do it. Should surf Jurnos pull their head in ???? hint “yes”
Enjoy the pro
Do you think Slater will be satisfied surfing competitively until he is 60 and losing?
that was tough to watch, sign that board and give it to a grom.
it’s interesting that you reference an article telling him to retire with 10 world titles – and yet he now has 11.
That lovely article is how I first met Matt Warshaw. I told him he was lame for writing it, or something. But he was right, even though Kells went on to win one more. It is especially time now.
its not like he lost to kanoe kanoah or kulhua
did you forget to add stuey was fucking shredding???
I said he owned Kelly! What more do you want? Tell me. TELL ME!
i want a job chas really i do. Im terrible with punctuation, grammar and spelling but thats beside the point. i have some very weird stuff locked in here that no normal person can understand
or at least a reach around from you
should Jules hang it up too?
Yes
That’s just what i was gonna ask.
At 44, KS is still one of the world’s best surfers, but he can’t consistently win heats in all conditions anymore. It looks like he tries to hide this fact behind quirky board choices. Somebody else better start picking his boards.
You nailed it! He knows everybody can blame it on the boards, if he has a magic 5’9 thruster and gets smoked he becomes irrelevant. Slater is an insecure bastard like the rest of us
So we should expect the greatest surfer of all time to retire because he’s no longer the best groveler in the world? The WSL is taking surfing down market by diluting the quality of surf in heats (too many surfers, too many combined events with women, etc.). Slater is still top 5 in good waves (which SHOULD be the standard for WSL events).
yes
Another crap year of surf for the kick off event at snapper, man the WSL is cursed! They shouldn’t of even ran Kelly’s heat…
But they did. And he lost.
It’s always a heat too late when they go on hold!
Only for the losers…