Kelly Slater lashes out at Brazilian for "utilizing tactics over talent!"
When you think of great surfing tacticians who comes to your mind? Tom Curren? Andy Irons? Lisa Andersen? Kelly Slater?
Yes. Kelly Slater. He has spent his 43 years in a contest singlet out-witting, out-maneuvering, out-planning, out-thinking, out-foxing, out-distancing, out-suckering, out-vibing, out-wiggling, out-tacticianing the competition. No one plays the game from start to finish like our Great One. He loves to get into other surfers’ heads. He loves to make them think he is going to paddle for this wave or that. He loves to look off frothy ones but then spin and somehow find blue caverns growing magically on the inside reef.
Kelly Slater is a tactical surfer and one of, if not the most, talented ever.
So it was with mild amusement that I looked upon Kelly’s Instagram feed this morning and found him criticizing Wiggolly Dantas for “utilizing tactics over talent.”
“Honestly it was probably a little cocky on my part…” he said, responding to one of his followers about an small incident between Wiggoly and Conner Coffin (I think. Or maybe there was another that I missed.) “…I got caught up in the moment and although I really like Wiggoly as a friend and a person I dislike his approach to surfing heats, utilizing tactics over talent which he has plenty of. It’s rare to see two interferences in as may events and unprecedented to see a guy do it twice in one event. Poor sportsmanship but my comments were probably slightly irrational also. But also kinda funny :)”
And hmmmmmm. This smells like a tactic to me! Wiggolly is currently 13th in the world and Kelly is 26th. I wonder what his plan is? To take down Wig, emotionally, by calling him out while misspelling his name then Caio (referring to him as Ciao) then Italo? To carve out Brazil’s heart before lopping off its head (Gab Medina)? There’s got to be a play here. But what? What could it possibly be?
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It’s sad. Just sad. The man won everything there is to be won and yet he is trapped in his past and completely unable to move on with his life. And now, facing the inevitable decay he is increasingly becoming a sour hypocrite tart. Must retire soon for his own good.
I doubt Sigmund was sporting Mickies slippers for weiss wursting.
“Projection”, was a theory invented by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud.
Oh well. Bridges burnt… Goat stew anyone?
Cool, it’s a win win for all… see ya Cavey!
Ok. Time to delete your account now you’re boring again. ⚰⚰⚰
Yip I agree…
Disqus needs to enforce daily comment limits for the mentally disabled. Then compulsive idiots like Caveira would be able to communicate with us in a safe environment where they can keep their dignity.
Hey! That’s a great idea ( eating tub of glue)
And?
Just message his mum and tell her ban him from the computer. He needs to practice his poo stance outside.
I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t get literally 25 messages from you. Poor lonely gimp.
Calm down my precious child. Negatron is your friend.
Slaveira. Come to Zeally Bay Road in Torquay Victoria 3228 and I’ll bash the fuck out of you and then take you to the beach and teach you how to surf without a poo stance. I’ll adopt you as my disabled son and get you citizenship in a proper country.
I miss all the fun!
How about I let you stay? only condition would be to delete your comments that involved insulting others…
You speak, but say nothing Cavey…
Don’t delete him just yet. I’m not finished with him.
Im going to broker a deal with him… it will be amusing at the least, Im glad you’re here to bear witness.
This explains why he deleted my comment when I told James B to suck my dick.
A problem would be someone that only add’s insults not discussion to the site.
I’m actually with you on the iHusky is James B argument. It’s quite likely.
I only tracked the IP as a bargaining tool if you became a problem here…
No matter how the IP is set up. I can click on someones Disqus name, down drops a header with Ban user / delete all comments (and another couple of options} then I can click on as many of those as I want… all in a matter of seconds. Thats why maybe at STAB not all your comments were deleted because only the ban button was pushed?
I probably will just ban you… we don’t want a forum of shit slinging slave eating shit talkers. No gain, no discussion and frankly only 2% are interested in that. Even STAB got sick of that. We are looking forward and the future is fun, not dumb!
Husky aint Jamie B, that I know… Stupid articles? you read one then?? thats great! Hey, just for the record its takes me about 3-5 seconds to delete all your comments… I have a magic little set-up on my Disqus Mod panel to deal with “trolls”
Hey Cavey!! its been awhile mate… where you been since STAB banned you?