The world's greatest surfer living the world's greatest life!
Donald J. Trump gave a speech yesterday to a mob of blue collar midwestern corn farmers where he said, “So, somebody said, ‘Why did you appoint a rich person to be in charge of the economy?’ … I said, ‘because that’s the kind of thinking we want.’ And I love all people, rich or poor. But in those particular positions, I just don’t want a poor person. Does that make sense? Does that make sense?”
It does make sense and I feel the same way about the best surfer to have ever lived, Robert Kelly Slater.
Just think if Kelly, being the greatest surfer to have ever lived, was poor or struggling. Just think if he had, like, a pretty ok condo in Cocoa Beach and a plaque commemorating his achievements on the wall of his local Hooters.
That would be a compete disaster because if the 11 x world champ could only make it into a condo and Hooters what hope would there be for me? For you?
Thankfully Kelly is spending his weeks between Fiji and South Africa rubbing shoulders with 200 other notables at a private French chateau. Let’s peek in on his Instagram!
Amongst 200 people at a private estate on a hillside above the French Riviera listening to #EddieVedder and #GlenHansard just after sunset on the #SummerSolstice2017 is a pretty good way to spend an evening, I’d say. Sounds more like a hypothetical (and a run-on sentence) than my past few hours. We were supposed to go see #ChakaKhan just before that but I think that would’ve officially been overload. Thanks, gentlemen. #ShakaCannes!
And piggy backs with Kalani!
Keep living the dream, Kelly! I’m right behind you! As soon as I get my wings from Hooters!
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No elevation on takeoff, first manoeuvre underpowered, feet barely above the lip and below shoulders, no innovation, no commitment, good size wave though.
4.8 from this judge.
If he keeps launching businesses that seem to go nowhere, maybe he will end up with that condo
I’m just trying to figure out how that sham – Glenn Hansard – gets to mix in those circles!
he sings for his supper, that’s how!
also, are you saying you didn’t like The Commitments?
He is a long way from Appollo house! The frames were OK, saw them Once! Revelate is a great song, but..
might not be van morrison but surely a cut above eddie vedder! (and yes, i know eddie vedder surfs. doesn’t help matters.)
I once got thrown out of an intimate gig with Glen Hansard
The King has the worlds dorkiest taste in music.
Slater is just like us, he puts his Gucci sneakers on one shoe at a time.
Actually, I think he acid drops into them from a blood-diamond-encrusted helicopter onto an ethically sourced bevy of supermodels.
And just like us, he wipes his arse on Armenian linen. Don’t be fooled by cheaper imitations.
Chas are you saying that the average surfer identifying with Slater is like the proletariat identifying with Trump?
Lucky for me; my surfing consists of mouse clicks and premature ejaculations, and I’m currently unemployed.
the US proletariat is unaware they serf
Just Kelly’s occasional reminder that he’s better than us. #richsurferofinstagram