A striking contribution to a fantastic new world!
One hour ago, the Kelly Slater Wave Co and the WSL published a compelling short made around his recent wave pool event. With high-contrast cinematography, hearty first-person observations and relentlessly perky direction, we become privy to a fantastic new world where the ocean becomes unnecessary, where surfing contests can now be given a palatable flavour and sold.
Matt Wilkinson says that he is “baffled” the pool has happened in his lifetime.
The four-time world champion Mark Richards says, “There are things you’d love to see in your lifetime: I never got to see the Beatles play, I never got to see Led Zeppelin play but I got to see Kelly’s wave pool and I’m totally stoked.”
One thing did make me fret.
How did all those cameras not snatch, cleanly, John John Florence’s rodeo (see at 2:38), a striking contribution to the day’s play.
The cameras caught JJF’s rodeo from a bunch of different great angles. But Kelly refused to let the WSL release any close up video clips because he can’t do them yet.
…and because he doesn’t like JJF!!!!
Wanker? But in your scenario possibly not
videographer?
cameramen?
you speak ill of such a noble profession?
Why is “baffled” such a popular word with surfers? He must have learned that in Hawaii. I feel like they are always “baffled”.
Terror is dreadful but necessary, non?
I think, and this is if I’m reading Chas right, it’s a boycott of the French event or at least the finals of the French event. Other outlets have signed onto the strike too! More tomoz!
JJF is like John Glenn. JJF and JG have never been to the moon. But, JJF and JG both wanted the moon. Blue Moon blues. JG was the first American to orbit earth. Now, we are blessed to see JJF NASAdministratin’ his own John Glenn “1st to” when JJF orbited his surfboard rodeo. Wasn’t space but shit fuck howdy, surfing in the middle of Lemoore might as well be surfing in fucking space!
Chas was right, after watching that I totally feel it. It’s the elitist wave pool and I’ll never get to surf it. When I was young, when the first skate park was built we drove straight to it and skated it right when it opened. That ain’t gonna happen here.
Great timing if you want to declare war and surrender for France.
That was just to get you to read the story. They don’t want to lose the free ride.
The most shocking thing about this whole thing is that Kelly invited ADS for this thing
we the people want m.r. footage…
You must not be on the WSL mailing list. They just dropped this in my inbox:
We apologize for the lack of daily footage of Kelly’s Wave Pool. Through his crystal ball you can watch this exciting footage of our future from a newly signed sponsor via fan POV experience. Can you feel the DEW?
https://youtu.be/xPJscTUrdAs
Kelly is the biggest Dyrdek
Dyrdek = $50mil
Slater = $20mil https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
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Kelly trying to close in fast but the hair will never catch up
Chas is going to have a feild day with this. I can feel his anger for “The People”TM all the way down here in Australia
KP’s faux bro hug on Gabby is kinda funny.