Gab and John look over their shoulders!
Do you remember that hot, yet fringe, rumor from just months ago wherein Kelly Slater was going to surf in the Portugal contest? Even though he broke his foot just months prior in multiple places? A fine one to be sure and basically correct because yesterday it was revealed that Cocoa Beach’s first son is going to be surfing in the Pipeline Masters! Florida Today first reported:
Less than five months after breaking five bones in his right foot, surfing legend Kelly Slater is in the official lineup for this coming week’s Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons contest, on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii.
Slater, who sustained the multiple fractures while free-surfing between heats at Jeffreys Bay, South Africa, in mid-July, and required plates and screws in a surgery later that month, has tested his skills at least three times, most recently in his hometown of Cocoa Beach, at the beach behind Coconuts during the National Kidney Foundation Team Challenge two weeks ago.
“Anytime he can get out on the water, he is willing to test it,” said Phil Salick, originator of the NKF Labor Day Surf Festival, along with his late brother, Rich. “He absolutely, definitely wants to surf Pipeline. Of course, there’s a big difference on the pressure of the water on his foot at Pipeline (perhaps 10- to 20-foot waves) and 4-foot offshore” here.
Are you going to quickly reshuffle your fantasy team or do you not believe that the 11 x world champ has any gas left in the tank?
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saw slater out at rincon a couple weeks ago and he was tearing, i reckon he’s looking good for pipe an just playing mind games
My heart says yes! My head however is a little less romantic at the idea.
Just had a sneaky peek at the Pipe webcam. Within 2 minutes of watching, saw a bloke who dropped in wear a board to the face Credit where it’s due, he stayed on the wave as it exited the right of screen, whereas the board flinger had to paddle back out. The holding of his jaw may have lost him some points from the judges though.
Pipe Swan Song. Well scripted KS.
Of course he’s fucking surfing. He’ll grasp any smidgin of a chance he has to fuck up JJF’s shot at coming near his record. Or Gabby’s, for that matter.
Starting to think Kelly and Shane Dorian are morphing into the same person. Anyone ever see those two in the same room? I’m not saying its true, I’m simply saying it’s weird, also, the world is flat.
I thought it was weird to see Slater surfing the Pipe Trials. Makes sense now.
Shane Dorian, or Kelly testing the foot in smaller surf? You be the judge
The flat earth folks make me chuckle. Surely by now one of them would have photo/video evidence showing the edge. Call me crazy, but I have seen no such proof. Viva La Kelly!
Just over on Stab the other day I was fondly reminiscing on my days as a lunar door gunner in 73′, flying over their lunar rice paddys, wasting space gooks with our m16as, yeah, Earth was round from up there alright.
Charlie is in the trees.
BREAKING? This is at least one week old news.
Chas is the anti-CNN/ABC so let’s hear it for journalistic integrity. Or something.
Breaking (foot):
How about this for next level, Rothschild/Vatican/Colonel Sanders conspiracy…
The WSL is putting Kelly in the Gabby side of the draw to assure us a Johns Florence encore.
Don’t get me started man. For one extra crispy is just crushed up cornflakes. Nobody realizes…
Great…you just ruined all of the magic and mystery for me. Bastard.
Bet you make some awesome fried chicken in the future. I know your not vegan cuz were not on the inertia.
I usually leave the fried chicken to the professionals at Publix. But now you’ve given me hope…
Publix is good. You gotta learn the fry times and fight off too many soccer moms for the fresh stuff. That and they are ALWAYS out of potato wedges,I don’t think they exist anymore. Publix pro tip,if you just pocket the ,”50cent” sauce,you don’t have to pay for it!
Good man! I’m heading to FLA for the holidays so I’ll do my best to gain Intel and beat the soccer Mom’s and Rascal crowd to the good stuff.
Bring a board. Waves have been good almost everywhere. I placed a bad bet and mafia broke my pinky so i can’t surf for a few weeks,bummed.
Unfortunately I’ll be on the west coast most of the time but since I blew a disc out in August I shouldn’t be doing anything in the water anyway.
I worked at KFC when I was at high school. Haven’t eaten it since. Am I missing out?
They don’t call it original recipe for nothing.
So, what do you know that has caused this dietary hiatus?
Probably the fact they were mutating like actually making chickens with no beaks. For real. Doing all kinds of crazy stuff i think they’ve stopped but it was a big deal for a while
I ate heaps of it while I worked there. But melting down all that palm oil for the fryers and seeing how much salt goes into the breading. I figured I should get out before my arteries still had a fighting chance.
Ha! A mate of mine at uni worked at a Tip Top bakery. When they got the contract for maccas buns, he went to the supervisor and asked if the recipe was right?
“Yeah, why?”
“These buns have more sugar than our cream ones and more salt than our savoury ones as well.”
“Yeah, that’s so when you have them and the fries, you get thirsty and order a drink. The drinks cost hardly anything because it’s made from a syrup and mostly water.”
The dream was shattered.
A bald gimp or John john? Yep.