And announces his retirement too!
Kelly Slater has a well-known penchant for redirecting the spotlight whenever it strays, slightly, from his still very handsome visage. Who could ever forget the rollout of Surf Ranch? There stood Adriano de Souza, dripping wet from his just clinched World Surf League and Pipeline championships. The proud nation of Brazil’s first ever title. A smile spreading across his face for exactly 30 seconds…
…until he saw everyone around him staring at their phones. Whispering, “What is this? Have you seen this?”
It was Surf Ranch and no one ever cared about Adriano de Souza again.
Today, Joel Parkinson announced his retirement from professional surfing. Though I was surprised, thinking Parko had retired a few years ago, Kelly Slater knew because the man has a photographic memory when it comes to surf and surf history.
Kelly, anyhow, feeling the spotlight stray, grabbed it right back by announcing his own retirement too.
Joel who?