It's miracle time!
Lady and gentlemen… we have a miracle! Kelly Slater and one extremely hurt, shattered beyond comprehension, foot will kick off his injury wildcard 2019 campaign in Manly, Australia. Home of the Vissla Sydney Pro and I think Nick Carroll.
Nick?
Do you live in Manly?
Per the World Surf League Press release:
“I’ve always loved the northern beaches having lived part-time in Avalon for 15 years,” said Slater. “I miss it and I’m looking forward to getting back to some old familiar territory. I’m also getting a nice warm-up prior to jumping back on Tour full-time after close to a year and a half hiatus from competition”.
Oh maybe that’s where Nick lives. Avalon. Nick, do you live in Avalon?
Less importantly, how do you think the 11x world champion will fare?
Also, hasn’t Kelly basically lived everywhere on earth, part-time, for the past 15-years?
Blah blah blah.
Professional surfing!
Do you like how Kelly teases his “jumping back on Tour full-time…” bit? I did though also wonder if it may have been added after the fact by one very savvy President of Content, Media and Studios who knows a thing or two about hype.
You win a car! You win a car! You win a car! You win a car! You win a car!
Etc.
Nick, where the hell do you live? I won’t be able to do anything else until I know.
Fuck all these god damn great whites. All over central California and in Oz. We Should cull them all
In Australia he might land on it.
Thought he ran a ding repair business in San Jose, 50miles from the ocean
Are you talking about Hotel Del Rey in San Jose Costa Rica?!
I can’t picture Kelly being there, unless he was …lost.
Great place on one’s way out of town.
I live everywhere Chas. I probably live in Venice Adjacent.
Which is better, sleeping on a bench or under one?
I think Kelly has been buying time and working on his act at the wave tank, specifically turns. His barrel riding is still top shelf. He got 3rd at the tank. Could see him obsessively practicing at the tank on all different settings to simulate the waves on tour / QS. Add the goat factor, etc and I’d bet money he’ll end up top 10 this year.
Little doubt as opposed to no.
Haha a bunch off im so fuckin hot look at me and all me stickers on me board QS frothers are going to get owned by the old GOAT how fucken Bam is that
I thought he retired. In any event, wake me up when he fails to qualify for the tour next year and then is forced to go back onto the QS. THAT would be some fine entertainment.
All we need is some novelty heat where he surfs against Layne Beachley, Tommy Gun (on a SUP replica of his The Snap Rawson) Tony Abbott and The Iceman for a ‘Ruler of the Northern Beaches’ title.
Can we throw in Mike Baird?
Haha he sprung to mind but Abbott’s even more of a VAL so got the spot
Damn!
I got hassled by a woman bout voting Tony boy out.
I told her Tony says suk my dick!
Could you make it a 6 person heat and throw in The Sultan of Speed and the QBC Gumby ?
Better throw in BL repping windnsewerage.
Nick and I only ones living in gods country here?
High five Nick.
Nick?
Don’t leave me hanging bro!
You could be the plus in Newport plus . Don’t Peak too early ?
I’m strictly no man’s land these days
Short and curl curls or a long reefer ?
Balmoral boardriders
It least is has high visibility shark netting !
Sheeeiiit
Y’all ain’t from round these parts!
There was when I was having cuddles there late 80s .
Lottsa sluts round here back then ay!!
Fuk I mean loose women
I prefer to use the term empowered generous females ? Ha ha
See above
Not any more
Gotta drive an Audi to get a hand shandy.
Chinaman’s be aight on a big swell if ya got a mesh suit
I always wanted to surf it as a novelty. Love a novelty wave. Maybe this weekend?
Rare as hens teeth
Chinamens thru the net pretty good righthander at times- across the bay at washaway and the bombie also super fun as novelty. Had a left for 250 metres, 15 years ago that ran all way up through castle rock when heaps sand in there was unbelievable wave
Check out the left at the Opera house
https://youtu.be/wl7r79ujebQ
epic one that one – is the point break 1/100 years storm stuff yeah??
Um it says it on tha clip I think
Is Zinc man still doing Karate on the beach there??
I think it’s his son now
it was at least 20 years ago and more he used to be down there full karate mode – swords and bamboo stakes in shorey then would go up dunes at poles and be rubbing random chicks tits with sunscreen
Cartwheel Bob down Queeny way too!
Most beaches have one I think.
The Coolum-Peregian stretch had a beach walker who wore nought but a tennis visor, cut-off Stubbies and a smile.
Yellow , blue or grey Stubbies and is the tennis visor transparent ?
Blue, but I emphasise ‘cut-off’. The visor was not-transparent, white and well worn.
Why do I remember details like this and not important stuff like setting up decent superannuation?
Sun super
Mick turned me onto it.
The parade of human s is what makes the beach so fun!
Maybe Nick’s dad?
The old incorporating the fact checking into the article itself trick!
Does anyone actually remember what brand of car Oprah gave away that day? Poor bastards gave away a couple hundred cars and no one can remember who they are…
They can’t have been Smarts ?
Nah, would have been American surely
Oprah ain’t giving out no death traps
I was so curious I had to Google. 2004 Pontiac G-6!
most of the audience couldn’t afford to pay taxes on them free cars..
And I bet every single one of them is sitting in a junkyard right now
I’ll just copy and past what I said at Stab – “Man it just gets sadder and sadder”
Much like your pitiful excuse of an existence!
Absolutely! My life is a cautionary tale!
Larry Blair won at Manly and at Pipe and never claimed to be a goat ? If Kelly can’t even get a win at Sunset after 45 years of competing how the hell is he going to win at Manly at 47 ? It ain’t like Maroubra where he won his last QS in Sydney at the tender age of 31 in 2003 .
Who does he think he is ? Midget in 64 ?
That was one hell of a tube (for the times) – Wayne’s wave behind it was also a corker! Have mixed feelings about Larry though, he moved in on my girl at the time, I was driving around for weeks playing Jet Boy by the New York Dolls feeling sorry for myself – Ahhh luv!
Ah Barry Lair ! He even made Lopez scared ! I hope you’ve moved on and are now whistling along to the French version of jet boy from Plastic Bertrand “ Ça Plane pour Moi “ . It was a great contest and maybe ELo could take a look at the documentary David Hill produced for The Nine Network nearly 40 years ago ?
He should indeed! Unfortunately Plastique was to uncool for us middle class white boy punks (god I was a wanker!)
Don’t be too hard on yourself . Bertrand from Belgium was no Jello Biafra !
Don’t fuken mention in same post, Faz favor!!
YouTube?
Two different songs…Jet Boy by the Dolls, and Jet Boy Jet Girl by Elton Motello (Ce Plane Pour Moi by Plastic Bertrand).
Thanks mick . I stand corrected .I have confused The Damned with the Dolls .
That bank still lurks.
At the bra?! Super shifty but think I know the reliable bank other than the dunny bowl
Na at North Steyne
True that.
how dare you be that old to remember , Larry’s was a stall tube , and Wayne backdoored his , but as the judges were watching Larry’s they missed Waynes take off…damn this shits always been going on…..Larry and I had quite a beef at the Stubbies when I sat on his BMW..bloody wanker!!!
Et tu Brutus? – bloody wanker just about covers it! Don’t you hate it when bloody wankers are also good surfers? Yeah your right he did park it from behind, I remember we thought it was a better wave – a winner if not for bloody wanker on the wave before!
I always wondered why Wayne never got “WL” – but then again when anybody says Wayne, you know exactly who they’re talking about.
Kelly’s ego is finally larger than his net worth.
Get GMed too and I’ll be there.
I’ll be the one wearing boardies and the I love Derek t-shirt.
Gabs is in a crazy QS off Brazil .
Isn’t there some weird requirement that everyone on tour has to at least contest a qs ir two throughout the season? Like when your cute friend gets blind drunk and roots a donkey annually.
You’ve described just about every club contest I’ve been in on two continents but I am sure it was a Bush Pig and not a donkey ?
Maybe it was Manbearpig?
Not easy to tell the difference with the beer goggles on ?
Hahahahaha oh man, I used to have a mate that could not stand girls giving me attention, so I would get rotten drunk and chat up some not very desirable female, go to th e dunnies and come back to find he’d dragged her off. Hilarious trick.
Mr NC resides slightly north of Manly Chas – in Newport – a suburb almost next door to Avalon – the ex part-time home of Mr Slater. People from Avalon have a certain way about them.
https://youtu.be/CNXfsXe0bQA
I no longer feel backward for living in a backwater and being poor. Thanks Duke.
Bahahahaha
You could say; ‘Avalon adjacent’.
Nick is most cozy
Most comfortable and content
Living in the past
At least he can remember it.
If you can remember it, you weren’t there.
Nick is no hippie.
Every surfer
Needs hips to swing their asshole
At least commenting
-Apologies to Eddie.
What the fuck did I ever do to you, cunt?
So sorry old cock
I confused you with Sam George
Or was it Matt George?
I tell ya what, let’s go for a surf together this Sunday, see if you are anywhere near the avatar you use
Oh you dick swinger!
I’m the soft Japanese branch
Of the family tree
What a shame you’ll never meet your Uncle Clyde, I bet he’d be stoked you’re using his brother’s photo.
What a shame your bro
Still throws shade on your bald pate
Fifty years later xo
fuck most of the surfing world would love to greet and make meat of Mr E Hicku!
Most of us here on BG would probably like to to shake his (or her) hand.
funny am in Hawaii right now and have been discussing surf culture..negatives and positives…hmmm respect now there’s a thought!
If you need a break from surf insanity, please go up to the The Contemporary Museum of Art in Makiki Heights for me.
They used to have a pretty amazing restaurant too (I working in the kitchen briefly and spent lots of my wages on art books from their shop)
will do but been surfing Lan’s having fun , shit be careful mentioning art on BG , the pack could descend on you like our avatar mate
Fuckin’ bring’em on.
I’m versed in slapping high-cultural açaí bowls.
Catch one for me Brutus,
don’t ya just love da grit!
I DO I DO!!!
Too fucking right!
I noticed in perusing the Archives here that he/she used to write like normal people do.
I love their new/old style even though they dont makes sense sometimes. PS are all he comments deleted after a fixed number of years?
I just love the intro – Lady and Gentleman – implying 2 people read the story or 2 people care?
have another look champ
lady and gentlemen – jen see et al fine i’ll put some glasses on
Not sure whether IB would describe herself as a ‘lady’.
But we also have Nicky and a few others more incognito. Not to mention every time seamaven checks in to remind us of 16th century French religious conflict.
lady? where? (looks around)
Assuming was the case with your sharepenis/softboard rental business
that you were a lady that is and not of the male species