Hip, foot in mess, unable to surf etc.
In pretty substantial, but altogether unsurprising, news, the eleven-time world champ Kelly Slater has announced he ain’t gonna be on the WSL’s bird to Australia in two days.
Slater said, “I’ve been struggling with recent and ongoing injuries in both ankles since the Pipe Masters event and I had a separate injury in my right hip (and maybe previously broken foot) this past week which has left me unable to surf. It’s a tough one for me because I love Australia so much and miss the time I usually get to spend there each year. I’ll just have to use the time to get myself up to a level physically I never really got back to after my broken foot (in Jeffreys Bay in 2017) and get myself out of constant pain. Good luck to all my fellow competitors and I hope to see everyone back on tour soon.”
Maybe he just ain’t into doing two-weeks in a crummy hotel with the windows bolted shut and living on takeaway food or maybe he isn’t into jerking his forty-nine-year-old bones around, likely, unspectacular waves at Newcastle and Narrabeen made for Medina, Ferreira, Toledo and co.
Or
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMBgmKcHBlO/
Whatever the reason, missing part or all of the Australian leg will make it real difficult, maybe impossible, for the Champ to confect a miracle, greatest-ever-title win at Lowers in September.
I’d suggest the sands of time have finally run out for a man whose invincibility and longevity singlehandedly kept pro surfing alive. There will be no runs at the title as a fifty year old.
An end that whimpers, no bang.
Unless Tahiti lights up.
just wondering if this is you ……https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen…
no answer smart arse?????
How much time have you spent in Europe….racism is high on the agenda , not like Australia….and yes I can see how someone like you finds racism boring …..but grift…..you wouldn’t have a fucken clue except your right wing fantasy’s about me my personal gains…jealous Mr Geniearse , as I don’t own anything , not even a car…..
So fuck you and your delusions about me Grifting….have a look at yourself…..I am moving forward , what have you ever contributed to society ???
Australia is the new Brazil
Oh well then, how about if you are a non-white, go ahead and drive through the rural south. Tell us how it goes…
less racist than US and OZ…Western Europe … light years ahead….
my race your race….I think it was white colonialism that set the racism boundaries…and fuck science or your science based right wing conspiracy’s……
I have been saying for 30 years or so…Australia is one of the most racist countries on earth….for me it’ still a fact….as the Chinese/Asians/ Mid Eastern / blacks can attest to!
Especially in victoria
none wanna go to the end of the world….
’cause besides racist also lazy…
Surf all winter in hawaii just fine then suddenly injured just hang it up
bye, ain’t gonna miss…
can you name those shithole countries …… very Trumpesque!
The ones that hate women
All Islamic countries.
And a lot of African countries,
Absolute pieces of shit
You hate women…….so are you a peice of shit …..
Free cremation at no extra cost.
Deal with some racism or getting murdered by gangs, seems like an obvious choice if you ask me.
Didn’t Ke!!y invent an injury a few years back when Cloudbreak was pumping, there must be a swell headed somewhere remote while this Aussie bubble thing is going down.
No. It’s a policy failure. What’s happening at the border is fast becoming a humanitarian crisis. In their efforts to be all things not Trump, Biden has taken an immigration at the southern border policy which worked, was fair and prevented migrants making the dangerous travel from Central/South America, through Mexico and all attendant dangers involved, and made it dangerous as all hell for unaccompanied minors. NGO’s are as much to blame as Biden. Trump had Mexico protecting their southern border, which was best, most humane way to approach the matter. I don’t see how you justify Biden’s policy, but I’d love to hear what you think.
so 2500 Americans a day dying a day , down from 6000, and you worry about the South American crisis…as being a “humanitarian” one…..so what do you call the pandemic in the USA at the moment….how many migrants will die ?
The cold hard truth.
Without any meaningful QS tour happening I guess all the CT surfers get to go again next year regardless of their final position? So why would Slater bother? In fact why are any of them bothering? Why am I bothering to write this? What’s the fucking point in anything?
Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the inevitable gradual decline of your physical abilities while doing anything to prolong your relevance in a niche sport to feed your fragile ego if only for one more desperate year.
There are two types of competitive surfers: those who think you can win enough contests and those who have won enough contests. It’s what separates the non-world champs from the world champs. Kelly’s age is finally catching up – I’ll bet he wants to be there but knows he won’t win.
Stockholm syndrome