“The gnarly thing is, you never really moved on, you never got a coach. It was hard!”
The former #9 surfer, Pipe Master runner-up and veteran of a decade on the world tour has levelled an extraordinary historic charge against the world’s greatest athlete, Kelly Slater.
On the insanely popular surf podcast Ain’t that Swell, run by the two best broadcast journalists in the game, Vaughan Blakey and Jedaum Smith, we find Dean Morrison, the third prong in the Coolangatta trident alongside Joel Parkinson and Mick Fanning although its least successful competitively ‘cause he wasn’t into raking his teeth across the erected cherry nipples of ASP judges, describing the day a wedge was driven between he and “mentor, coach, and surrogate father” Wayne “Rabbit” Bartholomew.
In 1995, fifteen-year-old Morrison had fled the family home in Tweed Heads following a messy divorce and moved in with Bugs at his beachfront joint at Kirra.
“Rab was there to guide me from an early age,” Morrison tells ATS. “That wisdom that I learned from then prepared me onto the Championship Tour. Having someone like that guide me was invaluable.”
In 2002, Morrison qualified for the tour.
Bugs, meanwhile, had manoeuvred his way into the top job of the ASP, the forerunner to today’s WSL.
As Morrison describes it, following a heat against Peterson Rosa in the opening event at Snapper Rocks, “Kelly seen me and Rab having a conversation and he goes, ‘This is not fucking on! You cannot do this!’”
The implication being, the head of the ASP shouldn’t be tender-hearted on one of the competitors.
Kelly, then a six-time world champ, had a point of course and Morrison knew it.
“It separated us (but) you can’t run the tour and coach someone.”
Rabbit says, “That very first event, you were against Peterson Rosa, Kelly came up, said, ‘You reckon that was a seven! I’m watching you!’”
Rabbit remembers thinking, “Wow! This is gnarly!”
At one point, Rabbit looks over at his little pal and says, “The gnarly thing is, you never really moved on, you never got a coach. It was hard!”
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The Seppo is a douchebag.
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the brief encounterbelongsDoh!!!
Appropriate metaphor indeed!!
It’s crazy to see what Republicans stood for in 1980s under RR and GB, vs now. 180 degree turn.
Just like how democrats were pro slavery.
You mean the Den party that became Republican? In which case you are correct. But I always use stuff from 150 yrs ago to make a political point about now.
The point I was trying to make is that it’s irrelevant and not even worth bringing up. Both sides are corrupt in every sense of the word. Currently one side seems to have a very unhealthy obsession with control.
1. Bexy never said putin is bad
2. Up to 6 weeks ago right wingers were wearing “I’d rather be russian than democrat” shirts in the US.
Not Putin, Russians.
Neg has a point, tho. And I agree it’d be fucken boring without him but that’s only for us….
Young astro and his mates couldn’t give a fuck about baldy.
Where are the Euros??
Blowing on their wind farms and shining torches on solar panels?
Honestly, this is one of dumbest articles I’ve ever read. Negativity is the devils work.
That’s a pretty negative comment Tony.
hahahaha. complete fail. what. a . moron
But it’s so much more convenient to say Putin is an evil monster
Repeat
Repeat
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Erase all opposing views.
Ok, check, in Putin’s camp, duly noted.
Hardly.
But go ahead and go Brandon, sucker.
Violation of the Minsk agreement means nothing to these partisans. I would bet most of them have never even heard about it or the 8 years of bombing that followed it.
It wasn’t on their social feeds.
So you noticed the epic sets rolling in! Similar to pipeline, but different
Hey kuk.
How many accounts do you have, Bexy?
2, both Hot Stuff
Behhhhnnn heeeemmm !
Hahahahahar
Nah, he’s being Bexy Troll, bringing in right-wing lame talking points on every comment, as usual.
How’s the climate today?
Shin high. Choppy. Sucks. And only getting flatter until hurricanes in August. Hopefully some category 5s from climate change.
I always see Brett Barley getting sick barrels at Hatteras
Well, he fucking shreds. And it’s edited footage for click bait so he can keep his sponsors happy. To be fair, Hatteras gets as good as it can get on East Coast, despite its flat spells. But when it’s on, that place is fun, esp in the autumn when the water is still warm and it’s not too crowded. Miles of fun beach break. I’m not there, though.
He’s very very good.
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If ke11y had a sex change and took the right hormone treatment, could he grow hair again? He/she/they could easily milk another 10 years on the women’s tour and would stay ‘relevant’ for the foreseeable future.
I’m sure he’s tempted…
Yes sir. He may be able to acquire 25 titles.
Was this before or after Laird Hamilton caught Dingo pissing in the sink at Tavarua and mopped it out with his (Dingo’s) head?