Follow the money.
The champagne is not yet dry following almost fifty-one-year-old Kelly Slater’s stunning victory over the best surfers in a monumental generation at the Four Seasons Maldives specialty contest. Fans thrilled as Rob Machado, Taylor Steele, Shane Dorian etc. battled it out with single, twin and three-finned surfboards, Slater losing then winning the big money at the end.
Thrills and chills.
Except.
Was the event actually sanctioned by the home of professional surfing, the World Surf League?
The issue was floated after the just-announced re-imagined and anti-woman Pipeline Masters revealed that WSL surfers would be free to participate while turning equality’s clock back.
Slater, current World Surf League number fifteen, given a pass to perform in singlet?
Surf journalism says “No.” That Slater was reprimanded in the form of a fine.
As the world’s greatest surfer maybe owns a nibble of his employer, via the WSL’s acquisition of Slater’s Wave Ranch, further questions begin to percolate.
Does the potential fine flow back to the 11-time champion’s pocket or at least a portion of it? Sources close to the works suggest the exact amount is being debated.
While any ding could, should be easily absorbed by the multi-millionaire and paid with uncaring flair like Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban pays his, Slater is, by all accounts, notoriously cheap. Ridiculously cheap. Absurdly cheap.
Like, wow cheap.
Are you wow cheap?
If the fine doesn’t end up in his wallet will he be sad and/or finally retire in protest?
More as the story develops.
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Hey Chazzzz! You talk so much sh*t about Kelly I am beginning to think you have a bit of a school girl crush! There I’ve said it.
This story is what happens when outlets save money by outsourcing to useful idiots who just graduated college and know fk all about the subject they cover. “Anti-woman” pipemaster…. this article was probably submitted in crayon.
Looks like someone didn’t get a cut and now there pissed off!
Don’t hate on the goat. What a strong bashing just to try and tear him down. Obviously a biased no brained and woke policy filled lib tard wrote this. Probably thinks Biden doing a good job and not corrupt. Idiot author
Would love to watch the video on the page, but holy hell is it impossible all the ads …. I mean, fine, you need to make
money, but this is ridiculous.
Kelly the Greg Norman of shaking it up. Without blood money. + Just selling the sport. Global ambassador.
WHO CARES….
but isn’t the resort all about clean water and environmentally friendly luxury items made locally by kids that don’t steal so they don’t get jailed for life ? how is that an offence
The GOAT of Thriftiness is notoriously late with ‘kala’ ($) for work done on his houses here on the North Shore. Good luck getting Coco Beach Kelly to pick up the tab at Haleiwa Joe’s….
Taylor Steele surfed the comp Chas..
On point as usual
I’m more of a “fuck no I ain’t got any money”.
SBP!!!
“Funny, cheap, character revealing “
Pretty sad that the WSL (etc) gets all butthurt by peeps playing in other little competitions. I mean this wasn’t even a “real” competition, it was naked marketing for this luxury resort.
Whatever
Slater would never have amounted to much as a surfer if it wasn’t for all his wins
Those outerknown pants have deep pockets
I pride myself on being cheap.
Too subscribe to Kelly cheapest life when travelling for myself be plain embarrassing .
I would work a month more and pay the going rate rather than scam the local.
Kelly life is next level cheap and greedy.
I’m not that desperate or greedy
once upon a time Dane Kealoha surfed unsanctioned Triple Crown and was stripped of all his points which finished his career way too early…but he was a threat to the Status Quo ….bloody black fellas!!
Yep that’s another of the reasons I have such distaste for the mid period of proffesional surfing and the surfing industry at that time, not to mention total lack of trust and faith in the surf media’s version of history , it’s the old adage the winners write the history.
at least then you couldn’t hide behind white wealth/privilege, there were consequences…Kanga got the absolute crap beaten out of him…no more Hawaii….Bugs busted down the door and ran home ….ahh , and now…….trust/faith /respect in what today??
I would have forgotten about Kelly and pro surfing in general if it wasn’t for BeachGrit.
Pretty sure Wozzle can get you into the cognitive memory care facility they use for many of their commentators and live-call-in guests and wildcards.
I really miss the Duke Nukem badge I rolled with a few months ago. Still got my Nube badge at least 🤠
my brother Todd created Duke!
His disappoinment… it’s… It’s so clear…