"What movie or show is he on?"
We surf fans, we students of water dancing at the very highest level, have been aware of Kelly Slater for the better part of four decades. The boy from Cocoa Beach, who first burst onto the scene as an über talent in the middle 1980s and made his professional debut in 1990, seemingly had it all. Symmetrical features, green eyes that pierced, chestnut hued skin, hair begging for fingers to be run through plus much ability on the surfboard.
He, of course, used those Hollywood looks to woo the likes of Pamela Anderson, Bar Refaeli, Gisele Bündchen while also winning an unprecedented eleven championship trophies.
Over the years, the hair has been disappeared, visage lightly weathered. Oh he is still really, really really ridiculously good looking, for even a 35-year-old much less 50, but his younger package was all the way exceptional. Better than Leo DiCaprio, I’d say.
Well, as it happens, a whole new generation has discovered baby Kelly and has fallen head first into his thirst trap.
The greatest surfer of all time is currently trending on Tik Tok as teenaged girls are posting various photos to the platform and weeping at the beauty.
Overcome in some sort of hysteria.
Charlotte’s Web, which counts some 250k followers, features a montage, for example, with the caption “Young Kelly Slater is my DREAM man!” and comments ranging from “Somebody finally said it” to “hold up a picture of what movie or show he is on cause I need to find it.
@charlotte.s_web Young Kelly Slater is my DREAM mans #fyp #surf #foryou ♬ Inside their head – anastasia
Web replied “He’s a surfer” but could have also said “Baywatch.”
In any case, do you think the weight of pin-up good looks is a heavy burden to bear or do you think it’s similar to carrying the load of cut-rate surf journalism?
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where’s keldo in this picture?
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Hair or no hair, he’ll get someone much younger and prettier when he decides to trade in his mid-30’s model.
It’s a shocker, the boat oars, wtf is she thinking.
Another dud, shuffle on, it’s a buyer market now.
P.s if Sam Kerr owned it, than yeah maybe I’d be more interested 🤔 https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Jesus. Fucking. Christ. This world is fucked. JP, you work with yoofs. Please tell me there’s hope
The young men and women of TikTok are going to get a harsh lesson in aging when they start Googling.
Hopefully a many VAL’s chuck in the towel!
Careful what you wish for young ladies, Cameron Diaz said he was packin’ a breadstick! Occy called it a karate stick..
Tik tok and beach grit combined turning mind rot into oil.
snake oil!
I find mediocrity in journalism and life to be understated.
Father time waits for no one
A stripper recently told me I was in good condition…
…For my age…
I have a buddy in his early 60’s who has been battling cancer for a couple years. He goes to the gym everyday now and recently he was on a stair master next to this hot young thing. They start talking and she says you look real good for your age. He goes- My age? How old do you think I am? She says- 50. These young girls sure know what there doing.
60 is the new 30 no??
65 feels like 75…BG eases the pain…laughter helps too.
I believe this is called a “backhanded compliment” in the vernacular (insert Leo smug laugh in period clothing)
please tell me this was a dude who was stripping the paint off of your house before he painted it…
I think the burden of average to below average surf journalism is often too much to bear – really don’t know how you manage to keep the roll!!
At least this actually happened.
I think it must help if you don’t give a fuck.
Let’s face it we’re pretty undemanding of our BG and have long been beaten into shape …
If we all fucked off then they would have to change.
But we won’t so – gimme the spam, chas !
i just like that i can go away for a month and there is no “new” news!! It is a fucking very good skill!!!
I’d like to commend Chas for taking on the role of Whipping Boi to get us through til the first ct.
He’s special.
Doing the work for you. End of January around the corner!
No you seriously doing a good job!!! Milking the fuck out of a story for weeks until Jan is a serious skill