A man for all season.
Pipeline, man. I just now wandered over to Surfline, the World Surf League’s official forecast partner, to see how things were looking and the short answer is “not good.” Today is one of the best days of the dwindling waiting period and features smallish waves and lousy winds. It stays that way, or worse, until the 10th and then, mercifully, this 2023 kick-off contest is put out of its misery.
Now, in case you were wondering, last year’s Pro Pipeline was none other than surf great Kelly Slater. The then-almost-fifty-year-old amazed AARPs around the world with his stunning victory, showing everyone that age is only a number. This year, the now-almost fifty-one-year-old will come up against Yago Dora in Heat 10 of the “bracket round” in conditions that will certainly favor the younger Brazilian though he has already proven himself a winner.
Yes, the 11x World Champion took the highest of roads when it came to ex-girlfriend Pamela Anderson’s freshly released documentary Pamela Anderson: A Love Story. In it, she details her tumultuous life. Of course, her love interests are discussed including Kid Rock, Tommy Lee and the the aforementioned Slater.
Reaction, from them, has been mixed.
Lee, though an intermediary, declared that he “could care less” leaving the public confused as to if he actually would care less or simply leave his care where it is.
Slater, high roading, messaged Anderson’s son Brandon saying, “Congrats to you guys. Look forward to watching. :)”
Wonderful.
I, myself, watched the documentary as well and found it both informative and moving. Anderson states she was dating Slater when she married Tommy Lee and was, in fact, supposed to be headed to Florida to visit his family but waylaid to Cancun for an impromptu wedding.
What if, though, Slater x Anderson had instead been written in the stars?
Slater Jr. surfing against Sammy Pupo in Heat 8?
The world will never know.
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Someone page Chas, there’s live heckling to do.
Pipeline in “On” at 12:30 HST
Looks pretty shitty out there
All eyes on Slater. 47% of the SURFVIVAL LEAUGE picked him to pass round of 32.
I’m looking forward to half the feild being sliced. Go Yago!!!
If there’s a hint of onshore yago will just do huge airs on the end section and 47% of the field will be sent packing.
Slater Jr. surfing against Sammy Pupo in Heat 8?
He already had one kid he wasn’t present for. What makes you think he would make any effort with the second one?
Is JJF in heat 8?
I’m really hoping Slater loses against Yago (nothing personal) so we don’t have to hear David Lee Scales repeating his surfival advice for 20 minutes each episode of Spit and Grit for the reminder of the season!
Yes we do
They’re setting up the camera tents on the pipe cam.
There be some butt hurt on the way.
All bets are off.
Edit: On hold till 11.45 Hst
It’s ladies night.
Looks like close outs.
Arab prons?