Three days after his now-famous turn of the Hawaiian winter, Kelly Slater washes away the human taint at Snapper Rocks…
Surf fans on the Australia’s Gold Coast were left slack-jawed today after Kelly Slater made a surprise appearance at the Supabank, despite carrying the baggage of recent-ish hip surgery.
The fifty-two-year-old was passionately mobile on the perfect east-swell fermented waves, running without hindrance or limp back to the point after several long rides.
Kelly Slater fought back tears from his injury pain but still managed to jag some,” one surf fan wrote to BeachGrit.
Although clips of Kelly Slater are yet to drop, the quality of the waves today was impeccable.
We may hate the Supabank crowd, the insanity of their flailing gestures, their erratic scissoring gait, their aimless stumbling ways, the tombstone whiteness of their faces, but all it takes is one ride, like this local’s wave, below, to make it all fade away.
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And, this drainer from yesterday starring indigenous teen Lungi Slabb,
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Only one week ago, the same surf fans were shocked when Kelly Slater withdrew from the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal, blaming his no-show on the slow recovery from surgery to repair the ring of cartilage that lines the rim of the hip joint socket.
A little over six months back, orthopaedic surgeon Warren Kramer gave Slater a Labral reconstruction where “They took a cadaver’s labrum, inserted it and tied it to my bone,” Slater explained.
“Warren said my Labrum was basically shredded from end to end…there were bone spurs on the femur head…I also had a lot of scar tissue. Warren got in there and said it looked like a war zone, said he had to get in there and chop through the woods.”
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Jogging back is clearly apart of the hip rehab
You can still barely figure out what he did. That fricking drop into the thing is absolutely mind boggling.
Didnt they used to run an event there about this time of year?
Id also run if i was him.
Wonder if he stopped by for some yogasurfmom adulation and offered alternative medicine pro tips “yeah this boner broth thing really made my hip rejuvenate 20 years, look at me flexin right now”
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Where’s the comment thread?
I want to comment on the two holes
Or are you guys too misogynistic
You’d think Chad and Derrrrrek would get it together to be on time for their most viewed and interacted with posts.
THE PEREGRINE!
How much do you love it? Changed my life, I think.
The angst and rage involved in that first barrel ride, only had to do 2 ohhhh ohhh’s
Yeah, well, I’m going to Adelaide for work tomorrow.
So… pretty much the same thing.
WsL hey KS how’s the hip will you be OK for Bells , KS yea sure at the moment my tylerwright is feeling pretty good I should be good to go.
Man Kelly gets around. I’m genuinely intrigued as to his travel habits. My guess is he goes 1st class, and never needs to take any boards, each hoods’ garages fully stoked with fresh sleds. The only thing that surprises me is that he didn’t make it to Fiji for Cloudy last week. Both he and Tyler do have a penchant for over exaggerating their conditions though. 7 Screws in my head to describe getting braces, and a hip that is a warzone to describe an arthroscope. C’mon now.
A few years ago he posted his boarding passes (robert slater) on a united flight, complete with united frequent flyer number.
I’m sure I wasnt the only one to try to login on his ID and award myself some free flights. Even tried ke11y!sgod as password but “sorry this username is locked”.
And with chinese girlfriend in tow no have to carry nothing.
Not gunna lie,jealous of his carbon hip print
That 2nd clip
Faark!!
Where was he at the start?! I had to watch twice to find.
…and what a great name “Lungi Slabb”
Sounds like a delicious Pasta dish!
Yeah hell!that’s was a tasty keg
Took me a couple to realize he fell into the thing midway through.
f’n crazy!! Sickest baz.
mental.
Kelly must really hate Portuguese speaking countries.
or just the shitty beachies
Love it. Kelly should be allowed to surf wherever he wants. If he wants to dodge shitty euro beach breaks, that’s fine. If he wants to show up at pumping Superbank, that’s cool. If he wants to Surf Pipeline with just 1 other bloke out, let him. He’s earnt it.
He’s not gonna root you no matter how much you butter him up with compliments. He has a long term, Chinese girlfriend that he’ll never marry but probably doesn’t cheat on with sycophants.
I reckon Ke11 has a bit of the old love hate with sycophancy. Loves that he is relevant to the average man/woman, hates that he needs their fawning glances and gleeful musings on his every action or utterance. Later era Slat’s, has mostly been reduced to just his social’s presence.
That’s why he’s gone nuts on social media. He used to be adored by everyone (except probably Ramjet) but now it’s a 50:50 whether some smart ass on Instagram will just tell him to STFU for being an old bald cunt.
Wish he’d STFU for being an old bald cunt. Just saying.
I don’t think people realize he hasn’t exactly been kind those who have been there for him and helped attain his current status. The kowtowing makes me want to puke.
Sorry, bruce already awarded himself lifetime wildcard to pipe so kels gonna have to wait .
Agreed, I still would have gone to Portugal to see AJ’s personalities up close if l was him.
How the hell is this a featured quote? Sure, the guy has done a ton regarding professional surfing but that doesn’t make you some sort of modern day Jebus. Not to mention the fact that he has left bridges afire in his wake.
Kelly named this turn of events the “Lex Grossman Cameo”.
Well you ca’t* say he’s not savage.