Kings of Comedy.
One of the finer trends of the last few years has been the rise of the mid-length surfboard. Once relegated to the unseemly community of eggs and fun boards, the mid climbed out on its own thanks to the likes of Devon Howard and Torren Martyn who have demonstrated the gorgeous flow and glide of the 6’10 to 7’8 set.
Leave it, then, to the greatest surfer of all-time, and under-appreciated satirist, Kelly Slater to skewer the trend in a must-see new clip.
The 11-time World Champion can be seen wiggling and waggling down the line of a wave he would never ride all, seemingly, in mockery.
Slater’s dismissive interview, “guessing” that the board is a mid-length is the cherry on top of a perfect spoof.
The Momentum Generation star and surfing trailblazer Shane Dorian then takes a turn on an absolutely hilarious left.
Kings of Comedy.
Even with the skewering, I must say I am still a massive mid fan, a gorgeous CI changing my life. A life, I suppose, deserving of mockery.
Was the above clip a long-awaited diss track?
Hope springs.
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Malloy
Must have been tough…
Ran into Mike today…
At the liquor store…
He bought his usual twelve pack…light
I bought my six…banquet beer…Coors…
“Malloy…”
“Hey, I know you…”
His eyes saw mine…
“How have you been?” He asked me…
I’ve been fine…
“Got the ranch?”
“Still got it…”
“How the hell are the boys/”
“Doin’ just fine…”
“How are your girls?”
“Prettier than puddin’…”
“Still mixing it up, Mike?”
Not at Faria…
Great…
My girls are safe…
Made a point out of that Mike…
But, my girls look up to your boys, Mike, and so does my ex-wife…
But some ancient rules apply…
The old testament says ‘an eye for an eye”…
The new testament says “do unto others as they do unto you…”
Surf or die…Nelly!
I guess I don’t surf anymore…
But I’m still alive…
Together: Dad’s just teach the kids to surf…and rock n’ roll…
Whatever?…I say very well…and that piece in Ireland…yeah, Tim, I’ve heard all about it…immigrants…”Step Into Liquid…”
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500,000 “mistreated” aliens in LA to march for freedom?
Just like Lincoln…Abraham…not Adolph…
His name is used frequently about…today…
I’m vacationing in La Paz…fishing…
This Thursday…March 30, 2006…
Thru April 3, 2006…
Doing catch and release…
No dinner…
No Brit, I didn’t tell him about the boys’ pictures splattered on the walls.
Mike’s got great boys…
I’ve got both, including four beautiful girls…
It’s win…win…win…bike, run, and surf…
Dad 3/20/06
If slater rode a mid-length he may have won a comp.
Edit. May have won a heat
These boards are great because you know they’re not making the section before they even take off.
Whoa, I actually watched twice and can’t tell who is Shane and who is Kelly.
But one thing I know for sure is that board looks shit
Imagine your bad day at work consisted of having to ride and pretend to enjoy a mid length.
The guys in my car club call me the “cruiser”.
Should’a called you the dork.
Rhythms with ‘Loser’ just sayin’
“Kings of Comedy “is a bit of a stretch…they ain’t no George Carlin or Bill Hicks.
was it this guy? https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
If only it was foldable.
Riding a mid length is like getting a blowie from a dude, sure feels good but when ya look down ya realise you’re a gay cunt
All friends here bro, just love what you love
I like all blowies
Just like rock climbing, don’t look down!
*your
Not nice Mick, I’m already suffering trauma after that little Pauly kid banned me for 7 days.
Pauly’s a pandering weasel. Your good, keep up the marginal work.
One does rise to meet a challenge
yu shur?
$1,300 for a new CI. how much for the foldable? $650?
Not ashamed (or maybe a little) – god bless foam
Although retired will still be with us forever and ever, Amen.
All board companies
Should transparently name them
The Range Expander
There is an narrative that over time KS and SD are morphing into the same person, KSD, like ADD but more concentrated
I think they do that in the Tijuana stem cell lab that sponsors Shane
Except that’s Shane Dorian surfing.
Isn’t it Kelly at the start?
There’s a Firewire YouTube video with the full clip. That part is labeled Shane Dorian
It is honestly impossible to tell the difference.
Especially with that mundane clip.
Shane’s big balls hang down his left thigh, while Kelly’s hang down his right thigh.
Unless you read the name that says Shane Dorian https://youtu.be/SoZH12UpuR…
https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck?
All bald folk look the same
The only people I see riding Slater designs are ones getting the boards for free.
Mid lengths are dumb… buy mine.
They all sing the same song.
Does it include fins?
just waiting for joel to comment
I’d to make a Ben Folds Five joke, but am not actually familiar with his oeuvre, so I’ll leave this here as a sort of conceptual placeholder.
Midlengths’re a brick and Slater’s drownin’ slowly
Off the coast and Slater’s headed nowhere
Midlengths’re a brick and Slater’s drownin’ slowlyyyyyyy….
‘You don’t have to go home but you can’t stay here. ‘