The GOAT and the kid.

Joy, today, throughout surf-dom as the very first known images of surf great Kelly Slater’s and bikini maven Kalani Miller’s baby son have been publicly revealed. Slater announced the birth of the boy some few months back on the Barton Lynch podcast, telling his host, “We got a little boy and my friends think we’re playing a game with him, because we haven’t said the name. Because we actually, we don’t actually don’t call him anything. We gave him a name for his birth certificate, but, as of now, we don’t have a name to call him. So, we’re kind of just, like, letting him figure out what his personality is.”

Well, apparently the fella’s personality is harmony with the natural order as his name is Tao.

In any case, the gorgeous family went on a New Zealand vacation, Slater sharing a carousel of honey-colored photos of the family enjoying golf, sunsets and good living. The greatest athlete to ever live penned:

It’s been a real pleasure visiting NZ for the past few years to golf with my friend Ric Kayne (and find a few waves on the side with @te_tino_manuao supercaddy). His golf courses @taraitigolfclub and @tearailinks are beyond spectacular. It was an even better treat bringing the whole family for a vacation this year. I got a funny feeling we’ll be spending more time there in the years to come. Thanks for hosting us and making us feel at home. Cant wait to get back every time I leave.

Cryptic, that funny feeling. Maybe a permanent move to the Land of the Long White Cloud?

Back to young Tao, though. Do you image he will follow in daddy’s turtle moon-inspired footsteps and become a professional surfer or do golf instead?

Fun choices.

Hard days in Ottawa.

The hostility betwixt the United States of America and northern neighbor Canada was a turn few saw coming. Canadians, generally good-natured and kind, were pushed into a state of bitter rage by U.S. President Donald J. Trump who dislikes poutine, ice hockey and maple syrup. The two countries have, in recent months, slapped each other with tariffs, booed each other’s national anthems and gotten into wicked ice fights.

Things are set to get much worse, though, as America’s Bella Kenworthy, a highly-regarded rookie on the World Surf League’s Championship Tour, just trounced Canada’s Erin Brooks, considered by many to be a prodigy, in round 16 the the Surf City El Salvador Pro down Punta Rrrrrroca way.

The heat featured hit lips, blown tails and bogged rails.

Canadians celebrated as their girl got a score to go ahead, with minimal time left, after Kenworthy fell asleep with priority. It was not to last, though, as the fates gifted her another wave that ended Brooks’ hope.

Trump likely rejoiced in the victory as he once declared, “I deal with every country, indirectly or directly. One of the nastiest countries to deal with is Canada.”

Hard days in Ottawa.

Come eat at the salad bar.