It has happened, Kelly Slater won his 10th World Title and the Rip Curl Pro Search Puerto Rico in emphatic fashion Saturday in front of thousands of surf fans. His 10th Title spanning nearly 20 years is virtually unrivaled in any other sport. Kelly is a BEAST!!!
"I don't know how it all came together," said a watery-eyed Slater. "Just before Brazil, a friend asked me about going for 10, and I said, 'Yeah, I'll go for it,' then the points started coming my way. I knew something special was coming." He clinched the title in the quarterfinals by defeating Brazil's Adriano de Souza 18.87-14.36.
He then knocked off Taj Burrow 16.34-14.87 in Semi Final No.1, and finally, Bede Durbidge 18.77-14.43. Kelly scored a perfect 10 in that final with two huge whips, capped by a complete rotation, no-grab aerial. He became the oldest world surfing champion -- and also was the youngest (20). It was his 45th ASP contest title.
ASP world titles
1992: Beat Damien Hardman, 7,765-6,540
1994: Beat Shane Powell, 6,660-6,220
1995: Beat Rob Machado, 6,040-5,960
1996: Beat Shane Beschen, 9,540-7,906
1997: Beat Mark Occhilupo, 8,260-6,626
1998: Beat Michael Campbell, 6,398-6,360
2005: Beat Andy Irons, 7,962-7,860
2006: Beat Andy Irons, 8,124-6,948
2008: Beat Bede Durbidge, 8,832-6,780
2010: Beat Jordy Smith (final points to be determined)
Joli, another blogger, has created a slideshow that commemerates the past 20 years of KELLY. Check it all out HERE.
For a lot of people, myself included, Kelly's win leaves us asking what's next? Retire, design wave pools, keep surfing, start driving rally cars? Who knows. But this is what I have decided I would like to see... I want Kelly to grow a beard and a gut, I want him to keep surfing the tour but only events that he feels like surfing in. Just show up and surf when he feels like it. When he's surfing I want him to surf like Dane, like he could care less about getting point and more about doing the craziest turns and biggest airs. I want to see him surf crazy boards that he has been shaping in his basement. Basically I want Slater to just stop caring about winning and only care about pushing the sport. Slater could you make that all happen please?
For all the skaters out there who could really care less about Kelly and his 1oth World Title then get your clicking finger ready because Emerica has just released a website dedicated to the skate career of Heath Kirchart. Like Slater, Heath is a beast in his own way. Click HERE to see it all!
Steve slotted at the Wall this weekend
The surf this weekend was pretty damn good. I have almost forgotten that it was flat for the prior 3 weeks. Well the outlook for the upcoming week definitely has some waves in it along with lots of north winds. The rest of the week looks insane if you can find a spot that will deal with the winds. There should be surf for the next week at least! Flat one week head high the next!!! I'm sure everyone who surfed this weekend will agree the water is COLD!!! All of our winter rubber is here and we got what you need! 7mm boots, 5 mm mittens and an assortment of 5 and 6 millimeter suits! Swing by and have a look of give us a call with questions!
SURFING!!!!!!!!!
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