Yeah, the board has to fit the curl of the wave. If you have bionic shoulders, a 6' 0" should be perfect on medium Choopes. 20 lb brass cohones will get you over the ledge and down the wave.
Seriously, you need confidence. Kevin Bourez is still in the hospital with a fractured skull. I can't even imagine what that must have felt like. Hopefully Michel will use that to drive him to victory. He deserves it. Totally humble guy from what I can gather.
Looks pretty sick right now. Not "Huge" by Teahupoo standards, but plenty freak large. Clean too. Looks nutso as usual.
just got back from lunch and perfect timing, just turn my computer back on to kelly making the drop on his second wave haha
Yeah man, his first one, Perfect backside drainer, he gets a 7... Then on his next, he goes bigger, deeper, and the Hawaiian kid almost killed Kelly when his board went over the falls. 9.40... I think it is safe to say that slater is dialed in. Just making mind blowing waves. Doing what he does. Such a king out there.
yeah I can only imagine that from kelly's perspective seeing that board sucking up the face as he's tucked in the barrel haha. this is going to be an awesome show!
i enjoy watching slater school dudes in good surf soooo much better than i like watching pros grovel in HB mush. if the swell holds like this (and it's supposed to) jimmy slade is gonna win this thing.
Yeah man, he just destroyed heat #1. Did you see Glenn Hall? The poor Irish kid. Man, did he look shook. His first wave, dropped in, pumped way outside on the face and bailed over the back. No barrel attempt. 3rd wave, he gets into a nice, deep barrel and then got shredded on the inside. Missed the ski. He waved off the ski to try and paddle back out, took another 10 footer on the dome. You could see him looking at it until the last second, like duck dive? and then he bailed. Skis came to get him.... I think Kelly was out there giving him priority when he took that last one, like Kid, go out there, get a big one, its all you, lets see what you got.... Dude got eaten up and he look shook afterwards. Dude didn't want anything to do with that and I don't blame him one bit.
i find it so ironic the little clip they just played before the heat started had taj mention how he was thinking about how he's going to make the drop/take off on his first wave at night before the comp and low and behold he goes for the first wave of the heat and goes straight down hahaha. made it back out to the lineup in a heart beat though, guy is a machine!
anyone else having problems with asp website. i f-ing hate that site. never works on my computer even though all my programs are up to date. then watch it on my phone and it works for two hours and then the word youtube just shows up across the screen. then i cant mirror it from my ipad to the tv cuz for some reason asp doesnt want you to. fing pissed.
I love this contest so much! Kelly is too damn good. So glad the swell is really kicking too. Truly incredible to watch.