Slates is in Monmouth County

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsSw0TGU5Xo

 

Can we call out the DBAG at 12:15. MAKE HIM FAMOUS!

 

waves were pumping yesterday,got some good ones.wasnt as big as the pics I seen of slater but I got a few solid ones.cant believe slater was here tho,he was like 15 minutes away from where I was at.and hows he borrowing sam hammers gear,did he just show up unannounced with no gear lol.

probably the first time I saw slater surf with in a billabong suite with a billabong sticker on the bourde

 

Ain't he and Shred buds or somethin?

I got a foggy memory of pics with him and Shred.

Prolly hangin with Shred at his Mom's house.

Dang, that was a nice wave.

 

Damn, I was only like 6 hours north of there!

 

Why the hood and booties? Water is still in the 60's.
Was he trying to go incognito?

 

We're from Cocoa Beach, homes.

Palm trees and chit.

The only snow is on mirrors.

Wasn't it like 100 mph offshores?

I'd be wrapped up like the Michelin Man.

 

Slates routinely surfs SoCal, Portugal, France, etc.. with the same water temps and winds.
Never seen him do it with a hood and booties.

 

Fresh injury. Give him some time. It’s amazing he’s getting tubes like that after such an injury. His foot was fractured in many places. Bones take Time. He’ll be back in good form soon.

 

Everyone needs a fat friend with cameras that you can feed gas station food and gets great footage of all your surfs.

 

Anyone remember when Kelly Slater used to post here on swellinfo.com??

It was a few years ago... pretty sure his profile was Kelly Slater...


Anyways- thought this was an interesting article:

http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2017/10/how_surfing_legend_kelly_slater_wound_up_in_jersey.html

Im thankful that Sam Hammer didn't blowup the spot... and was very respectful...

Thanks Sam.

Also- thanks to Kelly for being so real and cool with the groms... this means a lot to them, and its good to have someone respectful to look up too... the groms will be talking about this for years...

 

Great story, Mr. Belmar.

None of us are perfect, but Slater is a great example of doing it right. I can just imagine being a kid, and hangin with him. He's like a real life superhero when you're a grom.

Just cuz you rip like nobody else, you don't have to be a butthole.

I hope he keeps surfin til he's my age. Hell, til he's Barry's age!

 

and don't ever forget you're an idiot

 

Yeah, Ben Gravy seems to be the one that always does that.

 

totally agree

 

Don't forget about our good ol buddy ryan mack....

 

Words of wisdom from a local kid who surfs with the biggest smile I know... "Nobody cares how good you surf if you're an a$$hole."

 

Sam definitely downplayed the spot and didn't blow it up. Well done.
But that spot has seen more coverage with obvious indicators of where it all fall. Visiting pros and all the johnny come lately photogs are all over it. If it was my home break I'd be pissed with all the coverage it has gotten.
Then again, it is literally the most polluted spot in Monmouth and Ocean County, maybe all of the NJ shore. They can have it.

 

^ I’ve had many a rad session there and also many a nasty sinus infection. I surfed there about 3-4 times a week for the past year. My first legitimate barrel was on the opposite side of there, so that spot will forever be special to me. Everyone and their brother surfs the right, but I tend to sit on the opposite side minding my own and getting good ones. Bars on the side that I like kinda blow now. Gotta start doing mo reconne.