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Pros 06/03/2008

Slater Surfs Pretty Good.

Well it seems like Mr. Slater is on a bit of a roll this year. 3 wins in the first 4 contest. Pretty amazing. He hasn’t lost to anyone on the tour this year. He’s lost to 2 wildcards (Manoa & Bruno) but none of the actually other pros on tour. That’s gotta be a little frustrating/overwhelming if you’re one of the other dudes on tour.

Next up is J-Bay, and Slater has a pretty good record there too. Is there any way he can be stopped?

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Babble 05/02/2008

Kelly Slater on The Daily Habit

Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God. King Slater will be featured on Fuel.tv’s The Daily Habit today.

It’s on at 6PM in Cali, if you don’t live here (bummer for you), check your local listings.

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Gear 04/08/2008

Do it for Dean

Winning comps. Teaching Hollywood starlets to surf. Fighting off supermodels with a chair and bullwhip. Kelly Slater’s a busy man. But when he heard that New Jersey surfing godfather Dean Randazzo was battling cancer for the fourth time, he knew he had to take time to help. So, after winning the Quiksilver Pro at Snapper, he grabbed contest jersey out of the box, signed it with fellow-finalist Mick Fanning, and shipped it back to the Garden State to auction online and raise for funds for Randazzo’s recovery.

“Dean’s a friend,” the eight-time champ emailed from Oz. “He’s a guy who everyone loves, who rips and who’s having a huge struggle. He needs some support from us.”

Check out the ebay auction for more info.

[ via: surfingmag ]

Click-thru for a few more photos:

ebay auction

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Contests 03/17/2008

Slater in at Bells

Slater Ready to Ring the Bell at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach.

Slater officially withdrew from the event late last week but had a change of heart after seeing the swell forecast for the March 18-29 waiting period. He arrived in Australia today. “A combination of things influenced my decision to come to Bells,” Slater said. “I had called ASP Tour Manager Renato Hickel to ask to be officially taken out of the event and that is when he asked me if I had seen the swell forecast.”

Current forecasts indicate that a new swell could see the event start early in the waiting period and that Easter Friday is poised to produce six to eight foot waves akin to the classic Bells Beach conditions Slater won the 2006 Rip Curl Pro in.

“I was also checking out some media online and I came across some video interviews that the Geelong Advertiser had done with the locals about whether or not I would come,” Slater said. “There were some pretty strong responses about wanting to see me there. So that, the swell and some changes in my personal life and suddenly it was perfect timing for me to get away. All the signs pointed this direction so it seemed like the thing to do.”

It seemed like the thing to do in 2006 too. Slater was in an identical predicament in the 2006 lead up to the event as he was prior to this one – a win in the season-opener, a world No. 1 rating to start the year and serious indecision about whether to attend the event or not. Slater won the Rip Curl Pro and his eighth ASP title that year.

“The decision to come was a little more clear this year,” Slater said. “In 2006 I decided to come at the last minute to get my mind off some personal things and to get a little more focused. This year, the similarities to 2006 are the excitement of a looming swell and a great week of surfing I want to be a part of.”

Slater will face Brazil’s Adriano de Souza and wildcard and former ASP World Tour surfer Troy Brooks in Heat 10.

[ via: surfers village ]

Rip Curl Pro

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Pros 03/07/2008

"Kelly Slater Gave Me Crabs"

Sometime in between hanging out in Santa Barbara with his girlfriend scoring perfect Rincon for days, and winning the Snapper contest, Kelly managed to find some time to give surf lessons to Hef’s Girls Next Door.

Man does his life just suck.

If you don’t know who the Girls Next Door are, check the link below, or click-thru for a few photos.

Read on…

Girls Next Door on e!

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Pros 02/12/2008