Is Kelly Slater the best athlete in the world?!

kyle

Well Slater has his 9th world title essentially locked after his win at trestles last week at 36 years old. He is making guys that are in their athletic prime look completely sub par to his surfing. So is Slater the best? I think so...
I bet even nicky t chimes in on this one

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

wow thats insane, i remember reading his book and he had six world titles Shocked

scott a · "a" is for angel Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 4126

kyle, didn't you start this same exact topic on wb.com a year or two ago last time he won a title? Laughing

Soulprogression · Posted: Sep 17, 2008 6:00 pm Post subject:

Yes, he is.

Cool

There's been no one in any true athletic sport to even come close to the number of wins this guy has racked up, not to mention number of insanely heavy waves he's ridden. MJ was a great basketball player but he ain't got shizzle on slaters competitiveness and talent

k-clark · Posted: Sep 17, 2008 6:07 pm Post subject:

he is unstoppable, i thought for sure taj had him at trestles

PrimeO · Posted: Sep 17, 2008 6:21 pm Post subject:

Soulprogression, Jeremy Mcrath won 9 supercross titles in a row. And Ricky Carmichal won 24 over outdoor races in a row.

Cyclone268 · Posted: Sep 17, 2008 6:39 pm Post subject:

I read his book. it was pretty fvcking sick....i think in the back it had lists of his top favorite things and wakeboarding was on there under the top 10 sports or something. so was golfing Smash

Soulprogression · Posted: Sep 17, 2008 6:48 pm Post subject:

PrimeO, I gotta admit that's pretty impressive, but slater has number 9 in his pocket, not in a row of course, 5 of which were however. but i have a feeling he's gonna go for 10, why not? especially when there's a huge bonus from quiksilver floating over his head. he's also won 39 wct contests and will probably rack up a couple more before he decides to quit the tour, if he ever does. I can see him like 50 yrs plus and still smoking kids at jbay

stev-oh · Backside 180 Joined: 15 Jan 2007 Posts: 567 City: Miami

Michael Phelps 14 Olympic Gold Medals 16 Overall Olympic Medals
Eight Golds in one Olympics
Seven World Records

40 Golds in all World Championships combined 6 silvers 2 bronze

If swimming isn't a hard sport i don't know what is.

pretty good athlete lol

River WF · Posted: Sep 17, 2008 7:35 pm Post subject:

tiger woods. kobe bryant. they are both better than slater.

tiger is the most dominant sports star of all time.

DMoneyy · Backside 180 Joined: 27 Dec 2007 Posts: 1576 City: SK 941

stev-oh, i agree

Tiger Woods is up there with the top athletes

kornhouse · Posted: Sep 17, 2008 8:56 pm Post subject:

yea Tiger Woods isn't the highest paid athlete for no reason.

Who has the most titles in wakeskating? After Grubb of course...

EJazzle · Posted: Sep 17, 2008 8:57 pm Post subject:

Tiger
Phelps
McRath
Farve
Pastrana
Slater
Mullen
Armstrong
Parks (first 1080 in 1999)
they are all pushing everyone to the extreme. I dont know if you can say anyone of them are better than the other. All of them are ridiculous. And Kelly slater is just nuts. 9???? thats retarted i bet he gets at least 11. Hes on his own level in surfing.

tampa jimmie · Frontside 180 Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Posts: 406 City: tampa

if your going by contest wins, Rodney Mullen won 33 freestyle contests and got second in another. Probably not very physically demanding, but to only get second once in like 10 years....but thats if we are going by contest wins.

Parker · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Oct 2007 Posts: 1731 City: Norman

tampa jimmie, mullen doesn't count hes not human

fontain06 · Faceplant Joined: 20 Mar 2008 Posts: 48 City: Atlanta

why hasn't anyone mentioned lance armstrong?

EJazzle · Posted: Sep 17, 2008 9:27 pm Post subject:

tampa jimmie, i was gonna say him

my post = edited
and i agree with MR. whistlas

gporter · Posted: Sep 17, 2008 9:47 pm Post subject:

Two words:

Michael Jordan

I am not knocking anybody else stated in this thread, but the guy was the greatest athlete, at least in my opinion, that I have ever seen. And yes, I have seen him play in person, something I am truly proud to say.

Tiger Woods has to get mentioned too, after what he has done to his sport.

Then you have Lance Armstrong, who battled his way through cancer and then went on to win 6 or 7 straight Tour De France races, before retiring on top of his sport.

Shame on all of you though for not mentioning MJ, who else could have won 6 NBA titles with Michael Doleac at Center?

Mr. Top Hat · Dead Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 5818

Lance Armstrong. nuff said.

lake weir ocala FL · Backside 180 Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 1241 City: Ocala

EJazzle, Favre* Wink