Slater must've sold his soul!

feelnjstfine · Backside 180 Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 802 City: Portland

That's the only thing I can think of, he made a deal with the devil. Once again he won the final at J-Bay. That's 4 out of 5 events this year( and the only one he didn't win was won by wildcards so none of the players really made up any ground). Gotta be one of the most amazing competitive displays in any sport ever. Simply unbelievable.

DirtyCracker · Guest

feelnjstfine, he was born to surf end of story

feelnjstfine · Backside 180 Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 802 City: Portland

DirtyCracker, nah, I still think he made a deal with the devil. He's the Robert Johnson of the surf world, hahaha

DirtyCracker · Guest

feelnjstfine, hes going to go for 10

feelnjstfine · Backside 180 Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 802 City: Portland

DirtyCracker, hell yeah he is! 10 titles = $10,000,000 bonus from Quik. I'd say that's motivation enough.

DirtyCracker · Guest

feelnjstfine, kelly is so humble i highly doubt that he is surfing for the money anymore hes set for life. he loves surfing and thats what he does.

feelnjstfine · Backside 180 Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 802 City: Portland

DirtyCracker, he may be humble but the guy is driven to compete, how else would he always seem to win more. You gotta admit though, having already far exceeded all of his expectations and goals, he's got some fresh bait in front of him and he gonna do his best to snag it, not so much for the monitary gain but more for personal triumph and a great big" whose got the last laugh now".

941_swampweed · Pop Shuvit Joined: 18 Jul 2008 Posts: 191 City: 941

my algebra teacher was his baby sitter all through his childhood.

feelnjstfine · Backside 180 Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 802 City: Portland

941_swampweed, and I bet he was a cocky lil shite, not mister humble like he is today. Read enough stuff and heard enough associates storied to know that he was a lil punk back then. Never the less, he is a surf icon to say the least!

941_swampweed · Pop Shuvit Joined: 18 Jul 2008 Posts: 191 City: 941

feelnjstfine, im sure he was. you know if you were that good at that age you would have a little pop in your step.

taku · Kickflip Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 2868 City: Central FL

I think part of his constant victories has to do with his age. He's been around long enough to have learned how to play the mind game during competition which is a major edge..

941_swampweed · Pop Shuvit Joined: 18 Jul 2008 Posts: 191 City: 941

true.

walkthroughwalls · Ollie Joined: 29 May 2008 Posts: 64 City: Carlsbad

Kelly Slater has always been very in tune with the mind [games] from what I've seen. He's one of the most intelligent people I've ever had the pleasure of meeting and he definitely knows how to psyche out a noob in the lineup.

feelnjstfine · Backside 180 Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 802 City: Portland

walkthroughwalls, hell, he knows how to psyche out world champs, not just noobs. Mentallity will trump physicallity every time.

Evan71 · Posted: Jul 24, 2008 9:48 pm Post subject:

110,000 dollars so far this year. What a champ

feelnjstfine · Backside 180 Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 802 City: Portland

LiquidForce71, more than that, a win pays $30,000 and he has 4 of them and a 17th pays around $5000 so aboud $125,000 just in winnings. Thing is is that a back of the pack golfer that makes the cut in 5 comps would easily make more than twice that. Sad isn't it.

coricluster · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 1826 City: berlin

he slays it. thats all there is too it, slater slays it

Evan71 · Posted: Jul 26, 2008 3:36 pm Post subject:

feelnjstfine, ya but it if u won that much surfing itd be like stealing because golf doesnt even compare to how much fun surfing is.

feelnjstfine · Backside 180 Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 802 City: Portland

LiquidForce71, very true, but you get the point I was making, though I will admit I love me some golf too.

Soulprogression · Posted: Jul 26, 2008 4:08 pm Post subject:

He's probably got the most competitive drive of any top athlete out there. He's so focused and when he's on his surfing just flows and looks so good, like he's just surfing for fun.

Think about how impressive it is that he's already got 8 World Titles, and probably going to take 9 and 10 with ease. Surfing's like no other sport, especially in competitions, the medium is never the same. You can play basketball in another stadium and while it may be different than your home teams stadium, the court is always the same. Waves are never the same, i've been surfing for a good chunk of my life and can honestly say i've never had two waves that were exactly the same. You have to be so focused on what's going on at the exact moment and even seconds before something happens to surf good.