Sports
AMERICAN SURFER KELLY SLATER PERFORMED AN INCREDIBLE AERIAL MANEUVER
11 TIME WORLD CHAMPION STUNNED EVERYONE
(Source: Kelly Slater)
(Source: Kelly Slater)
American Professional Surfer Robert Kelly Slater, is famous for his competitive prowess and style. He has been crowed ASP World Tour Champion a record 11 times, including 5 consecutive titles in 1994-1998. He played the recuring character Jimmy Slade around ten episodes of the popular TV show Baywatch in the early 1990s. He appeared in an episode of the reality show The Girls Next Doors, and has starred in many surf films during his career.
Kelly Slater is a fundraiser and spokesperson for Suicide Prevention awareness. He has surfed in celebrity events for Surfers Against Suicide, telling sports website "Athletes Talk" : "I have lost a couple of friends myself to suicide and it's just a horrible thing that can be prevented. People get in this dark place and they don't know what to do so it's always nice to see an non-profit that isn't turning into anything else other than trying to help people."
Kelly Slater performed an incredible aerial maneuver that appears to be a luck recovery during the Hurley Pro at Trestles in California (standby September 09-20) on Men's Samsung Galaxy Championship Tour # 8. But as impressive as the move was, judges ruled it incomplete because he failed to land on his feet giving him a score of 4,17 and Mick Fanning, three-time world champlion took the win, according 9news. Fans were feeling that Kelly Slater deserved a 10.
Brenda Buckley in Surfing Magazine defended the score "It was a beautiful mistake...Surfing will always be subjective and the WSL has subjectively established a system where s**t like this only belongs in viral videos. And that's the way it should be. The wave was 4"
Brenda Buckley in Surfing Magazine defended the score "It was a beautiful mistake...Surfing will always be subjective and the WSL has subjectively established a system where s**t like this only belongs in viral videos. And that's the way it should be. The wave was 4"
Ruby Bird Yasmina Beddou American Surfer Kelly Slater Performed World Champion 11 Time Asp World Tour Champion Competitive Titles Professional Robert Kelly Slater Famous Style Baywatch Episode Reality Show The Girls Next Doors Career
Liability for this article lies with the author, who also holds the copyright. Editorial content from USPA may be quoted on other websites as long as the quote comprises no more than 5% of the entire text, is marked as such and the source is named (via hyperlink).
