Kelly Slater to get 10 in 2010??? cool vid

I've honestly been saying it for a couple of years.

This is why: He seems to be very mathematical in his thinking. He knows exactly how many heats he has won, how many events, points, possible positions of his competitors.

A while ago he surpassed Curren as the most victories ever. He already has youngest ever world champ, oldest ever world champ, most heat wins, most event wins, most consecutive world titles, most world titles. Remember also the 10million charity promise, to get 10 titles in '10 and the most ever perfect 10's and donate 10 million to charity would just about see the prophecy come true.

He could then retire and Burton could use all of the promo of him riding his own boards to launch CI Surfboards designed by Kelly Slater and allow Al Merrick to retire. That;s my thoughts.

He should pull his finger out and compete in more Triple Crown Events. Lately he's only been doing Pipe. But the other boys probably appreciate that !!

http://www.triplecrownofsurfing.com/vtcs10/past-champions.php


Events to come;
Trestles - a favorite of Kelly's
France & Portugal - never a problem (seemed to have dropped Munducca this year)
Puerto Rico - a Search Event, anything goes, but Kelly is exceptional at surfing anywhere
Pipe - usually Backdoor opens up for Kelly, and he owns it....

The contenders;
Jordy is dangerous this year, but Kelly's experience combats that...
Dane, Taj, Adriano, Mick, and Andy need to pull their fingers out and get winning.... Parko had an injury hiccup...

Conclusion;
10 is there for the taking.

well they can afford it. Its probably the least they can do for him given what he has done for them.

I think I forgot to mention that if Kelly really wants to win this year and is motivated to he will. He is that far ahead whenever he feels like it.

From Steve Sheerer on Swellnet ( always a great read when the comps are on);

This remains the greatest competitive advantage of Slater: his ability to adapt and respond to the changing reality of the ocean during a thirty minute heat.

It calls to mind the operational method of legendary test Pilot Chuck Yeager, described so memorably in Tom Wolfe's book The Right Stuff. "If Plan A didn't work then it was time to try Plan B and so on and so forth until you found something that worked." I'm paraphrasing, but you get the drift. If Owen is to become a legit title contender he needs to expand his strategic repertoire. EOS.

Kelly uses the slow strangulation method against Melling, applying relentless pressure until the final death blow was delivered. In a real sense he never got out of a canter. Your correspondent got to talk with Slater after the heat. I was thinking it might be the last chance to get an audience with the champ if he continued his run. The last time I spoke to him was at Bells after a similar Rd 4 win. He went on to win that contest.

There's a peculiar charm and remote intensity about Slater up close. He's there, intensely present for the conversation, and yet you are acutely aware that at any point he could brush you off with a royal haughtiness. People in the media find this combination unsettling and opinion is divided as to how they respond to the Slater schtick.

He is candid with your correspondent, explaining the lessons he learned from last years board experimentation, which he has now repackaged into a more aesthetically acceptable form, whilst still enjoying the benefits of his small board revolution. Lessons learned largely from the tow-surfing realm.
He explained also, how a disappointing year like last year acts like a protracted retensioning of the bow of his competitive instinct, drawing it back to a point where the arrow of his career arc can reach further and further. I can pass on the fact that in the break he completely redesigned his quiver, changing outlines and rocker and experimenting with all tail shapes while maintaining the low volume paradigm.

He has increased rocker through the whole board, increasing concave concomitantly. He is riding the best boards of his career. Fact. For his event defining ten-point ride heat against Ace he rode a small McKee set-up quad, a board we detailed in an earlier post. We'll come back to this ride in a minute.

As a parting shot he carefully dissects the line-up, wave rhythm and strategic options: "You gotta pay attention".

Word, holmes.

Kelly's ten was shocking. Devastatingly similar to his layback to barrell 20 point heat which still stands as a high water mark in Pro Surfing history. It was wave that very few Pros would have even attempted, let alone made. As a statement of both intent and luck, synchronicity, intuition: call it what you will it established his credentials as a Primary Cause in this event.

here's something. the number of times a local goldie lad, rookie or seasoned pro at the top of his game,is on a roll and comes up against slater.slater gets waves that seem to bend to his will and goes berserk while our local boy ends up looking like a punter at saturday morning d-bar
cheers

Note the equipment he is riding. The focus, the heat strategy.

Kelly wants it, Kelly will have it. 2010 was always going to be #10.

Jordy was going nuts early on he pulled sick reverse and then backed it up with a supermna on the same wave. Kelly's surfing is mindbending he has the best bottom turn in the business........

Kelly will win his 10th title then retire. He'll get back with Pam then make a honeymoon DVD. Dont know about the rumours about the 10 mill for 10 world titles because Ive been told slats is already a massive share holder in quiky anyway. If they do give him the coin, I heard slats is joining the stand up world tour LOL

Julian Wilson will be the next golden WCT child for quiky on the world tour in 2011 or maybe 2012.