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Found these images online today of living surf legend, Kelly Slater. These images are done by Alberto Seveso, an artist from the UK. Maybe he can leave a comment below and describe what this is all about. Looks pretty insane though. Nice work Alberto.

Lowers has been going off lately and Kelly Slater, Jordy Smith and Cory Lopez didn’t waste anytime taking advantage. Kelly has been spending quite a bit of time at Lowers lately, so go take some shots and send them to us to post Enjoy this rad edit by Drew Little.

Surfing’s great ambassador Kelly Slater stopped for a few shots with a couple of stoked local groms down at Lower Trestles the other day. Could this guy get any better for the sport of surfing? Honestly, what Kelly has done has been out of this world and it’s sad to think that he is getting older and won’t be the “same Kelly” for too much longer. Regardless, Slater is the man and if you think he is whack, you really have issues to deal with.
Here are some shots from Kelly’s seshn:

I came across this today and just had to post it. It seems that surf great, Kelly Slater and artist, Emil Kozak have collabo’d to bring you two very cute surfboards, that could make you look very ‘festive’ in the water. Now it’s obvious that surfboards are on the brink of a huge shift in design and style, and you will see more and more boards popping up next year that emulate skateboards. We just posted a blog about Super Surfboards and what they are doing, and it’s great but if art on surfboards is going to be looking this cutesy, they are going to have to send me some matching wrapping paper to go with it. I am really hoping we don’t see Kelly using these in the water.
 

Taj Burrow stormed into round 3 of the Globe Pro Fiji in Tavarua, with a perfect 10 wave. That’s now two perfect 10 point rides for Slater and Burrow, what an event! Taj beat out Tiago Pires and now awaits his next competitor in the next round.
So far the Globe Pro Fiji has been firing and everyone is pretty flexed on the contest thus far. You can’t beat perfect weather, perfect waves and perfect rides by some of the best surfers in the world. Stay tuned for more coverage of the Globe Pro Fiji here on Seshn.
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Kelly Slater came out striking on day one of the Globe Pro Fiji, scoring a perfect 10 to cap an amazing first day in the South Pacific. Reportedly the waves have been next to perfect measuring in at a close 6 feet at Restaurants. Currently ranked No. 1, Slater took over round one with a first round score of 19.73 out of 20.00, proving once again why he is in the number one spot. But the question that is on alot of peoples minds is, can Kelly keep this up after having a near perfect first round? That remains to be seen, but Slater fans can only hope so.
“I wanted to get a quick start because it was kind of slow in the heats before mine so I started off with a 7.8,” Slater said. “That wasn’t a bad score for what was out there earlier, but set after set just kept getting better and better. One set had eight waves in it. There was definitely no shortage of waves and no hassling so it was a special heat, you don’t get too many heats like that on tour.”
After finishing 17th last week in Tahiti, Slater rose to the occasion and came out firing early.  Stay tuned as we bring you more coverage of the Globe Pro Fiji.
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Kelly Slater is an amazing human being. The guy wasn’t even going to compete in this contest, but he ends up winning the thing. We don’t have much details at this point other than I think Slater is an alien. For realsies.

Kelly Slater is an amazing human being. The guy wasn’t even going to compete in this contest, but he ends up winning the thing. We don’t have much details at this point other than I think Slater is an alien. For realsies.

With so much hype around the Kelly Slater story, people have taken their attention off some of the other smaller-name guys competing as well. One of them being, 22 year old Dane Reynolds. Reynolds was boosting 9’s all day and his highest wave score came it at a 9.73 out of 10! That was the highest of the day.
Dane had this to say about the 9.73 score, “That (9.73) was just a perfect clean face,” Reynolds said. “I would have had to really blow it to not get a score. I basically connected the dots, I didn’t do anything too ridiculous, but that is all it took.”
Dane will be up against CJ Hobgood in round 3… Stay tuned for coverage soon here on Seshn. In the meantime, check out the rest of the scores and round 3’s matchups:
Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Round 3 Match-Ups:
Heat 1: Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs. Fredrick Patacchia (HAW)
Heat 2: Tom Whitaker (AUS) vs. Dayyan Neve (AUS)
Heat 3: Taylor Knox (USA) vs. Neco Padaratz (BRA)
Heat 4: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs. Daniel Wills (AUS)
Heat 5: Jeremy Flores (FRA) vs.Kieren Perrow (AUS)
Heat 6: Bobby Martinez (USA) vs. Jay Thompson (AUS)
Heat 7: Adrian Buchan (AUS) vs. Adriano de Souza (BRA)
Heat 8: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. Troy Brooks (AUS)
Heat 9: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. Daniel Ross (AUS)
Heat 10: Luke Stedman (AUS) vs. Ben Dunn (AUS)
Heat 11: Pancho Sullivan (HAW) vs. Roy Powers (HAW)
Heat 12: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Dane Reynolds (USA)
Heat 13: Kelly Slater (USA) vs. Jihad Khodr (BRA)
Heat 14: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs. Tim Reyes (USA)
Heat 15: Andy Irons (HAW) vs. Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA)
Heat 16: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. Luke Munro (AUS) 
 

So basically to sum up what is going on with Kelly Slater right now is… Yes he has made up his mind to compete in the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach. See the thing is, Kelly wasn’t going to compete at first and withdrew from the event late last week. As expected, many were bummed on Slater’s decision.
Kelly then got online and noticed how bummed people were and in his own words, he had this to say about the situation, ”A combination of things influenced my decision to come to Bells. 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.”  
  
So the swell looks good, Slater is happy, what more could you want? It’s on!
Here are the round 1 matchups:
Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Round 1 Match-Ups:
Heat 1: Bobby Martinez (USA), Luke Munro (AUS), Royden Bryson (ZAF) 
Heat 2: Dean Morrison (AUS), Dayyan Neve (AUS), Travis Logie (ZAF) 
Heat 3: Jeremy Flores (FRA), Bruce Irons (HAW), Tiago Pires (PRT) 
Heat 4: Pancho Sullivan (HAW), Neco Padaratz (BRA), Jihad Khodr (BRA) 
Heat 5: Andy Irons (HAW), Jordy Smith (ZAF), Chris Ward (USA) 
Heat 6: Bede Durbidge (AUS), Tim Reyes (USA), Daniel Ross (AUS) 
Heat 7: Joel Parkinson (AUS), Ben Dunn (AUS), Nic Muscroft (AUS) 
Heat 8: Mick Fanning (AUS), Adrian Buchan (AUS), Stuart Kennedy (AUS) 
Heat 9: Taj Burrow (AUS), Leonardo Neves (BRA), Nathan Hedge (AUS) 
Heat 10: Kelly Slater (USA), Adriano de Souza (BRA), Troy Brooks (AUS) 
Heat 11: C.J. Hobgood (USA), Dane Reynolds (USA), Daniel Wills (AUS) 
Heat 12: Kai Otton (AUS), Jay Thompson (AUS), Ricky Basnett (ZAF) 
Heat 13: Tom Whitaker (AUS), Ben Bourgeois (USA), Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 
Heat 14: Taylor Knox (USA), Michael Campbell (AUS), Mikael Picon (FRA) 
Heat 15: Damien Hobgood (USA), Kieren Perrow (AUS), Heitor Alves (BRA) 
Heat 16: Luke Stedman (AUS), Roy Powers (HAW), Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA) 
For more go to aspworldtour.com  

So basically to sum up what is going on with Kelly Slater right now is… Yes he has made up his mind to compete in the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach. See the thing is, Kelly wasn’t going to compete at first and withdrew from the event late last week. As expected, many were bummed on Slater’s decision.
Kelly then got online and noticed how bummed people were and in his own words, he had this to say about the situation, ”A combination of things influenced my decision to come to Bells. 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.”  
  
So the swell looks good, Slater is happy, what more could you want? It’s on!
Here are the round 1 matchups:
Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Round 1 Match-Ups:
Heat 1: Bobby Martinez (USA), Luke Munro (AUS), Royden Bryson (ZAF) 
Heat 2: Dean Morrison (AUS), Dayyan Neve (AUS), Travis Logie (ZAF) 
Heat 3: Jeremy Flores (FRA), Bruce Irons (HAW), Tiago Pires (PRT) 
Heat 4: Pancho Sullivan (HAW), Neco Padaratz (BRA), Jihad Khodr (BRA) 
Heat 5: Andy Irons (HAW), Jordy Smith (ZAF), Chris Ward (USA) 
Heat 6: Bede Durbidge (AUS), Tim Reyes (USA), Daniel Ross (AUS) 
Heat 7: Joel Parkinson (AUS), Ben Dunn (AUS), Nic Muscroft (AUS) 
Heat 8: Mick Fanning (AUS), Adrian Buchan (AUS), Stuart Kennedy (AUS) 
Heat 9: Taj Burrow (AUS), Leonardo Neves (BRA), Nathan Hedge (AUS) 
Heat 10: Kelly Slater (USA), Adriano de Souza (BRA), Troy Brooks (AUS) 
Heat 11: C.J. Hobgood (USA), Dane Reynolds (USA), Daniel Wills (AUS) 
Heat 12: Kai Otton (AUS), Jay Thompson (AUS), Ricky Basnett (ZAF) 
Heat 13: Tom Whitaker (AUS), Ben Bourgeois (USA), Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 
Heat 14: Taylor Knox (USA), Michael Campbell (AUS), Mikael Picon (FRA) 
Heat 15: Damien Hobgood (USA), Kieren Perrow (AUS), Heitor Alves (BRA) 
Heat 16: Luke Stedman (AUS), Roy Powers (HAW), Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA) 
For more go to aspworldtour.com  

The ASP World Tour first event of the 2008 season has wrapped up on the Gold Coast of Australia. The Quik Pro saw a sketchy start with days of flatness and the contest on hold for many days of the event. As some may know, the first round of an event on the WCT sends the 2nd and 3rd place surfers to the second round, while the 1st place surfer is sent to the third round automatically. Then the surfers have to duke it out in the fourth round, quarter final, and semi final, hoping to make it to the final, which holds $30,000 for first place, and $16,000 for second.The semi final of the Quik Pro saw the first heat with Bede Durbidge and Mick Fanning, both Australian locals. It was an extremely close heat with Bede finishing second with a total of 16.67 points, and Mick Fanning winning the heat with a 17.23. The second heat of the semi finals held Jeremy Flores against Kelly Slater, 8 time world champion. The heat was a nail-biter with Jeremy almost ousting out the world champ with a 15.17 but ended second to Slater’s 15.47.Jeremy FloresThe final of the Quiksilver Pro saw reeling pointbreak surf and two amazing competitors, Mick Fanning against Kelly Slater. Slater got just the waves he needed to upset the local favorite, but the final was a close one, with Mick Fanning in 2nd place with a 15.23 and Kelly Slater with a 17.94.Kelly Slater in the FinalMick Fanning with his signature lightning fast cutback.The next event on the World Championship Tour is the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach, Australia on March 18-29, 2008. Until then, enjoy this rad clip from Mick and Kelly’s Final.[kml_flashembed movie="http://youtube.com/v/lljISOwQMMw" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]