Got my hackle up on this one...Smug little boy...Foolish kid.
Guys get $700K - 1MM+ contracts to play with pool toys in the ocean. They travel around on the company's dime to surf in locations we only dream of. Poor little pro surfers.
Just suck it up like a man and keep your opinions to yourself. Just surf.
Your not KS and you never will be KS...No one for a long time will be like Slater. He is special. Cold hard fact, KS is a franchise. Martinez is not. Martinez is unique, but not in a good way unique now. I'd say hes fitting into his stereo type quite nicely now. That's too bad for his sake.
The pro surf world & and it's cash revolves around Slater. Slater can golf, play tennis, play hockey, curling, cricket..or tiddly winks. And he's going to beat you at everyone of them, because he is a stone cold killer. Sorry Aussies.
I guess Bobby could go back to his other gig he was doing pre pro surfing.....err.
Heres some advise to all the wanna be pros, or anyone not ranked #1 in the world:
Hey pro surfers out there. Enjoy it while you can and make the most of it. Hopefully you have saved a few million in your checking account? If not you can maybe you can become a clothing sales rep, a surf team manager, or run a surf school....If your lucky. If not maybe you can get a trade job swinging a hammer, or plastering walls in the hot sun.
The life style you have grown a custom too will come to a screaching halt when you have to pay for hotel rooms, meals, airplane tickets etc. Surf trips, cars, houses..and chicks are not cheap the way you have been living.
Enjoy the ride boy's. It's all down hill from here.
One word David Eggers.....look it up if you don't know