Slater's SURFER Mag. board

Anyone know what kind of board Kelly’s riding on the cover of the latest Surfer mag? It’s also shown in his “Surfer’s Poll” segment. Looks like a full-template swallow tail and not a Merrick?

kirk

not to be negative but who really cares what kelly slater is riding

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not to be negative but who really cares what kelly slater is riding

hehehe… his sponsors…hahaha…

I seem to recall a Tom fellow at haleiwa a few years back who… um …O.P. were …ermmm… less than stoked with because the naughty man…er… forgot to put one of their little stickers on his board

[…tsk tsk…must be a “hard” life having to ride and wear and look and even act the way others want you to …]

Having watched ‘blue horizons’, and seen how ‘pro’ surfer Andy Irons carries on, I do confess to being more than a little jaded by that whole ‘scene’.

Rasta’s composure and style in that movie, as well as his obvious creativity, and open-mindedness to different board designs… THAT provided a nice sane contrast to Andy’s temper tantrums and pouting. As perhaps was Jack’s intention…

I guess mission accomplished for Jack McCoy, as usual, it was BEAUTIFULLY filmed !

          ben

Howzit chipfish, here’s a good one for you. A few years ago Phil (Andy’s dad ) told me that one day Andy wore one of Bruce’s Volcom shirts and some body actually called one of Andy’s sponsors and ratted on him and the sponsor called Andy and told him never do that again or he would be dropped, then Volcom called Bruce and told him to never let his brither wear his clothes. I guess Big Brother is even watching in Hanalei. This was before Andy became the Champ. Aloha,Kokua

Hehe! I could Rave on an On on how I dislike andy!,

Kokua Thats crazy stuff!

Back on the topic of kelly’s boards… From some of the Free Quiky DVDs we get here in oz it looks like sometimes he has a really cool 70s like rail on his modern shortboard… I will try and scan the cover soon…

Josh.

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“…Andy wore one of Bruce’s Volcom shirts and some body actually called one of Andy’s sponsors and ratted on him and the sponsor called Andy and told him never do that again or he would be dropped, then Volcom called Bruce and told him to never let his brother wear his clothes…”

which kinda confirms it, doesn’t it ??..

a bunch of pretty boys, walking clotheshangers …not even ALLOWED to wear their own clothes ?!

SAD…

Kirk, who took the photo?

I think I know the board, as I was there.