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Hype over Kelly Slater Aerials

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Created by hardie > 9 months ago, 8 Apr 2012
lotofwind
NSW, 6451 posts
10 Apr 2012 9:14PM
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^^^^^^Are they from the band ABBA????

aus301
QLD, 2039 posts
10 Apr 2012 9:16PM
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For mine this is up there with asking what is cooler to watch, Indy racing or speedway.

Both motor racing, both cool to watch, but so different they can't really be compared.

waveslave
WA, 4263 posts
10 Apr 2012 7:34PM
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Reflex Films said...

been surfing for 23 years and wavesailing for about the same

i can do airs on my wind sailing board pretty easily


been surfing for 73 years and wavekiting for about the same

i can do airs on my wind kiting board pretty easily

i don't even need waves to do these awesome airs

lol

Zachery
597 posts
10 Apr 2012 7:56PM
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Guess that would explain why you dont go near a wave then wavegirl, show us something more convincing than your trivial **e that you dish out in this forum, (such as a picture of yourself cutting back into the pit, (mindsurfing as i remember u calling it (I've heard it called other things)) or crawl back to the other side

Windsurf0709
VIC, 136 posts
10 Apr 2012 10:11PM
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The Kelly move was 'ballsy' as if he failed to land it he gets zero for the wave

(maybe not such an issue given the number of waves he had in the final - compared to Mick).

Windsurfing aerials look more spectacular... IMO

waveslave
WA, 4263 posts
10 Apr 2012 8:11PM
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Hey Zach,
You didn't get my last post, hey ?
The repetition thing ?
No ?
It was a pisstake, man.
lol.
How Refexi likes to begin every post with his personal sailing resume.
His cutsick cv ...
followed by some talked-up claim.
lol.
I just had to copy that.
Ape it.

Z1291
208 posts
10 Apr 2012 8:59PM
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DunkO said...

and in my eyes Kelly beat mick at bells. I think both his both his 8.08 scores were better than micks 9.7?
it is the RIPCURL pro after all.

No one can match him still. 40 and getting better.


Yep agree with you there having watched the final myself.
Don't think kelly's two 8.07s deserved a higher score than fannings 9.7, but they both deserved higher than fannings 8.6 (he only put in 3 turns on the 8.6). Fanning was well overscored on all 3 of his top scoring waves and slater's two 8.07s were underscored..

Mark _australia
WA, 23711 posts
10 Apr 2012 9:18PM
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waveslave said...

Hey Zach,
You didn't get my last post, hey ?
The repetition thing ?
No ?
It was a pisstake, man.
lol.
How Refexi likes to begin every post with his personal sailing resume.
His cutsick cv ...
followed by some talked-up claim.
lol.
I just had to copy that.
Ape it.


So if you are having a go at Matt - how many wave comps have you won?
Talked up claim? I'm speechless

Do I even need to say something like "d!ckhead" or is that self evident from the utter rubbish you post here?



R1DER
WA, 1476 posts
10 Apr 2012 9:39PM
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Mark _australia said...
Do I even need to say somethign like "d!ckhead" or is that self evident from the utter rubbish you post here?

OH YEAH bitch slap given !!

hoop
1979 posts
10 Apr 2012 10:04PM
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Mr Slave, can you do airs while you're surfing the forum? I reckon you would rip it to shreds.
You have so much more time on here than anyone ever sees you on the water.
Can you post some vid of a 360 forum air? That would be cool to see.

P.C_simpson
WA, 1492 posts
12 Apr 2012 8:50PM
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Ok I watched the final and Kelly was way better to watch, looked like he was just out there free surfing not doing just trying to do point scoring turns all day.

BUT on about his third last wave he basted out a wave 360, looked pretty sick but then the judges are gettng all excited saying he's the only one in the world that does them!

WTF

The surfing world needs to start watching more windsurf movies, maybe start with the one on VHS first. Angulo invented these 20 years ago, surely it hasn't taken surfer this long to work out such old moves.

Edgy
QLD, 104 posts
13 Apr 2012 12:28AM
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ok said...

CJW said...

ok said...

You cant be serious can you? comparing windsurfing / windsurfers to a ten time world champion surfer? He does it all with only the power of the wave beneath him not the wind?

Go to the butcher and get some brains


Did you even read the original post? Maybe read it again? Hardie specifically references how good Kelly Slater is, in case anyone was arguing...but really who would. His post was not comparing windsurfers to Kelly Slater, it was comparing the spectacular nature of the aerials in the two sports.





Go watch a recent wave video with Siver, Brawzinho, Campello or any of the other usual suspects and tell me that it's not more spectacular than any other sport involving a wave. Sure surfers only have wave power to work with but if you come to any other conclusion you are surely taking the piss.









I went to the butchers and got some pigs brains. They fitted perfectly!! But still when watching surfing videos then poleys going flat stick off the back of a wave surfing still out does it by a mile for skill and how watchable it is. This may explain why the pay difference? If i wanted to watch big spinny airs id watch kiters doing dangles and riding away not windsurfers going off the backs of waves and splash landing.

eat a spider


Matt meola copies his moves from windsurfing he talks about it in walls of perception



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