Surfing-Wildcard Kelly Slater Stars as Tahiti Pro Kicks Off in Unruly Surf
Slater posted a 16.23 heat total and earned a second-round matchup with Gabriel Medina as big swells and strong winds rattled the field.
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Kelly Slater comes out of retirement to score big in Teahupo’o Tahiti Pro
Surfing’s 11-time world champion Kelly Slater showed he still has what it takes to foot it with the best at the Tahiti Pro on Saturday, scoring the highest heat total of the first day in huge and wild waves.The 54-year-old, who retired from full-time competition in 2024, clocked up an excellent two
Wildcard Kelly Slater stars as surfing's Tahiti Pro kicks of in unruly ...
Wildcard Kelly Slater stars as Tahiti Pro kicks off in unruly surf
Aug 8 - Surfing's 11-times world champion Kelly Slater showed he still has what it takes to foot it with the best at the Tahiti Pro on Saturday, scoring the highest heat total of the first day in huge and wild waves. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The first day of the Tahiti Pro saw, this Saturday in Teahupoo, the qualifications of Kauli Vaast for the 8th final and Kelly Slater for the 16th. But also the elimination of the Tahitian Eimeo Czermak.
Kelly's Quinquagenarian Dominance, Eli's Gumption, And Eimeo's Upset
Read our complete Tahiti Pro preview piece that outlines key storylines to watch for this event here. Exactly 60 years ago, the world found out that there is “no surf in Tahiti”. You remember — it was when Mike Hynson and Robert August first set foot on the island, tried to find surf, and were repeatedly told that due to Tahiti’s surrounding coral reefs, there was no surf to be found. It was 33 years ago, in 1993, that one Robert Kelly Slater fi…
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