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World Champ Slater Waves In New Win
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He won at Pipeline con- vincingly, clearly and hand- ily — against the newest, youngest generation. This means Slater has some- how transcended over three generations or waves of world tour legends — start- ing with three-time world champ Tom Curren, one- time world champ Martin Potter in the late 1980s to early 1990s) — to Occhilu- po, Garcia — then to Andy Irons, Mick Fanning, et al. He’s been putting to the Brazilian storm and now the latest up-and-comers Seth Moniz, 24, and Barron Mamiya, 21. It makes me dizzy just getting my head
around it.
Slater also was coming
savored this and this is the best win of my life.”
years. But, he’s the only one other than you know who! That’s a long time to wait for a 30-something to get to the top again.
to terms with what he just accomplished, in front of a mic, in real time. The stress of competition cleared but his eyes did not. I’ ve nev- er seen Slater share such emotion and insight. I think more than a million viewers were choked up, too.
Letting go of a big breath, he adds, “It’s just crazy thinking back on 30 years ... how many times it’s happened for me ... and gone my way. I don’t know whattochockitupto... except for spending my life in the ocean.”
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It’s only Slater who’s done it — over and over again — five times to be exact! Count ‘em: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2011. He won the other 6 in the 1990s. The icon doesn’t just break records — he blows them out of the proverbial water — literally and figu- ratively.
“I don’t even know what to say,” Slater says. “I was out there just telling myself to be in the moment, no matter how much tension there is. Just breathe. So, I was just breathing, being in the moment. I thought Seth (Moniz) broke the combo because of the crowd and I said, ‘Just stay in the mo- ment, soak it up.’ But I just
Next week we talk about the new queen of Pipeline: Moana Jones-Wong from the North Shore.
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Now we don’t have time to go into all Slater’s re- cords — there’s far too many. Let’s just focus on his winning the Billabong
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