Kelly Slater Wins Historic 10th ASP World Title
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Kelly Slater wins historic 10th ASP World Title in style with a 10pt barrel:
Kelly Slater gets mobbed wherever he goes, but as soon as he hit the beach after clinching his quarterfinal heat against Adriano de Souza and wrapping up his historic 10th ASP World Title, Slater was enguled by surf fans, media and even competitors. Naturally he was overcome with tears after relising what he has managed to achieve that no other surfer has ever, and is likely never to achieve again. Slater commented in his post heat interview stating, “I want to dedicate this to Andy [Irons], and my family. I don’t know what to say, it just kind of hit me right now,” and then couldn’t talk for about five seconds after that, just completely overcome with emotion. It was the culmination of a lifetime of competitive surfing, a lifetime of goals and dreams. For a few seconds he was speechless, unguarded, you could see the moment washing over him.
Kelly wasted little time in asserting his dominance in the quarters by backdooring a barrel for earning himself a 9 and followed that up with a longer double barrel for a 9.87 that makes Taj’s 10 in the previous heat look like a quick in-out. Kelly then followed that up with a clean, no-grab 360 air reverse. Five minutes into the heat Kelly has 18.87 points, while Adriano had yet to catch a wave. Slater played it perfectly, the heat was done after Kelly’s first two waves. 10.
And this is how he got to his 10 ASP World Surfing Titles:
1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2008 and yes 2010. Yes 10 in total
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Slater dedicated his 10th world ASP title to Andy Irons stating openly “If it wasn’t for Andy I wouldn’t even be in this position.” – Soft Boards dot net.
