Kelly Slater's New Year at Honolua Bay - video

Ben Matson (thermalben)

Swellnet Dispatch

Friday, 08 January 2016

Not a bad session to kickstart 2016.

Comments

dan-burke Friday, 8 Jan 2016 at 09:38 am new

Loose! I'd like to see his board.

zenagain Friday, 8 Jan 2016 at 10:50 am new

Frothing grommets made me smile.

Old mate sure knows how to thread a tube.

thermalben Friday, 8 Jan 2016 at 11:10 am new

Couple of heavy drop ins. KS included.

Lanky Dean Friday, 8 Jan 2016 at 05:35 pm new

Surfed with Robert a few times over the years, he is actually pretty respectful in the line up. (at least the times i surfed with him.)I am giving Robert the benefit of the doubt on this one.Old mate was pretty deep and changed his line pretty early.

OHV500 Friday, 8 Jan 2016 at 01:13 pm new

What board is he riding ? looks as though it is restricting him. (to me anyway.)

indo-dreaming Friday, 8 Jan 2016 at 01:43 pm new

OHV500 wrote:
What board is he riding ? looks as though it is restricting him. (to me anyway.)

Restricted?…he just looks like he is looking for some barrels and doing a fine job at it in waves that i expect would be harder to work out in real life, slabby shifty bowls.

OHV500 Friday, 8 Jan 2016 at 03:27 pm new

To me it looked as though the board was way loose on his bottom turns ?? (saying that - I wish I could bottom turn like KS.)

stunet Friday, 8 Jan 2016 at 03:56 pm new

That was my first thought too - looked a tad squirrely off the bottom and he appeared unable to lay solid carves on it. Didn't look a great choice for Honolua.

Pull in the tail, straighten the rocker, hire me as board caddy.

freeride76 Friday, 8 Jan 2016 at 05:09 pm new

agreed....but I haven't seen Kelly on a magic board since he won Fiji in 2013.
That board he was riding at Honolua looked like it would go great in a wavepool with controlled conditions, in the ocean: not so much.

slashbash Friday, 8 Jan 2016 at 01:17 pm new

Now there's a waves everyone can surf. Oh sorry did I mention the crowd too. Damn ! Could be Snapper on a NE cyclone swell with that crowd and the bowls. Hawaii is no different to Oz Gold Coast obviously. Yeah your right KS certainly knows how to thread it successfully. What's the Hawaiian term for a long time Haole like Kelly? Stay wet all!