Mar 05 2009
Kelly Slater Gets Deep – Talks About His Deep Six Board
Kelly Slater talks about his Deep Six Shortboard, the 5’6″ Al Merrick that he won the Pipeline Masters this year on in 8-10 ft. Hawaiian Surf. Kelly’s been pushing new boundaries with board design and finding smaller and shorter boards to ride in bigger surf. The video of him at Pipe with this board is worth the watch.
[...] is the majority who surf. Even in the professional ranks there is rampant experimentation going on. Kelly is shaping his own boards AND riding them on the tour. Taj is riding what I’d call a post-modern construction [...]