Kelly Slater's New Year at Honolua Bay - video

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Ben Matson (thermalben)
Swellnet Dispatch

Not a bad session to kickstart 2016. 

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dan-burke Friday, 8 Jan 2016 at 9:38am

Loose! I'd like to see his board.

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zenagain Friday, 8 Jan 2016 at 10:50am

Frothing grommets made me smile.

Old mate sure knows how to thread a tube.

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thermalben Friday, 8 Jan 2016 at 11:10am

Couple of heavy drop ins. KS included.

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Lanky Dean Friday, 8 Jan 2016 at 5:35pm

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.

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OHV500 Friday, 8 Jan 2016 at 1:13pm

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

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indo-dreaming Friday, 8 Jan 2016 at 1:43pm
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.

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OHV500 Friday, 8 Jan 2016 at 3:27pm

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.)

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stunet Friday, 8 Jan 2016 at 3:56pm

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.

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freeride76 Friday, 8 Jan 2016 at 5:09pm

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.

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slashbash Friday, 8 Jan 2016 at 1:17pm

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!

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Craig Friday, 8 Jan 2016 at 2:00pm

How well did he read those shifty bowls!!

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yocal Friday, 8 Jan 2016 at 2:05pm

looks like a poor man's version of North Point from that angle haha

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Lanky Dean Friday, 8 Jan 2016 at 5:40pm

So glad they stopped the resort development here. Such a phenomenal wave/place.

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udo Sunday, 10 Jan 2016 at 6:39pm

7 yr old drops into a Honolua Bay bomb : Inertia instagram.