According to a story in Australian’s The Age Kelly Slater has announced that he’s not going to surf the Rip Curl Bells event.
The former world No.1 has ruled out competing in the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach later this month, a move which would put his campaign to dethrone Aussie world champion Mick Fanning behind the eight ball.
But Slater’s frequent talk of missing events is wearing thin on rivals who dismiss his claims as nothing more than gamesmanship. . . . But his fiercest rival, fellow American and former triple world champ Andy Irons, said he’d take Slater’s words with a grain of salt.
“I’ll believe it when the first heat goes out … until then I’ll believe he’s in every event,” Irons said after his easy round three win over American Ben Bourgeois.
So will we.
[Link: The Age]
