As we don’t read print magazines all that much it took a while before we were able to check out the recent Sports Illustrated story on Kelly Slater by writer Gary Smith. Here is a piece:
Well, then … why did he ride the ocean? What was his purpose? The more he stared at the question, the more jumbled the answers grew, his whys like old clothes crammed in a drawer. They’d seemed to fit once, but the longer he looked at them now, the more holes and wrinkles he saw, the more whys he didn’t even recognize. Where the hell to begin?
It’s one of those stories where the writer tries a little too hard and ends up getting in the way. But it’s worth reading because it’s long and it’s about Kelly.
Scott Bass’ interview of Gary Smith on Surfer.com is also worth reading, though he obviously seemed to enjoy Smith’s writing stylings a little more than we did.
[Link: Sports Illustrated via valerotti]
Yeah, like Kelly Slater, 9x World Champ and millionaire many times over, has old clothes (with wrinkles and holes), no less…. Call me a stupid surfer dude, but DUH!
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