{"id":26346,"date":"2011-11-06T14:06:06","date_gmt":"2011-11-06T22:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=26346"},"modified":"2011-11-06T14:08:06","modified_gmt":"2011-11-06T22:08:06","slug":"kelly-slater-becomes-ke11y-for-real-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=26346","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Slater Becomes Ke11y For Real"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Slater5123Sanfran11Kirstin<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s been a crazy couple days for Kelly Slate<\/strong>r. The elation of winning his 11th ASP World Title followed directly by the realization that he hadn’t clinched it just yet. Then on Sunday, November 6, 2011, knowing he had to win one more heat to officially own the trophy he had already been awarded, he faced off in Round 4, Heat 2 of the Rip Curl Pro Search SF<\/a><\/strong> against two of the rippingest new kids on tour.<\/p>\n

The combined ages of Brazilians Miguel Pupo<\/strong> and Gabriel Madina<\/strong> may fall two years short of Slater’s 39 years, but that did not help them today as Slater surfed past the 17 and 19 year olds to advance to the quarterfinals and seal the 2011 ASP Title.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a confirmed the other day, but we\u2019re sure now,\u201d Slater said. \u201cI\u2019m stoked. I was upset about it, but I also thought it was really funny. There are no hard feelings towards ASP and mistakes happen. It\u2019s easy to point things out. It was a little tough to readjust and I was going against kids who could be my kids and they throw radical airs. I was hoping for big offshore barrels, not closeout onshore ramps. I just didn\u2019t know what to expect out there. I didn\u2019t know if we\u2019d have air sections and it was kind of flat with a lot of power. The waves were closeouts and fast with a weird landing.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now that this is over Slater may just be relaxed enough to win the entire contest. Follow the jump for the official word from the ASP.OCEAN BEACH, San Francisco\/California (Sunday, November 6, 2011) \u2013 Kelly Slater (USA), 39, has officially claimed a historic 11th ASP World Title today, clinching the year-long pursuit with his advancement in to the Quarterfinals of the Rip Curl Pro Search San Francisco.<\/p>\n

In tricky three-to-five foot (1.5 metre) waves, Slater got the best of young Brazilians Miguel Pupo (BRA), 19, and Gabriel Medina (BRA), 17, in his non-elimination Round 4 heat to advance directly through to the Quarterfinals and secure an unprecedented 11th ASP World Title.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a confirmed the other day, but we\u2019re sure now,\u201d Slater said. \u201cI\u2019m stoked. I was upset about it, but I also thought it was really funny. There are no hard feelings towards ASP and mistakes happen. It\u2019s easy to point things out. It was a little tough to readjust and I was going against kids who could be my kids and they throw radical airs. I was hoping for big offshore barrels, not closeout onshore ramps. I just didn\u2019t know what to expect out there. I didn\u2019t know if we\u2019d have air sections and it was kind of flat with a lot of power. The waves were closeouts and fast with a weird landing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Slater, who was prematurely crowned the ASP World Champion after a mathematical error occurred earlier this week, admitted that securing his 11th elite crown today was a bit lackluster, but remained positive regarding the mistake.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a little anticlimactic,\u201d Slater said. \u201cI texted my mom, because it\u2019s funny because I didn\u2019t really have the emotion the other day. This is my profession and it\u2019s a little on me to know the situation and it\u2019s not just everyone else\u2019s fault. There have been a few of these mistakes over the course of history, but this one was a bit weird, but I called Renato (Hickel) in the morning after I won because I was supposed to do this Dan Patrick show and I hadn\u2019t won yet. I knew we wouldn\u2019t surf for a day or two so people could get it out of their system and I could have a few days to refocus.\u201d<\/p>\n

2011 ASP World Title Series Results:
\nQuiksilver Pro Gold Coast: WINNER
\nRip Curl Pro Bells Beach: Equal 5th
\nBillabong Rio Pro: Equal 13th
\nBillabong Pro Jeffreys Bay: No Show
\nBillabong Pro Tahiti: WINNER
\nQuiksilver Pro New York: Runner-Up
\nHurley Pro at Trestles: WINNER
\nQuiksilver Pro France: Equal 5th
\nRip Curl Pro Portugal: Runner-UP
\nRip Curl Pro Search San Francisco: TBD
\nBillabong Pipeline Masters: TBD<\/p>\n

Kelly Slater\u2019s ASP World Title Clinch Locations:
\n2011: Rip Curl Pro Search San Francisco \u2013 USA
\n2010: Rip Curl Pro Search Puerto Rico \u2013 USA Territory
\n2008: Billabong Pro Mundaka \u2013 Basque\/Spain
\n2006: Billabong Pro Mundaka \u2013 Basque\/Spain
\n2005: Nova Schin Festival – Brazil
\n1998: Mountain Dew Pipeline Masters – Hawaii
\n1997: Expo 98 Figueira 97 \u2013 Portugal
\n1996: Coca Cola Figueira 96 \u2013 Portugal
\n1995: Chiemsee Pipe Masters \u2013 Hawaii
\n1994: Chiemsee Gerry Lopez Pipe Masters \u2013 Hawaii
\n1992: Alternativa Surf Rio \u2013 Brazil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been a crazy couple days for Kelly Slater. The elation of winning his 11th ASP World Title followed directly by the realization that he hadn’t clinched it just yet. Then on Sunday, November 6, 2011, knowing he had to win one more heat to officially own the trophy he had already been awarded, he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26346"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26346"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26347,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26346\/revisions\/26347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}