Can Kelly Slater Save the Surfboard Industry?

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good evening. another wet wet yucky day. it’s still raining, it’s dark outside, the roads are flooded, no swells on the way, and the ocean is polluted so i can’t surf or dive. i think i’m going to go crazy!!! help….

i spun around diamond for a run but i seen a huge storm approaching so i cancelled. i’ve never seen it dark like this in a while. it’s like night time all day. know what i’m talking about? my lights in my house were on all day long…

even my secret outdoor salt water pool wasn’t looking too nice today. it was freaking cold….

i bet every shaper in the world was in their shaping room today trying to shape kelly’s new design after watching him easily win the pipe masters. he says it’s a 5’11 round pin. the widest part of the board is 4″ in front of the center of the board. check out how wide the nose is. only kelly slater is the kind of superman surfer that can make a huge impact on our surfing economy. i bet over 10,000 surfboards will be shaped because of what he did yesterday at the pipe masters. can one of our shapers please make me one? i want to surf like kelly slater too…

this was yesterday at haleiwa harbor. now you know why i won’t go near the ocean for a while. this stuff isn’t going away anytime soon. yuck… thanks surfline.com for letting me borrow these photos….
**and last, wanted to congratulate diving buddy reyton siliado from kauai and his fiancee aileen on their engagement. congratulations!!!

KIRBY FUKUNAGA
ハワイで生まれ育ち、プロサーファー、フォイラー、スキンダイバー、カメラマンの肩書きを持ち、ウォーターマンとして、海で多くの時間を過ごし、海から多くのモノをもらいながら生活しています。彼が伝えようとしていることは、海がある生活は僕らを豊かにしてくれるということ。そして、自分だけではなく、いろいろなことをみんなにシェアし、人生を楽しむということ。現在は、ハワイでプライベートサーフィンガイドを主催。
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