my little nephew Seth Moniz is sitting at #1 in the world right now on the WQS. i’m stoked on that. what i’m not stoked on is why my little nephew isn’t granted a wildcard for WCT events? up until now, it’s been automatic for top WQS seeds to get wildcards into events. so when 2 wildcards were given to Mikey Wright and Hiroto Ohara for the upcoming WCT event in Kelly Slater’s wave pool, a lot of people were asking why? Uncle Kirby can tell you why!
while the top pros in the world had a contest at Kelly Slater’s pool this summer, Seth Moniz sneaked away to an unknown pool in Texas and pulled off the biggest air anybody could imagine. so all the marketing and promotions Kelly Slater drew at his billion dollar wave pool just got squashed by a little kid flying in the air like a monkey. all the attention went to the pool in Texas thanks to Seth. Kelly wasn’t happy at all. so now Seth Moniz is on his shit list and will never get an invite to anything to do with Kelly Slater. so yeah, Kelly Slater, politics, and money are the reason why my little nephew isn’t getting a chance. Seth has to do it the hard way and when is turn comes up to destroy Kelly in his own wave pool, i’m going to fly there and watch it for myself.
sorry but i just had to express my feelings. i’ve been in this industry too long and know what happens deep within. i can’t sit back and let money and politics take anything away from my family. and i’m not the only one that thinks like this as the whole world is also wondering why?
