no, it wasn’t an april fools joke. the big news of kelly slater leaving quiksilver is real. honestly, i thought it was some kind of joke too. here’s what i think about it. kelly slater was the youngest, and oldest surfer to win world titles. he sold billions of dollars worth of quiksilver clothes throughout his 23 year relationship with them. kelly is quiksilver. quiksilver is kelly. kind of like how michael jorden is nike. anyway, he left because he wants to create his own brand. and probably left because kids like john john florence is getting paid more than him from hurley, and dane reynolds is getting paid more than him from quiksilver. that must of hurt the champion as he knows he’s the most marketable surfer in the history of the sport. to me, no other surfer even comes close to the marketing value of this champion. kelly can sell anything. anything kelly wears and does is cool. yes, a lot of people also hate him and the only reason is because he’s too good. so here’s what i predict, kelly will make a new brand, put the sticker on his surfboard, it will be the most talked about brand when it comes out, people will buy it, and he will make more money than quiksilver ever paid him. yes, more than john john, and more than dane. everybody is looking for something new and cool. it’s been a while since a new surf brand dominated the billion dollar industry, and the time has come. kelly isn’t stupid, and kelly isn’t world champion 11 times for nothing. he will win more championships, win more hearts, win more money, and succeed in anything he does. i’m pretty excited for his new chapter in his life and i hope he proves everybody wrong. Go-Kelly!
as for me, i’m living my life like a 11 time champion. just look at my dinner last night. this was course 1 of 10 and it just kept on getting better and better. i’m so fortunate to have very generous friends that take me to places where only kings can dine at. now i’m sitting up at 3:30am doing this blog as i’m jet lagged. i think my 3 hour afternoon nap yesterday was too long. now i’m going to get ready, jump in a taxi, jump on a train, get into a car, jump on a ferry, and go all the way to shikoku. it will take about 14 hours but i’m a surfer and that’s how surfers do it in japan. yes, i feel like jumping on a 1 hour flight that will take me there, but that’s cheating. i just can’t wait so see mt. fuji, my friends, and some good surf! have a wonderful day!
Kelly Slater April Fools Joke?
Kelly Slater quits Quiksilver!
Kelly Slater and Quiksilver finished after 23 years!!! OMG! Big news!
Be Patient or Be Crazy!
imagine waiting in line, waiting on the side, you are first on the standby list, you hope for somebody not to show up. all flights are fully booked because it’s the end of spring break so getting to japan yesterday was pretty difficult, almost impossible. but i never give up so i get down to the airport at 9am. 10:05am was the first try and a family didn’t show up till the very last 10 seconds. so i was out. the second try i almost got on as a wife lost her husband in the bathroom so he didn’t show up to the gate. then at the last minute, he walks into the gate, gets yelled at from his angry wife, and boards the plane. i’m out again. the third flight was full too but i had a better chance because it was a flight to nagoya. 1:30pm, i get on. i’m so use to not making flights that it doesn’t even bother me anymore. if i go, i go. if i don’t, i don’t. if it was meant to be, it was meant to be. if not, it’s not. the good thing is that i get stuck in hawaii for another day? great! haha.
for the 4.5 hours i was at the airport, i refused to eat because everything was such a rip off. yeah, just super overpriced and not the best of food. a single scoop of cold stone ice cream was looking good but not for $8.
so i just stuck to the only thing free at the airport. water! without it, we would all die.
once i get on, i’m relaxed. i put on the headphones and get ready to watch 3 movies. watched Ted, Into the Furnace, and HBO’s Mike Tyson’s interview unplugged. Ted was one of the most funniest movies i’ve seen in a long long time. Into the Furnace was about a brother getting revenge when somebody killed his younger brother. he ended up shooting him, i would have done the same thing too. and i didn’t know that Mike Tyson is so funny.
i love seeing the lights of tokyo! just makes me feel so energetic and makes me want to get out and play!
i’m so happy that my brothers house in cambodia is completed! he moved in yesterday and i’m sure he’s loving it. hope to visit him and the kids again soon.
back to yesterday, i get on the bullet train, get to tokyo, sleep like a baby in a capsule hotel, wake up this morning. it’s raining, it’s cold, and my cherry blossom tour is cancelled. bummer. heading to shikoku tomorrow and hopefully get to surf some fun waves. looking forward to putting on my new 3mm dove wetsuit, wax up my new tssc surfboard, and surf with my friends. then going back to hawaii on monday. yes, the fast life continues! gotta enjoy it while i can! have a wonderful day!
