Still the King

My friend Ryan came up on some passes to the Surfer Poll Awards last night and I had to take him up on the chance to check it out for my first time. The Polls are the Oscars of surfing, with pros, bros, hos, and industry folks in attendance, and awards for best movie, maneuver, wipeout, and finally the rankings of the top dudes and ladies. It's basically a brodeo in Dudeseldorf. Someone will get that one.



Kelly Slater retained his crown as chief shredder of all-time, taking the top nod ahead of the rest of the guys he's been smoking on tour for the better part of the past two decades. In his acceptance speech he thanked the usual deserving contributors then named Dane Reynolds the best surfer in the world. He also spoke of how proud he was of being given this award given the level of surfing today. Today he removed the Clark Kent blazer and wing-tips and returned to the Boost Mobile Pro to score a perfect 10 on one of his waves. Congrats, Mr. Slater, you rip.