Kelly Slater vs. Mick Fanning - Hurley Pro at Trestles 2015 

Totally! You made me laugh!🤣

That was a shit ruling. If they were fair dinkum about denying him that wave then technically they should have given him 2 scores. A 1.5 for the fail. And maybe a 4.8 for the rest of the wave. Judges have NFI

4:17

Overscored on his last wave

Hawaiian surfer- built from hardwork

@@malonemalone6873 yeah i could punch ppl that say ur born with it or its talent. its years upon years of hard work that makes you pull stuff like that. raw experience and training. theres nothing spectacular about sth that you have since birth

+david muñoz I agree, it was pretty low, though technically it wasn't a manoeuvre: he wasn't connected to his board and it wasn't under control. It was essentially a fucked manoeuvre, with a ridiculously crazy recovery.

Judges have rules for scoring. He lost control of his board so the move didn't add any value to the wavescore. But it looked awesome.

It was incomplete so there was no way it was gonna be high

How many people are going to reply with the same thing? Hey bros, why didnt that move get a higher score?

What about the other maneuvers?

It was an incomplete maneuver cause he had to pop back up

crooked judges

@@-spyguy-6307 i think even if you just pretended that flip did not happen it still should of been at least a 6

Maybe not a 10 , but come on , a four ?

If you listen to the commentators they explain that. No points for that move because he lost control of his board but regained it.

It was an incomplete manoeuvre, so they cancelled it out

+Colby Halter You mean the one he didn't land?

+Tim Blizzard you mean the one he rode out on?

But he didn’t land

The commentators even say why the low score. He lost control of his board but regained it. That means no points for that move.

My only guess is that they got the impression it was a failed manoeuver with a freak landing based mainly on luck. Up for debate whether that regain was down to skill or luck I guess

unanamous.Kellys heat but the judges have final say

a nothing carve, a lil 360, a nothing turn and a decent turn on a half foot section is a 7?

That's what I'm bugged about. He completed that wave to the fullest and if they're that picky, score the first part and then score the second. It was only about 300 milliseconds that he was inactive during his recovery. IMHO 6 to 7 should have been fair and set Kelly's mind at ease as it's a good wave.

as well as the fact that he completed the wave and all completion long you hear judges like waves to be finished off... he drained that wave and then some. Good comment...

+Russell Ignaciak He didn't pull off the air. A 9?????? you have to be fucking joking right? He didn't land it, his feet weren't even on the board!!! That air was fucked. Yes the recovery was amazing, but you think they should have scored that a 9, the highest score of the heat? Best display of surfing trestles would ever see? What a joke... If you want the best display of surfing trestles will ever see watch John John's 2014 heat with Kelly and Adriano. it was twice as impressive as anything anyone did in this heat. Fucking fanbois.......

Sum9 Iggy I agree 100%. everybody disagreeing are haters, probably from Brazil

Sum9 Iggy I know you are so right

Sum9 Iggy you are right!!

+Aint1S Dude I disagree on several points. 1) The air. Its ridiculous to say he was disconnected for a minuscule amount of time: his front foot left the board soon as it left the lip, his back foot lost the board after about 90 degrees of rotation, and when he and the board landed neither foot was on the board. As amazing as that recovery was, and trust me, I fount it mind-blowing that somehow he popped up again, that is an incomplete air any way you slice it. So the question is how do you score an incomplete air? And the judges have been very consistent with this: if its incomplete its basically not scored, which in my opinion is fair enough. Otherwise you are rewarding people for just doing crazy shit that is out of control. The rest of the wave looked like a 5 to me. It certainly wasn't as good as the 6 he got later. So the question is, how many points do you give for recovering a total fuck up, where you have to pop up again? Personally I'm not sure. But you think he should get a 7? Something approaching the excellent range? For an incomplete air, popping up twice and then some pretty average manoeuvres (in the context of the heat) on the inside? That seems absolutely ridiculous to me. 2) That airs should be worth more than turns. This just inst the way surfing is scored, never has been, never will be. If it was then professional surfing would be nothing more than an aerial contest; if that's what you are after they exist. In reality airs, rail-work and tube riding are generally not judged independently. It is the difficultly of manoeuvre that is scored, not simply the type. All of Kelly's airs (that he landed) were low difficulty air reverses on the last sections of the wave. In the scheme of airs, that's not a hard one. There's a dude at my local beach break who does air reverses like that in waste high slop all summer long. Look at the difficulty of mick's opening turns on his two best rides (kelly's too for that matter), that rail-work was outstanding; powerful, critical and precise. That's why it was scored higher. That being said the judges have also stated pretty clearly that at certain venues different types of surfing will be moderately preferred: at high performance waves like Bells/Winkipop JBay and Trestles the judges want to see high quality 'traditional' surfing, were at places like teaups, Pipeline and to a lesser extent Cloudbreak turns wont earn you a massive score, its all about a steep drop and deep barrel (the barrel is scored relatively low at Bells), and peaky beaches like Brasil airs are given priority. They have stated this publicly before. But even at a place like Bells, the home of traditional surfing on tour, you can still get a 10 for a single air if the difficulty is high enough (remember that infamous air that these very some judges gave to kelly???). Convenient how people forget... 3) Mick played it safe and won. You are being totally unfair to mick here. The only reason you think he was 'playing it safe' was because he executed his manoeuvres perfectly. Look at his turns for his two best scoring waves; he repeatedly blows the finns, controls the re-entry perfectly - which is extremely difficult - completed 360's and even that whip in the pocket isn't easy. Mick just makes it look easy because his flow, control and connection is so good. Yes kelly may have 'put more into' his turns, in terms of his upper body, but his flow wasn't as good as micks - he got caught between sections several times on his forehand. So why should that be scored higher? 4) That just because you disagree with the judges, there is a problem with professional surfing. I hear this all the time on places like YT from people who are generally just upset because their boy lost, and i'm usually pretty shocked by the level of arrogance people have without even knowing it. Those judges aren't simply some chumps who read a few surfing mags and decided they wanted to be a judge; they are all world class surfers. You remember Tahiti last year where teahups got a 12 foot swell and even pros like wilko were saying they were scared to surf? Well that morning before the contest started all of the judges for the event went out and surfed 8 to 10 foot teahupoo, just so they could have a personal understanding of just how difficult the drop was so they could score accurately. Can you surf 10 foot teahupoo????? No? I didnt think so. But you know how to score professional surfing better than them???? Right....

+Tim Blizzard '

you got it, I dont understand why there are so many people that dont see how great is Fanning style. He is so on point, fast, power, flow and precision.

Freakishly good

A fucking 15

Your a loser

+guyfromBR Oh, give me a fucking break.... Dude, tone down the fonboi-ism, I know you love kelly, but this is just ridiculous. Newsflash, he's not going to win every heat, if you come to terms with that you'll enjoy watching surfing much more, and wont be curled up in a ball crying in the corner every time he gets eliminated. Kelly agreed with the judges, not you, so why don't you go get a tissue, dry those eyes off and move on with your life. There's plenty more awesome surfing coming up before Pipe.

+Tim Blizzard Damn iluminatis they are after kelly too ! thats the end of the world what im going to do ? who cam save us ?

+Tim Blizzard You're a joke, poor "Blizzard of manure" guy. You call people "fanbois" but you're CLEARLY working for the WSL, as you've been pestering EACH AND EVERY ONE of the threads in which people with clear-reasoning minds questioning the laughable "4.17" you imbeciles gave to Kelly Slater. If you love the taste of their money or ____ (fill it up to your choice), it's up to you. Just don't try to impose it on others, 'cause to me and maybe ALL of us, you're just a nobody, a nothing about anything, Surfing or otherwise. You have NO Credentials to be respected in here. Now, get OUT of this thread as you've already been unmasked. Please, crawl back to the sewer you came from. Thanks. (This is my short reply, directed to socially dysfunctional morons like you, who can't understand a deeper text in any Language. Now you can go back to watch your "Friends" or "Lost" rerun...) Below is the more substantial reply, for those who are more Mentally & Spiritually developed. OºoOºoOºoOºoOºoOºoOºoOºoOºoOºoOºoOºoOºoOºoOºoOºoOºoOºo You're so insensitive to my point that your sheer demonstration of how limited and mediocre a so-called "human" could degrade himself into makes me cringe. Stop eating Meat, Sugar, MSG, etc. and stay away from any Microwave-operated device, as it's clearly affecting what's left of your Reasoning there. You clearly are one of those dunces I alluded to and, understandably so, react in your own shallow way. But I'll reply, nevertheless... Firstly, your overall patronizing tone of "know-it-all", or "the Commendatore", the "man" in charge, just shows how big-headed you are. As if you were some kind of a behind-the-curtains "genius", which possessed some relevant authority to show anything that'll improve Society and Life in any level. By your overall comment, it's clearly not the case. Secondly, it's amazing how you were unable to understand the whole meaning of my rant, which was directed towards the unjust grade of an exceptional performance, an unfair assessment perpetrated by those square-minded bureaucrats at the WSL Judging Panel, (although I'm aware they're not only on WSL but on everything else on this Matrix, of course). That poor excuse for a reasoning you've made above hints me that they might be related to you, 'cause the low-level and mediocrity of their choices seems to share the same origin and tone with yours, judging, again, by your "precious" comment, above. Now, if I like what Kelly Slater stands for? Of course I do, as I'm a Winner in Life, and always in touch with other REAL Winners like KS. Not "actors" and/or those "fake-celebs" corrupted Media use to push around. I mean Real People, whose actions changed History and upgraded Society. That kind of People you'll be only able to see from distance or in photographs via Google Search Engine. I just don't suck on him (as you evidently do), no matter how concealed is your envy of him (KS), as it's evident in the failed pretense that you "don't care", when you're clearly too bitter and conceited while seated on this donkey disguised as a fake high-horse of yours. Basic Psychology explains it. So, still about KS, he's naturally on my "team", of course, as in the "Law of Attraction" - basic Chemistry explains it, ask your teacher. Well, as a Winner I think he's Great, and an inspiration to the few Winners of this World, like myself - which obviously exclude those billions of low-level middlings as yourself. You're clearly envious of Kelly so much because he is someone whose immense accomplishments in Life fairly exceeds what people like you could do in a thousand years. Now, do you think I'm "crying curled up in a ball" here? Hahaha... Trust me, regardless of your Size & Weight, I bet I'm more capable to make you cry than that tiny appendix inside your skull is capable to even describe, let alone imagine. Do you want to accept the bet? I hope you'll take my word on that. I'm confident that you don't want to come to Rio de Janeiro to check it in person. You won't like it. Well, I suggest you go out of this mediocre "panel" there, seek to improve and to grow Mentally/Spiritually, start bit by bit to get in touch with Greatness, and perhaps in the next Incarnation you'll be able to get out of the corral and be a Man of Value. Then Life will smile on you - as it did on Kelly Slater. Just roll the dice... maybe there's still time for you...

guyfromBR Bahahaha!!!!!!! Dude you're a total nutjob. You really think the WSL pays people to go around youtube threads, defending the judges? Seriously..... let me guess, you think the moon landing was faked too? 911 was an inside job? Elivis, I bet you think he's hiding away somewhere? Am i right? And now because I called you a fanboi, which you have demonstrated with that crazy rant of a post, you want to fight me, across the internet? You're a crazy person. I've been commenting in these threads because I don't have Pay TV and I missed Trestles and I wanted to watch the heats. And in every thread there are crazy people like you claiming world wide conspiracies to explain why Mick beat Medina, beat Kelly, beat Adriano. Of course it couldn't be because a 3x world champ simply outsurfed them? No, no way, that couldn't be possibly true, it has to be a conspiracy. Crazy how those judges arent part of a conspiracy when they gave kelly 10 point scores for single manoeuvres, but now, its all fucked. Sure it is buddy, sure it is.... You claim that the judges duped Kelly out of a score, when the man himself Kelly Slater has stated publicly that he thought the score was fair. Do you get that? KELLY THOUGHT THE SCORE WAS FAIR. I love Kelly, I was honoured to watch the bells final between him and mick in 2012, where he did that massive air. I'm a massive kelly fan, a massive Adriano fan, a massive Jon Jon fan. Honestly i'm just a fan of amazing surfing. You on the other hand, you aren't rational about any of this. You have your favourite guy and it doesn't matter what he actually does, or what his competitors do, you defend him even when he doesn't think anything went wrong. Lighten up dude, stop putting SOOOO much emphasis on who's winning and just enjoy amazing surfing. You'll be the happier person you obviously want to be, and wont react like a crazy person when something you dont like happens in a surfing event. Just a tip. ;)

Sure man thanks but watch out for the illuminati they are out there. take care.

Weed 😂😂

Yes and he pulled off a 360 right after , not even fazed . I think politics had something to do with the low score.