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Aloha.

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Good morning
from the beautiful North Shore of Oahu.

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Stop number one on the championship tour.

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Can I get all of
the WCT men's surfers to come on in?

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Starting off the year, there
is one person we are gonna be missing.

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Earlier this week,
Gabe Medina gave us notice.

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He's not gonna be competing.

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I'm missing Gabriel. I'm missing the guy.

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He's the main character here.

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It's crazy 'cause so many things going on
with-- In his personal life, you know?

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-I hope he comes back soon.
-Mahalo.

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There's a Gabriel Medina-sized gap
right now for the men.

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It's gonna be interesting to see who can
kinda capitalize on it. It's cutthroat.

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They've really got to get it right
from the get-go.

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Well, of course we miss Gabriel.

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He's a-- He's probably
one of the best in my opinion.

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One of the most complete surfers
on the planet.

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But for me,
it's my chance to win the World Title.

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-Aloha. Aloha!
-Aloha. Aloha.

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I think it's hard to quit
when you're on top.

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The last time someone won a World Title

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and then said, "Okay, I'm stepping away
from it," I think it was Kelly Slater.

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I'm Kelly Slater.

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I've been on the World Surf Tour
for 30 years now.

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Every few years of surfing,

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there's a changing of the guard.

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Leading that change, 1992,
is Kelly Slater.

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$14,000.

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I don't know if you know,
but you're gonna win

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the Rookie of the Year
for Triple Crown Surf.

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-Congratulations on that.
-Really? All right. I didn't know.

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Kelly was like an exception.

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Five times more successful
than any of his peers.

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One of the greatest athletes
to walk the planet.

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Most of all, it's what I love, and I'd
be doing it even if I wasn't making money.

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So thank God for these waves.

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Kelly Slater won his first four
or five World Titles

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in a mindset that was just born out of
pure competition and competitive drive.

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He was unbeatable.

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Then he left the tour
around the late 1990s.

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But he came back
and won five World Titles.

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-No way that wave--
-'Cause he absolutely--

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-How good does that guy surf…
-Here he comes.

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It's Kelly Slater,
nine-time World Champion.

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Last time Kelly won the World Title

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was 2011.

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I remember me saying, "This could be
the last time we see Kelly Slater win."

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Jehovah. Jesu. Jehovah. Jesus.

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I think a lot of people scratch
their heads.

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Like, what does he have to prove?

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He doesn't have to win
any more World Titles.

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Doesn't have to win an event.

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He's the GOAT.
He will always be the GOAT.

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I think the analogy
that often gets used in sport,

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is the Muhammad Ali analogy, you know.

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He probably had a few too many fights
and the legacy was tainted.

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I think the worst-case scenario
is that Kelly

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sort of has three or four
really bad results in a row

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and that's the last memory
we have of Kelly Slater.

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In Hawaii, it's all about respect.

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The good name.

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People will forget about you
as time goes on,

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but they won't forget your name.

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I've been pro for over 30 years, you know.

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But I started surfing in contests
when I was eight.

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So, you know,
my career's really been 40 years.

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Since I was a kid,
the tour's been in sort of everything.

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It's, you know, my whole life.

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-Ouch.
-Wow. Headache?

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-I grew up in a broken home…
-Oh, no.

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…with a lot of drama.

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Yeah.

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He's all, "Don't hit hard."

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Then you clocked me.

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My dad drinking a lot,

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it was painful for me.

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I have to surf tomorrow.

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-Fuck. Yeah.
-Let's go video some surfing.

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So, I was pretty intense as a kid.

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My skill to deal with it
was just to go out and compete.

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When you're a competitor,
your ego protects you in some way.

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It helps you have this, like, armor.

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The surfing competitions and winning,

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that was everything to me.

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And I took it very seriously.

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Well, what do I take in the morning?
What are my morning pills?

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Here. These are yours.

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What got me to where I am,

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what got me the World Titles
and all the contest stuff, has been, like,

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really, like, an obsession.

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But being obsessed about anything probably

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doesn't balance the scales very well.

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I gotta get out of this house
and do something

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'cause I'm gonna keep eating
and not do anything.

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-'Kay, go--
-Or maybe I'll do a steam real quick.

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-What do you have on today?
-I have a lot of work stuff to do.

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Let's see…

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Kelly's gonna be 50 in two weeks.
Two weeks in counting.

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I've been given
a stern warning to not have a party.

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"Do not." Like, "Do not." I was like…

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What am I missing in there? What'd I miss?

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Nothing.

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-Nothing you have to worry about yet.
-Nothing?

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I think of 50. That's a lot of years.
That's old, man.

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When I was 21,
I had all these little goals,

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and they all fed this demon inside of me
that could beat anyone and anything.

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Now I can feel that light going out,
you know?

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But this contest is on, and my birthday
is right at the tail end of it.

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So, that would be the dream for me.
Win this thing.

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Welcome back to Pipeline.

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Today is the day where we kick things off.

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The start of the 2022 Championship Tour.

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-Try hard, bro. Try really hard.
-You have to try.

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The energy levels
that I'm feeling is off the charts.

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You can feel the beach shaking.

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Pipe is the most challenging wave
on the planet.

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The way that it breaks
over shallow-water reef

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and the sheer power that it has,
it's scary.

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I mean,
it really is a wave that you can die at.

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The power of the waves here.

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You know,
things can go dangerously wrong.

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It's the key points for judging today.

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It's big and it's scary waves out there.

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So we want to see the commitment,
degree of difficulty on that takeoff

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to be able to get super deep
in the barrel.

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Now, the important waves
that we need to focus on…

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A lot of upsets happening
on the first day of competition.

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It'll be a slow start to the season

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for Filipe Toledo and Ítalo Ferreira.

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Jack Robinson. Goes down.

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We are gonna lose Morgan Cibilic.

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It's a long year, my boy. A long year.

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Coming up in the next heat, Kelly Slater.

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You know superman food? You like Spam?

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-Don't tell anybody, but I love that shit.
-Bro, I love this shit too.

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It's Kelly! Thank you.

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Signing a picture of me signing something.

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Can I have one with you?

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Thank you.

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-There you go.
-Thank you.

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Bro, you got the wrong jersey.

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They didn't have yours.
I asked them and they didn't have yours.

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Hey, buddy. Here.

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No way!

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You are a legend. Thanks, Kelly.
That's very nice of you, mate.

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-Kelly.
-Hey, man.

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-Moved from Cocoa Beach.
-Did you?

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You have a favorite res--

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-You go to Jazzy's over there?
-Sometimes. Yeah.

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-Small world, man.
-So, that's like--

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-Thank you.
-Wow.

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Do you think this is your last one?

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-Bronze medalist…
-Think this is your last?

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-Are you sticking around?
-We don't know. We'll see.

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Yeah, we'll see.

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-All right. Thanks, brother.
-Thank you.

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These are the heats you dream of.

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Especially for the local boy,
Barron Mamiya.

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Barron's been out here
since a young teenager charging.

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He's always been a standout.

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Future GOAT potential with Barron Mamiya.

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Just kind of a generational heat.

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Barron's been looking up to Kelly
his whole life.

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But the kid is on fire
and not gonna back down at all.

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He's not backing down to nobody.

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Barron Mamiya grabbing rail.
Beautiful ride here.

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He's got room. He comes out.
Oh, right. Game on.

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Here we go. Kelly Slater falls
from the sky. Can he come out?

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No.

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I'm always surprised
when Kelly Slater falls in a barrel.

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Barron Mamiya. Oh, my gosh.
Just perfect. Sliding into this.

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You're watching a changing in the guard.
Barron Mamiya on fire.

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An 8.67. A huge lead over Kelly Slater.

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Top two scores will be
combined for your heat total.

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-The top surfer will advance.
-Come on, Kelly. Let's do this.

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It's Kelly Slater. No Grab. Pulling in.

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-Pulled in.
-Go.

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-Finds the exit.
-Come on.

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Kelly Slater fighting back.
Deep bottom turn straight in the pocket.

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That'll get him right back in this heat.

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Slater means business right now.
Not taking Barron Mamiya lightly at all.

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Oh, yeah,
but Barron Mamiya is still in the lead.

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Attention surfers. Five minutes remaining.

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Kelly Slater in second.

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Come on, waves. He needs one more.

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Here we go.
More waves coming. Mamiya again.

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The beautiful ride. Uh-oh, winding up.
Big finish.

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If he makes this…

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Oh, my goodness.

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No, it clamps down.

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Almost nailed for Barron Mamiya.

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It would've been a huge score.

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One minute, 15 seconds remaining.

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Kelly Slater,
you need a 7.18 to go to first.

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Come on.

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So Kelly can choose any wave
in the lineup that comes in.

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The anticipation just builds
every time you see a bump on the horizon.

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Counting down 45 seconds.

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And time can't tick away
fast enough for the young Barron Mamiya.

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About 40 seconds
to the biggest win of his life.

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Any chance these waves can come
through in time?

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Do see a bump in the water here.

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Should've taken that one.

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-I don't know.
-Counting down ten seconds.

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Maybe this one. Go. Come on, big boy.

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Five. Four.

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Three. Two.

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One!

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-That's what you--
-Four seconds left.

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The GOAT doing GOAT things.
Blasting through.

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I have goose bumps.

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-Greatest surfer of all time.
-Oh, my goodness.

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Sensei Slater does it again.

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That was amazing.

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Kelly Slater, a 9.23.

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And he goes to first,
taking out Barron Mamiya.

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Kelly Slater,

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it was four seconds left
as your hands left the rail.

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Is there any better feeling in surfing?

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…on a hard-fought battle.

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Congratulations, Barron and Kelly.

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And Ítalo Ferreira at Pipeline…

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That's how we do it, you know?
That's what it's all about.

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Barron's-- He's the next
generation out here, you know?

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It's crazy, thinking back on 30 years,

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how many times that's happened
and gone my way.

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I don't know what to chalk it up to,

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but-- except for, you know,
spending my life in the ocean.

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Hey, babe.

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So cool.

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That was so cool.

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-I'm seriously happy for you right now.
-We've got it. The last score

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-of Kanoa Igarashi…
-It was on, two, one.

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I know. Four seconds
when I stood up they said.

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-Babe, do you wanna take a sauna?
-Yeah, I just turned it on.

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I can still compete on my days, you know,
and do well.

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You know, I don't think anyone
takes me lightly, but at the same time,

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I don't live and breathe and die
by the competition day-to-day anymore.

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Yeah, I'm getting more comfortable
with the fact that those days are--

240
00:15:42,901 --> 00:15:45,696
That was a different focus for me.
It was a different time for me.

241
00:15:48,365 --> 00:15:50,200
When do you think you'll retire?

242
00:15:53,954 --> 00:15:59,251
Well, it will probably
be my last full year of competition, so…

243
00:16:00,127 --> 00:16:01,211
I'm tired, you know?

244
00:16:01,295 --> 00:16:04,756
I'm fucking tired of just
so many contests,

245
00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:07,384
so much focus,
so much discipline for so long.

246
00:16:07,968 --> 00:16:12,181
And it takes a toll on you, you know?
You just wanna, like, check out of it.

247
00:16:27,487 --> 00:16:31,408
The call is made early morning here
on the North Shore of Oahu.

248
00:16:31,491 --> 00:16:33,202
The event is off today.

249
00:16:42,085 --> 00:16:44,546
-Oh, fuck.
-Hitting the right side of the fairway.

250
00:16:45,255 --> 00:16:46,256
Not really.

251
00:16:47,049 --> 00:16:50,469
My name is Stephen Bell. Most people
in the surfing world know me as "Belly."

252
00:16:52,095 --> 00:16:55,516
Do I have a job? No. Today, no.

253
00:16:56,683 --> 00:16:59,520
But I was employed by Quiksilver
for three decades.

254
00:17:00,020 --> 00:17:02,814
I was very fortunate
to be Kelly's day-to-day manager.

255
00:17:04,650 --> 00:17:06,777
-That's so bad.
-And he's duffed it.

256
00:17:06,859 --> 00:17:08,819
He's my brother. He's like family.

257
00:17:08,904 --> 00:17:11,073
-Okay, closest to.
-The red one?

258
00:17:11,615 --> 00:17:14,159
-Yeah. How much?
-How much?

259
00:17:14,242 --> 00:17:16,869
-Ten dollars. If--
-Have you got the cash in your pocket?

260
00:17:16,954 --> 00:17:18,204
-I do.
-Really?

261
00:17:18,288 --> 00:17:19,414
-Yep.
-Show me.

262
00:17:20,540 --> 00:17:21,583
Do you?

263
00:17:22,084 --> 00:17:25,295
I mean, he's smart enough to know
when he's given enough

264
00:17:25,378 --> 00:17:27,881
and to go forward
to the next stage in life.

265
00:17:27,964 --> 00:17:29,758
-Let's go.
-I've known him long.

266
00:17:29,842 --> 00:17:30,843
He's there to win.

267
00:17:31,468 --> 00:17:36,765
And it's not to win one heat,
it's to win the event. He thrives on it.

268
00:17:36,849 --> 00:17:38,267
He shanks it. Easiest ten bucks

269
00:17:38,350 --> 00:17:40,644
-I'm ever gonna make.
-Oh, my God! Double or nothing.

270
00:17:40,727 --> 00:17:42,104
You gotta have a healthy ego

271
00:17:42,187 --> 00:17:44,940
to believe in yourself to get what
these human beings have done.

272
00:17:45,023 --> 00:17:47,860
The Michael Jordans, the Kelly Slaters,
the Tiger Woods.

273
00:17:48,402 --> 00:17:50,112
Oh, you got me. You fucker.

274
00:17:50,195 --> 00:17:52,114
So many people want a bit of your arse,

275
00:17:52,197 --> 00:17:55,158
and then you have to switch that off
and do what you do.

276
00:17:55,242 --> 00:17:57,661
And he has that ability to do that.

277
00:17:59,204 --> 00:18:00,998
We're gonna call it a day right there.

278
00:18:14,636 --> 00:18:15,762
The call is on.

279
00:18:16,388 --> 00:18:19,600
Quarterfinal action starts now.

280
00:18:20,559 --> 00:18:24,438
And why not just fire this thing up
with one of the heats of the contest?

281
00:18:24,938 --> 00:18:29,109
We've got Kelly Slater, the GOAT,
going up against Kanoa Igarashi.

282
00:18:29,693 --> 00:18:34,740
These stats may shock you. Kanoa has
the GOAT three wins to zero.

283
00:18:36,074 --> 00:18:38,243
These are the slow moments
you want to enjoy.

284
00:18:38,327 --> 00:18:40,245
-Yeah. Just gotta enjoy 'em.
-It's fine.

285
00:18:40,329 --> 00:18:42,497
Especially against the master
of this spot.

286
00:18:43,207 --> 00:18:45,167
Whether it's Kelly
or whoever's mastering the spot.

287
00:18:45,250 --> 00:18:46,960
-Yeah.
-…you're a master of the chess game,

288
00:18:47,044 --> 00:18:49,463
-and you're really, really good out here.
-Exactly.

289
00:18:50,631 --> 00:18:54,593
When I was around 13, 14,
I was watching Kelly win his World Titles.

290
00:18:54,676 --> 00:18:56,220
Nowadays, he looks at me as an opponent.

291
00:18:57,179 --> 00:18:59,181
My first heat with Kelly
was out here at Pipe.

292
00:18:59,264 --> 00:19:02,601
I ended up beating him, and ever since
I'm, like, 3-0 with him.

293
00:19:03,936 --> 00:19:06,605
I know he knows it,
but think I kind of got him here.

294
00:19:07,940 --> 00:19:10,025
-Let's be smart. Be wary of him…
-Yeah.

295
00:19:10,108 --> 00:19:11,693
-…and then just fall into a rhythm.
-Yeah.

296
00:19:11,777 --> 00:19:12,945
Trust your instincts.

297
00:19:13,987 --> 00:19:17,324
-Trust that samurai decision, yeah?
-Yeah. Easy.

298
00:19:17,407 --> 00:19:19,910
-Enjoy it. Let's get him.
-Yeah.

299
00:19:22,579 --> 00:19:24,414
Kelly's never beaten Kanoa.

300
00:19:24,498 --> 00:19:28,710
So for him, that's a kind of
a mini battle and a mini motivation

301
00:19:29,294 --> 00:19:31,171
en route to reaching the final.

302
00:19:32,339 --> 00:19:35,551
There's no doubt that he would know
the stats very well.

303
00:19:36,260 --> 00:19:37,386
Oh, yeah.

304
00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:43,392
I think Kelly will use any kind
of motivation that he can

305
00:19:43,475 --> 00:19:45,853
if he can find a way
of making it a challenge

306
00:19:45,936 --> 00:19:50,607
or making it, like, a little game
for himself. A little competition.

307
00:19:52,067 --> 00:19:53,652
-All right.
-Okay. Bye, babe.

308
00:19:53,735 --> 00:19:55,654
-Bye, guys.
-All right.

309
00:19:59,199 --> 00:20:03,245
Before my heat, I'll go to bed
imagining how to ride the wave.

310
00:20:04,037 --> 00:20:06,331
I can, like, close my eyes
and see it and feel it.

311
00:20:06,415 --> 00:20:09,418
Feel the flow and feel the whole
thing to where I'll make a mistake,

312
00:20:09,501 --> 00:20:10,836
and I'll go back and start over,

313
00:20:10,919 --> 00:20:12,963
and I'll re-ride the wave again
and do it right,

314
00:20:13,046 --> 00:20:15,257
so that the situations come up,

315
00:20:15,340 --> 00:20:17,259
I already know how to react
without thinking.

316
00:20:19,761 --> 00:20:21,847
So it's really just practice
without physically doing it.

317
00:20:21,930 --> 00:20:23,056
-Good luck.
-Good luck.

318
00:20:23,140 --> 00:20:24,516
But I do that a lot.

319
00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:25,601
Hey, what's up?

320
00:20:27,352 --> 00:20:28,896
Good luck in your game. Where's it at?

321
00:20:28,979 --> 00:20:30,814
-And good luck in your heat.
-Thank you.

322
00:20:30,898 --> 00:20:32,274
Good luck today, Kelly.

323
00:20:33,567 --> 00:20:35,861
Multiple years, when he was in the peak,

324
00:20:35,944 --> 00:20:38,572
it would be four events
before the end of the year.

325
00:20:39,114 --> 00:20:41,450
We'd calculated it out,
how many heats he's gotta win,

326
00:20:41,533 --> 00:20:46,038
and he'd say to me,
"I've got to get 16 more waves."

327
00:20:46,997 --> 00:20:48,582
And I'd go, "What do you mean?"

328
00:20:48,665 --> 00:20:51,668
And he'd go, "Well, I need this many
points and I've won the World Title."

329
00:20:51,752 --> 00:20:55,380
I said, "Where does that come from?"

330
00:20:56,006 --> 00:20:58,592
That forward thinking,
only certain people have.

331
00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:06,266
I get so obsessive.

332
00:21:06,350 --> 00:21:09,561
For each guy, I know every point,
what their average wave scores are.

333
00:21:09,645 --> 00:21:14,608
I have heat sheets from everybody,
so I know on paper what needs to be done.

334
00:21:16,193 --> 00:21:19,238
Kanoa's beaten me a couple times,
so I'm gonna wanna kick his ass.

335
00:21:20,697 --> 00:21:21,698
Kelly.

336
00:21:25,536 --> 00:21:28,205
All right. Kelly Slater has checked in.

337
00:21:32,835 --> 00:21:34,878
Kanoa Igarashi on the board.

338
00:21:36,213 --> 00:21:38,841
Beautiful backdoor, quick takeoff.

339
00:21:38,924 --> 00:21:41,510
This is a nice start for Kanoa,
but he didn't stay

340
00:21:41,593 --> 00:21:42,928
in the barrel for too long.

341
00:21:43,011 --> 00:21:44,346
This will be a small score.

342
00:21:47,808 --> 00:21:50,894
You gotta get in the barrel,
behind the curtain to get rewarded.

343
00:21:51,562 --> 00:21:55,315
So that's going to keep the score
a touch low. Under two points.

344
00:21:57,401 --> 00:21:59,403
Here we go. The GOAT, Kelly Slater.

345
00:22:00,779 --> 00:22:01,947
Textbook.

346
00:22:02,030 --> 00:22:04,449
Kelly is out there ready for revenge.

347
00:22:04,533 --> 00:22:06,493
He's got his eyes on the prize.

348
00:22:08,370 --> 00:22:10,205
Kelly Slater again.

349
00:22:10,914 --> 00:22:14,793
Just absolute criminal intent
in every wave he's taking off on.

350
00:22:17,212 --> 00:22:20,007
It's pretty clear
that Kelly Slater means business.

351
00:22:20,090 --> 00:22:23,010
-The revenge is coming in so hot.
-Yeah.

352
00:22:23,510 --> 00:22:25,304
He's really been just laser focused.

353
00:22:25,387 --> 00:22:27,973
-I don't think he's looked at Kanoa once.
-Yeah.

354
00:22:29,433 --> 00:22:31,476
When you're really in the flow,
you don't think.

355
00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:34,354
You just sort of black out,
and like, "I'm just going with it."

356
00:22:37,107 --> 00:22:39,443
If it's all just
completely flowing perfectly

357
00:22:39,526 --> 00:22:41,361
and you're not questioning anything,

358
00:22:41,945 --> 00:22:44,740
these weird things will just happen
where you're so free,

359
00:22:45,324 --> 00:22:46,950
you're not worrying about anything.

360
00:22:48,952 --> 00:22:50,495
That might be the heat right there.

361
00:22:53,415 --> 00:22:54,625
Kelly is a magician.

362
00:22:54,708 --> 00:22:56,710
A wave never slides under him.

363
00:22:56,793 --> 00:23:00,506
You know, he really capitalizes
and Kanoa is a crafty competitor,

364
00:23:00,589 --> 00:23:02,716
but Kelly kind of made
that heat look easy.

365
00:23:03,634 --> 00:23:05,093
I got completely smoked.

366
00:23:06,136 --> 00:23:08,305
That part's a hard pill to swallow.

367
00:23:08,388 --> 00:23:12,100
I was getting so frustrated,
and I lost my grit, and I lost my drive.

368
00:23:13,602 --> 00:23:14,728
He got me there.

369
00:23:18,774 --> 00:23:20,817
He's got the will to succeed.

370
00:23:21,235 --> 00:23:23,111
If I'm here, I'm here to win.

371
00:23:24,571 --> 00:23:26,281
Winning is contagious,
I haven't seen anybody

372
00:23:26,365 --> 00:23:27,991
on the planet who doesn't like it.

373
00:23:31,495 --> 00:23:34,039
-Kelly, look back.
-It's hard to give up.

374
00:23:34,122 --> 00:23:36,917
-Look back, Kelly.
-We do it while we walk, okay?

375
00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:38,210
Kelly, over here.

376
00:23:41,380 --> 00:23:43,298
Kelly Slater.

377
00:23:48,846 --> 00:23:52,683
The next swell direction,
a little bit of north wind to the west.

378
00:23:53,183 --> 00:23:55,018
Four head-to-head matchups with Kanoa.

379
00:23:55,102 --> 00:23:57,479
That's the first time
that you've been able to overcome him.

380
00:23:58,230 --> 00:23:59,231
I know.

381
00:24:00,315 --> 00:24:02,860
I wasn't gonna take him lightly,
but I was really focused.

382
00:24:02,943 --> 00:24:05,612
I almost threw up
before the heat 'cause I was so excited.

383
00:24:05,696 --> 00:24:08,240
I get this, like,
crazy adrenaline dump sometimes,

384
00:24:08,323 --> 00:24:10,784
but I just wanna say hi
to my daughter, Taylor,

385
00:24:10,868 --> 00:24:12,828
and my family back home,
everybody watching.

386
00:24:14,204 --> 00:24:15,414
And, yeah, it was fun.

387
00:24:16,123 --> 00:24:17,291
Thanks for your time.

388
00:24:18,750 --> 00:24:20,043
What drives Kelly?

389
00:24:22,004 --> 00:24:24,673
He wants to still compete
with the top guys.

390
00:24:24,756 --> 00:24:26,967
-All right. Thanks, guys.
-Ten minutes.

391
00:24:27,718 --> 00:24:30,095
And he thrives on the fact
that he can challenge them

392
00:24:30,179 --> 00:24:32,431
despite being 20 years their senior.

393
00:24:33,140 --> 00:24:34,141
-Okay.
-Hello.

394
00:24:34,850 --> 00:24:37,978
But he's conscious of
where he could be made to look irrelevant.

395
00:24:39,855 --> 00:24:45,027
The last time Kelly won at Pipe was 2013,
so that's almost a decade.

396
00:24:46,445 --> 00:24:48,989
Some people's sporting careers
only last a decade.

397
00:24:50,741 --> 00:24:52,743
Can he win an event at 50?

398
00:24:53,702 --> 00:24:54,703
It's a big ask.

399
00:25:00,542 --> 00:25:04,963
I know that I'm not the number
one expectation at every event anymore.

400
00:25:06,215 --> 00:25:08,258
I feel, I don't want to say tense,

401
00:25:08,342 --> 00:25:10,427
but I feel
like maybe there's a little self-doubt,

402
00:25:11,261 --> 00:25:15,516
but I think at this point
I owe myself to not be scared of losing,

403
00:25:15,599 --> 00:25:17,434
to not be scared of the other guy.

404
00:25:19,186 --> 00:25:21,730
For me, it's really important
to do really well here,

405
00:25:21,813 --> 00:25:24,775
to prove I can beat anyone on this tour,
on any given day still.

406
00:25:38,330 --> 00:25:40,999
It was a long and winding road
leading into this final.

407
00:25:41,667 --> 00:25:42,876
It's endurance.

408
00:25:46,839 --> 00:25:48,841
You know, it's hard to get back out.

409
00:25:48,924 --> 00:25:52,094
When I was younger, it was a race
and now it's a marathon.

410
00:25:53,846 --> 00:25:55,597
How about a round of applause

411
00:25:55,681 --> 00:25:57,099
for one of our finalists

412
00:25:57,182 --> 00:25:58,475
Seth Moniz from Hawaii.

413
00:25:58,559 --> 00:26:03,564
Seth Moniz has been a man on fire,
dispatching last year's champion,

414
00:26:03,647 --> 00:26:05,983
John John Florence, in the quarterfinals.

415
00:26:06,525 --> 00:26:08,527
And if he can beat John,
he can beat Kelly.

416
00:26:10,696 --> 00:26:12,573
Gonna be a big challenge for Kelly Slater.

417
00:26:12,656 --> 00:26:15,158
Seth literally half Kelly Slater's age.

418
00:26:15,659 --> 00:26:19,413
Pretty sure he's surfed against
Seth Moniz's father back in the day.

419
00:26:21,331 --> 00:26:23,500
Let's leave it to the universe, bro.

420
00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:38,432
Pipeline warriors entering the colosseum.

421
00:26:39,183 --> 00:26:42,311
It's Kelly Slater verse Seth Moniz.

422
00:26:43,020 --> 00:26:48,233
Five. Four. Three. Two. One.

423
00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:53,447
Who will catch the first wave
of this final?

424
00:26:55,866 --> 00:26:57,868
It's gonna be Kelly Slater dropping in.

425
00:26:58,535 --> 00:27:00,412
Going backdoor, under the hook.

426
00:27:01,079 --> 00:27:03,999
Almost escapes.
Guillotine clamps down on his shoulders.

427
00:27:06,043 --> 00:27:07,586
Here we go. Seth Moniz.

428
00:27:07,669 --> 00:27:10,088
Can he come out? He cannot.

429
00:27:12,883 --> 00:27:13,884
He's tired.

430
00:27:16,512 --> 00:27:20,057
And there he is, Kelly Slater.
He might have a clean line outta this.

431
00:27:20,140 --> 00:27:21,517
He's on it!

432
00:27:23,185 --> 00:27:25,979
Back-to-back unsuccessful attempts
for Kelly Slater.

433
00:27:26,605 --> 00:27:29,900
Every wipeout, it just ticks
away a little bit at the battery.

434
00:27:33,195 --> 00:27:36,490
Seth Moniz into a wild unruly barrel.

435
00:27:38,242 --> 00:27:40,536
-Oh, my god.
-That hurt.

436
00:27:40,619 --> 00:27:42,412
You really have to rely
on the adrenaline

437
00:27:42,496 --> 00:27:44,289
to get through this next 35 minutes.

438
00:27:44,373 --> 00:27:47,209
You can just feel the pressure
starting to build.

439
00:27:48,710 --> 00:27:52,381
When that pressure gets in
your head, you almost forget the moment.

440
00:27:53,423 --> 00:27:56,093
You're thinking about the big thing
and not those little details.

441
00:27:56,593 --> 00:27:57,845
And that can hold you back.

442
00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:00,138
For me, it's telling me,

443
00:28:00,222 --> 00:28:02,182
"Just come back and focus on what's simple

444
00:28:02,850 --> 00:28:04,768
and right here in front of you
in the moment."

445
00:28:04,852 --> 00:28:06,478
And once you do that, you'll get the win.

446
00:28:09,940 --> 00:28:13,986
Kelly Slater driving super deep
behind another chandelier!

447
00:28:14,069 --> 00:28:15,404
And he comes out!

448
00:28:17,531 --> 00:28:20,492
Last wave a 9.0.

449
00:28:21,618 --> 00:28:23,745
So Kelly, the first real punch landed.

450
00:28:26,707 --> 00:28:28,542
He's in the barrel, traveling.

451
00:28:28,625 --> 00:28:30,460
-Watch out. Where is--
-Go!

452
00:28:30,544 --> 00:28:34,923
-Kelly--
-Wow. So just being relentless.

453
00:28:35,007 --> 00:28:36,842
He's looking the most aggressive

454
00:28:36,925 --> 00:28:39,303
and the sharpest
I've ever seen competitively.

455
00:28:39,386 --> 00:28:42,139
Looks like a young buck
and he looks like he wants to win.

456
00:28:44,057 --> 00:28:46,185
And here goes Seth Moniz, answering back.

457
00:28:46,268 --> 00:28:49,479
Yanking on that outside rail.
Cruising in nice and tight.

458
00:28:50,856 --> 00:28:52,441
And just--

459
00:28:53,817 --> 00:28:55,819
Board ripped from underneath his feet.

460
00:28:58,030 --> 00:29:01,408
This is a fourth wipeout in a row
for Seth Moniz

461
00:29:01,491 --> 00:29:03,368
and that has to be taking its toll.

462
00:29:03,452 --> 00:29:05,996
Momentum is all with Kelly Slater
at this point.

463
00:29:06,079 --> 00:29:07,206
And he's at it again.

464
00:29:09,499 --> 00:29:12,085
Late drop straight into the pit.

465
00:29:21,803 --> 00:29:24,431
When you get a barrel,
it feels like something so natural.

466
00:29:28,393 --> 00:29:32,814
It's like this sacred place in nature
and it all makes sense.

467
00:29:37,778 --> 00:29:39,112
He's coming out.

468
00:29:42,407 --> 00:29:44,576
It feels
like what you were meant to do in life.

469
00:29:48,830 --> 00:29:50,791
Kelly is in his own universe.

470
00:29:52,167 --> 00:29:54,169
Oh, my God. That is fucked up.

471
00:29:54,837 --> 00:29:56,004
We're down to ten,

472
00:29:56,088 --> 00:29:58,340
-nine, eight…
-This is crazy.

473
00:29:58,423 --> 00:30:00,217
-And he's about to make history here.
-…seven, six,

474
00:30:00,300 --> 00:30:05,681
five, four, three, two, one.

475
00:30:05,764 --> 00:30:07,683
Kelly Slater is a champion!

476
00:30:11,061 --> 00:30:12,479
Kelly Slater,

477
00:30:12,563 --> 00:30:18,443
a huge victory
at the Billabong Pro Pipeline 2022.

478
00:30:19,528 --> 00:30:21,196
He's on the top of his game.

479
00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:22,865
Kelly Slater is back.

480
00:30:24,992 --> 00:30:27,119
Kelly Slater your last wave score,

481
00:30:27,202 --> 00:30:29,371
9.77!

482
00:30:50,184 --> 00:30:53,061
It's fun when you win, man.
It's so addictive.

483
00:30:54,479 --> 00:30:56,023
Can't really explain it to somebody.

484
00:30:56,106 --> 00:30:58,358
You have to experience it
to understand.

485
00:30:58,442 --> 00:31:02,654
It's every cell inside your body,
like, tingling to achieve this thing

486
00:31:02,738 --> 00:31:05,908
and then when you do, it's just--
there's no better release.

487
00:31:05,991 --> 00:31:07,951
-There's no better feeling.
-Yeah!

488
00:31:09,244 --> 00:31:10,996
When you put in that work and effort,

489
00:31:11,079 --> 00:31:15,292
and you've put in all those years
of your life, and then you're successful.

490
00:31:15,834 --> 00:31:19,254
That's what makes winning so satisfying
and that's what makes it so addictive.

491
00:31:19,338 --> 00:31:22,466
Yes, Kelly! You did it!

492
00:31:24,009 --> 00:31:27,554
Eight times, four decades.
Soak it in, my man.

493
00:31:28,430 --> 00:31:30,891
This is sport history.

494
00:31:35,145 --> 00:31:36,563
I don't know what to say, man.

495
00:31:38,023 --> 00:31:40,400
I committed my life to this, you know?

496
00:31:41,568 --> 00:31:45,572
To all of this. All the heartbreak
and all the winning, and all this crap.

497
00:31:46,073 --> 00:31:47,032
It's--

498
00:31:49,201 --> 00:31:50,619
You know, I've hated lots of it,

499
00:31:51,995 --> 00:31:55,290
but I just savor this,
and this is the best win in my life.

500
00:31:55,958 --> 00:32:01,588
Kelly! Kelly! Kelly!
Kelly! Kelly! Kelly!

501
00:32:10,180 --> 00:32:11,932
-COVID's weak.
-COVID…

502
00:32:12,432 --> 00:32:14,726
-For the old guys.
-Man.

503
00:32:20,315 --> 00:32:21,316
I don't know what to say.

504
00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:23,610
-Are you speechless?
-I'm in shock right now.

505
00:32:23,694 --> 00:32:25,529
I heard you say you can't believe it.

506
00:32:30,993 --> 00:32:36,790
He won his first title here in 1992.

507
00:32:39,626 --> 00:32:41,211
That was really special.

508
00:32:41,295 --> 00:32:43,755
An eight-time champ here at Pipe.

509
00:32:44,464 --> 00:32:50,470
Bring on the 2022 Pipeline champion,
the legendary, the GOAT, Kelly Slater!

510
00:32:59,521 --> 00:33:01,940
There was an opportunity
that I've had in my life

511
00:33:02,024 --> 00:33:05,527
to become great at something
and I learned how to do it.

512
00:33:07,529 --> 00:33:08,739
Oh, yeah.

513
00:33:10,866 --> 00:33:12,492
It's been such-- everything to me.

514
00:33:12,576 --> 00:33:15,162
My career, my surfing, my--
this world, all my friends,

515
00:33:15,245 --> 00:33:17,706
like, just everything that's happened
in my life.

516
00:33:25,088 --> 00:33:26,673
If I can win at Pipeline…

517
00:33:27,674 --> 00:33:28,800
I got a beer for you.

518
00:33:28,884 --> 00:33:30,552
…maybe I can win a World Title.

519
00:33:38,727 --> 00:33:39,770
Here we go.

520
00:33:42,439 --> 00:33:44,775
It's been eight years. Come on.

521
00:33:45,651 --> 00:33:47,361
Got the right size and everything.

522
00:33:48,153 --> 00:33:49,821
You look nice in that color.

523
00:33:53,367 --> 00:33:54,785
Here goes Carissa Moore.

524
00:33:54,868 --> 00:33:57,454
Gets in the barrel and she comes out!

525
00:33:57,538 --> 00:33:59,623
Carissa is the best female surfer
in the world,

526
00:33:59,706 --> 00:34:03,085
and in order to win the World Title,
you have to beat her.

527
00:34:03,168 --> 00:34:04,461
Swell is picking up.

528
00:34:04,545 --> 00:34:09,049
Carissa Moore, Olympic
gold medalist, five-time World Champ.

529
00:34:09,132 --> 00:34:10,259
What hasn't she done?

530
00:34:10,342 --> 00:34:13,219
Any time I come up against Tati,
I have to bring my A game.

531
00:34:14,054 --> 00:34:15,597
Hers was like a dream, it just rolled.

532
00:34:15,681 --> 00:34:18,141
I know, I saw that. I saw everything.

533
00:34:19,268 --> 00:34:20,185
Ouch.

534
00:34:20,268 --> 00:34:21,270
Medical, the nearest team.

535
00:34:21,353 --> 00:34:22,896
Her career is at stake.

536
00:34:22,980 --> 00:34:24,731
I just feel like the pressure's on,

537
00:34:24,815 --> 00:34:27,234
'cause you need to have those results
to make the cut.

538
00:34:27,317 --> 00:34:30,779
Tatiana Weston-Webb pulls into the barrel…