[Guerrero] Aloha. [speaks Hawaiian]
Good morning from the beautiful North Shore of Oahu.
Stop number one on the championship tour.
-[announcer 1] Can I get all... -[fan singing]
-...of the WCT men's surfers to come on in? -[chattering]
[Guerrero] Starting off the year, there is one person we are gonna be missing.
Earlier this week, Gabe Medina gave us notice.
He's not gonna be competing.
[person] I'm missing Gabriel. I'm missing the guy.
He's the-- He's the main character here.
It's crazy 'cause so many things going on
with, uh-- in his personal life, you know?
-I hope he comes back soon. -[contestants] Mahalo.
There's a Gabriel Medina-sized gap right now for the men.
It's gonna be interesting to see who can kinda capitalize on it. It's cutthroat.
They've really got to get it right from the get-go.
Well, of course we miss Gabriel.
He's a-- He's probably one of the best in my opinion.
One of the most complete surfers on the planet.
[fans cheering]
But for me, it's my chance to win the World Title.
-Aloha. Aloha! -[contestants] Aloha. Aloha.
[Hodge] I think it's hard to quit when you're on top.
[MC speaks Hawaiian]
[Hodge] The last time someone won a World Title
and then said, "Okay, I'm stepping away from it," I think it was Kelly Slater.
[fans and contestants cheering, whistling]
[smacks lips] I'm Kelly Slater.
I've been on the World Surf Tour for, uh, 30 years now.
[fans cheering, whistling]
[commentator 1] Every few years of surfing,
there's a changing of the guard.
Leading that change, 1992, is Kelly Slater.
[announcer] $14,000.
I don't know if you know, but you're gonna win
the Rookie of the Year for Triple Crown Surf.
-Congratulations on that. -Really? All right. I didn't know.
[Bell] Kelly was like an exception.
Five times more successful than any of his peers.
One of the greatest athletes to walk the planet.
Most of all, it's what I love, and I'd be doing it even if I wasn't making money.
So thank God for these waves.
[Kennedy] Kelly Slater won his first four or five World Titles
in a mindset that was just born out of pure competition and competitive drive.
He was unbeatable.
Then he left the tour around the late 1990s.
But he came back and won five World Titles.
[commentator 2] 'Cause he absolutely--
[commentator 1] No way that wave--
-How good does that guy surf... -Here he comes.
It's Kelly Slater, nine-time World Champion.
[Kennedy] Last time Kelly won the World Title
was 2011.
I remember him saying, "This could be the last time we see Kelly Slater win."
Jehovah. Jesu. Jehovah. Jesus. [speaks Hawaiian]
[Fanning] I think a lot of people scratch their heads.
Like, what does he have to prove?
He doesn't have to win any more World Titles.
Doesn't have to win an event.
He's-- He's the GOAT. He will always be the GOAT.
[group singing]
[Kennedy] I think the analogy that often gets used, uh, in-- in sport,
is the Muhammad Ali analogy, you know.
He probably had a few too many fights and the legacy was tainted.
[MC speaks Hawaiian]
[Kennedy] I think the worst-case scenario is that Kelly
sort of has three or four really bad results in a row
and that's the last memory we have of Kelly Slater.
[MC in English] In Hawaii, it's all about respect.
The good name.
People will forget about you as time goes on,
but they won't forget your name.
[fans cheering, whistling]
[Slater] I've been pro for over 30 years, you know.
But I started surfing in contests when I was eight.
So, you know, my career's really been 40 years.
Since I was a kid, the tour's been in sort of everything.
It's, you know, my whole life.
-Ouch. -[friend 1] Wow.
[friend 2 chuckles] Headache?
-[Slater] I grew up in a broken home... -Oh, no.
-...with a lot of drama. -[grunting]
[friend 2 grunts] Ah, yeah.
He's all, "Don't hit hard."
-Then you clocked me. -[friend 2 chuckles]
My dad drinking a lot,
-it was painful for me. -[speaks indistinctly, laughs]
-I have to surf tomorrow. -[chuckles]
-[friend 1 chuckles] Fuck. Yeah. -Let's go video some surfing.
[Slater] So, I was pretty intense as a kid.
My skill to deal with it was just to go out and compete.
[children cheering]
When you're a competitor,
your ego protects you in some way.
It helps you have this, like, armor.
The surfing competitions and winning,
-that was everything to me. -[fans cheering]
And, um, I took it very seriously.
Well, what do I take in the morning? What are my morning pills?
[partner] Here. These are yours.
What got me to where I am,
what got me the World Titles and all the contest stuff, has been, like,
really, like, an ob-- an obsession.
But being obsessed about anything probably
doesn't balance the scales very well. [chuckles]
I gotta get out of this house and do something
'cause I'm gonna keep eating and not do anything.
-[partner] 'Kay, go-- -Or maybe I'll do a steam real quick.
-What do you have on today? -Um, I have a lot of work stuff to do.
Let's see...
Kelly's gonna be 50 in two weeks. Two weeks and counting.
I've been... [stammers] ...given a stern warning to not have a party.
"Do not." [stammers] Like, "Do not." I was like...
What am I missing in there? What'd I miss?
[Miller] Nothing.
-Nothing you have to worry about yet. -Nothing? Oh.
I think of 50. That's a lot of years.
That's old, man.
When I was 21, I had all these little goals,
and they all fed this demon inside of me that could beat anyone and anything.
Now I can feel that light going out, you know?
But this contest is on, and my birthday is right at the tail end of it.
So, that would be the dream for me. Win this thing.
["Yes Always" playing]
[Guerrero] Welcome back to Pipeline.
[Williams] Today is the day where we kick things off.
The start of the 2022 Championship Tour.
-Try hard, bro. Try really hard. -You have to try.
[Williams] The energy levels that I'm feeling is off the charts.
You can feel the beach shaking.
[Hodge] Pipe is the most challenging wave on the planet.
The way that it breaks over shallow-water reef
and the sheer power that it has, it's scary.
I mean, it really is a wave that you can die at.
[Guerrero] The power of the waves here.
You know, things can go dangerously wrong.
[Ahrendt] It's the key points for judging today.
It's big and it's scary waves out there.
So we want to see the commitment, degree of difficulty on that takeoff
to be able to get super deep in the barrel.
Now, the important waves that we need to focus on...
[fans cheering]
[Cote] A lot of, uh, upsets happening on the first day of competition.
[Turpel] It'll be a slow start to the season
for Filipe Toledo and Ítalo Ferreira.
-[Guerrero] Jack Robinson. Goes down. -[fans groan]
[Guerrero] We are gonna lose Morgan Cibilic.
It's a long year, my boy. A long year.
[Guerrero] Coming up in the next heat, Kelly Slater.
You know superman food? You like Spam?
[both chuckle]
-Don't tell anybody, but I love that shit. -Bro, I-- I love this shit too.
It's Kelly! Thank you. [chuckles]
Signing a picture of me signing something.
-[fans laugh] -[fan 1] Can I have one with you?
[fan 1 and 2] Thank you.
-There you go. -Thank you.
[Slater] Bro, you got the wrong jersey.
They didn't have yours. I asked them and they didn't have yours.
[Slater] Hey, buddy. Here.
No way!
Aw! You are a legend.
Thanks, Kelly. That's very nice of you, mate.
-[fan 6] Kelly. -Hey, man.
-[fan 6] Moved from Cocoa Beach. -[Slater] Did you?
[fan 6] You have a favorite res--
-You go to Jazzy's over there? -[Slater] Sometimes. Yeah.
-[fan 6 chuckles] Small world, man. -So, that's like--
-[fan 7] Thank you. -Wow.
-Do you think this is your last one? -[fans chattering]
-[announcer 1] Bronze medalist... -Think this is your last?
-Are you sticking around? -We don't know. We'll see.
[fan chuckles] Yeah, we'll see.
-All right. Thanks, brother. -[fan 8] Thank you.
[Guerrero] These are the-- the heats you dream of.
Especially for the local boy, Barron Mamiya.
[Rothman] Barron's been out here since a young teenager charging.
- He's always been a standout. -[fans cheering, whistling]
[Cote] Future GOAT potential with Barron Mamiya.
[Rothman] Just kind of a generational heat.
Barron's been looking up to Kelly his whole life.
[Cote] But the kid is on fire and not gonna back down at all.
[Rothman] He's not backing down to nobody.
[Cote] Barron Mamiya grabbing rail. Beautiful ride here.
He's got room. He comes out. Oh, right. Game on.
Here we go. Kelly Slater falls from the sky. Can he come out?
-[fans groan] -No.
I'm always surprised when Kelly Slater falls in a barrel.
[fans cheering]
[Cote] Barron Mamiya. Oh, my gosh. Just perfect.
Sliding into this.
You're watching a changing in the guard. Barron Mamiya on fire.
[Cote] An 8.67. A huge lead over Kelly Slater.
[announcer 2] Top two scores will be combined for your heat total.
-The top surfer will advance. -[Miller] Come on, Kelly. Let's do this.
[commentator 4] It's Kelly Slater. No Grab. Pulling in.
-[announcer 1] Pulled in. -[Miller] Go. Go. Whoo!
-[announcer 4] Finds the exit. -[Miller] Come on.
[Cote] Kelly Slater fighting back. Deep bottom turn straight in the pocket.
[Kemper] That'll get him right back in this heat.
[Cote] Slater means business right now. Not taking Barron Mamiya lightly at all.
[Rothman] Oh, yeah, but Barron Mamiya is still in the lead.
[announcer 4]
[announcer 5]
Come on, waves. He needs one more.
[Cote] Here we go. More waves coming. Mamiya again.
The beautiful ride. Uh-oh, winding up. Big finish.
[Rothman] If he makes this...
Oh, my goodness.
[Cote] No, it clamps down.
Almost nailed for Barron Mamiya.
[Wasilewski] It would've been a huge score.
[announcer 4] One minute, 15 seconds remaining.
Kelly Slater, you need a 7.18 to go to first.
Come on.
[Kemper] So Kelly can choose any wave in the lineup that comes in.
[Cote] The anticipation just builds every time you see a bump on the horizon.
Counting down 45 seconds.
[Kemper] And time can't tick away fast enough for the young Barron Mamiya.
[Rothman] About 40 seconds to the biggest win of his life.
[Cote] Any chance these waves can come through in time?
[Rothman] Do see a bump in the water here.
-[announcer speaks indistinctly] -Should've taken that one.
-I don't know. -[announcer] Counting down ten seconds.
Maybe this one. Go. Come on, big boy.
-[Cote] Five. Four. -[thumping]
Three. Two.
One!
[fans cheering, whistling]
[Rothman chuckling]
-[Kemper] That's what you-- -[Cote] Four seconds left.
The GOAT doing GOAT things. Blasting through.
-Whoo! I have goose bumps. -Whoo!
[Kemper] Greatest surfer of all time.
[Rothman chuckles] Oh, my goodness.
-[fans cheering] Whoo! -[Cote] Sensei Slater does it again.
That was amazing.
[fans cheering, whistling]
-[announcer] -[screams]
[announcer]
-[fans cheering] -[Hodge] Kelly Slater,
it was four seconds left as your hands left the rail.
Is there any better feeling in surfing?
- ...on a hard-fought battle. -[pants]
-Congratulations, Barron and Kelly. -[sighs, chuckles]
-[Cote] And Ítalo Ferreira at Pipeline... -Ah. [exhales sharply]
[pants] That's how we do it, you know?
That's what it's all about.
[Slater] Barron's-- He's the next generation out here, you know?
It's crazy, thinking back on 30 years,
how many times that's happened and gone my way.
-[Rothman speaks indistinctly] -I don't know what to chalk it up to,
but-- except for, uh, you know, spending my life in the ocean.
-[Slater] Hey, babe. -[Miller chuckles]
[Miller] So cool. Mmm.
[Cote] We've got it. The last score
-of Kanoa Igarashi... -[Miller] It was on, two, one.
I know. Four seconds when I stood up they said.
[Miller] Babe, do you wanna take a sauna?
[Slater] Yeah, I just turned it on.
I can still compete on my days, you know,
and-- and do well.
You know, I don't think anyone takes me lightly, but at the same time,
I don't live and breathe and die by the competition day-to-day anymore.
Yeah, I'm getting more comfortable with the fact that those days are--
That was a different focus for me. It was a different time for me.
[interviewer]
Um, well, it will probably be my last full year of competition, so...
I'm tired, you know?
I'm fucking tired... [chuckles] ...of just so many contests,
so much focus, so much discipline for so long.
And, um, it takes a toll on you, you know? You just wanna, like, check out of it.
[Williams] The call is made early morning here on the North Shore of Oahu.
The event is off today.
-[Bell] Oh, fuck. -Hitting the right side of the fairway.
Mmm, not really.
My name is Stephen Bell.
Uh, most people in the surfing world know me as "Belly."
Um, do I have a job? Uh, no. Today, no.
But I was employed by Quiksilver for three decades.
I was very fortunate to be Kelly's day-to-day manager.
-[Slater] Ah, that's so bad. -And he's duffed it.
He's my brother. He's like family.
-[Slater] Okay, closest to. -The red one?
-Yeah. How much? -How much?
-Ten dollars. If-- -Have you got the cash in your pocket?
-I do. -Really?
-Yep. -Show me.
-Do you? -[chuckles]
I mean, he's smart enough to know when he's given enough
and-- and to go forward to the next stage in life.
-[Slater] Let's go. -[Bell] I've known him long.
He's there to win.
And it's not to win one heat, it's to win the event.
He thrives on it.
He shanks it. Easiest ten bucks
-I'm ever gonna make. -Oh, my God! Double or nothing.
[Bell] You gotta have a healthy ego
to believe in yourself to get what these human beings have done.
The Michael Jordans, the Kelly Slaters, the Tiger Woods.
Oh, you got me. You fucker.
[Bell] So many people want a bit of your arse,
and-- and then you have to switch that off and do what you do.
And he has that ability to do that.
We're gonna call it a day right there.
[chuckles]
[Cote] The call is on.
Quarterfinal action starts now.
And why not just fire this thing up
with one of the heats of the contest?
We've got Kelly Slater, the GOAT, going up against Kanoa Igarashi.
These stats may shock you. Kanoa has the GOAT three wins to zero.
[Whitaker] These are the slow moments you want to enjoy.
-[Igarashi] Yeah. Just gotta enjoy 'em. -It's fine.
Especially against the master of this spot.
Whether it's Kelly or whoever's mastering the spot.
-Yeah. -...you're a master of the chess game,
-and you're really, really good out here. -[Igarashi] Exactly.
[Igarashi] When I was around 13, 14,
I was watching Kelly win his World Titles.
Nowadays, he looks at me as an opponent.
My first heat with Kelly was out here at Pipe.
I ended up beating him, and ever since I'm, like, 3-0 with him.
I know he knows it, but think I kind of got him here.
-[waves lapping] -[Whitaker] Let's be smart.
-Be wary of him... -Yeah.
-...and then just fall into a rhythm. -Yeah.
Trust your instincts.
-Trust that samurai decision, yeah? -Yeah. Easy.
-Enjoy it. Let's get him. Let's get him. -Yeah. Yeah.
[Kennedy] Kelly's never beaten Kanoa.
So for him, that's a kind of, uh-- a mini battle and a mini motivation
en route to reaching the final.
There's no doubt that he would know the stats...
-[chuckles] ...very well. -Ah.
Oh, yeah.
I think Kelly will use any kind of motivation that he can
if he can find a way of making it a challenge
or making it, like, a little game for himself. A little competition.
-[Slater] All right. -[Miller] Okay. Bye, babe.
-Bye, guys. [coughs] -[person 1] All right.
-[speaks French] -[person 1 speaks French]
[speaks French]
[in English] Before my heat,
I'll go to bed imagining how to ride the wave.
I can, like, close my eyes and see it and feel it.
Feel the flow and feel the whole thing to where I'll make a mistake,
and I'll go back and start over,
and I'll re-ride the wave again and do it right,
so that the situations come up,
I already know how to react without thinking.
So it's really just practice without physically doing it.
-Good luck. -Good luck.
[Slater] But I do that a lot.
Hey, what's up?
Oh, good luck in your game. Where's it at?
-And good luck in your heat. -[Slater] Thank you.
[supporter] Good luck today, Kelly.
[Bell] Multiple years, when he was in the peak,
it would be four events before the end of the year.
We'd calculated it out, how many heats he's gotta win,
and he'd say to me, "I've got to get 16 more waves."
And I'd go, "What do you mean?"
And he'd go, "Well, I need this many points
and I've won the World Title."
I said, "Where does that come from?"
That forward thinking, only certain people have.
[crowd cheering, clapping]
[Slater] I get so obsessive.
For each guy, I know every point, what their average wave scores are.
I have heat sheets from everybody, so I know on paper what needs to be done.
Kanoa's beaten me a couple times,
so I'm gonna wanna kick his ass.
-[crowd cheering] -[supporter] Kelly.
[crowd cheering, clapping]
[Williams] All right. Kelly Slater has checked in.
[Cote] Kanoa Igarashi on the board.
Beautiful backdoor, quick takeoff.
[Williams] This is a nice start for Kanoa, but he didn't stay
in the barrel for too long.
This will be a small score.
[Williams] You gotta get in the barrel, behind the curtain to get rewarded.
So, uh, that's going to keep the score a touch low. Under two points.
[Cote] Here we go. The GOAT, Kelly Slater.
[chuckles] Textbook.
[Williams] Kelly is out there ready for revenge.
He's got his eyes on the prize.
[Cote] Kelly Slater again.
[Williams] Just absolute criminal intent in every wave he's taking off on.
-[Miller] Whoo! -[friend 1] Whoo!
[Cote] It's pretty clear that Kelly Slater means business.
-The revenge is coming in so hot. -[Williams chuckles] Yeah.
[Cote] He's really been just laser focused.
- I don't think he's looked at Kanoa once. -[Williams] Yeah.
[Slater] When you're really in the flow, you don't think.
You just sort of black out, and like, "I'm just going with it."
If it's all just completely flowing perfectly
and you're not questioning anything,
these weird things will just happen where you're so free,
you're not worrying about anything.
[Whitaker] That might be the heat right there.
[Williams] Kelly is a magician.
A wave never slides under him.
You know, he really capitalizes and Kanoa is a crafty competitor, uh,
but Kelly kind of made that heat look easy.
[Igarashi] I got completely smoked.
That part's a hard pill to swallow.
I was getting so frustrated, and I lost my grit, and I lost my drive.
He-- He got me there.
[cheering]
[Bell]
-[supporter 1] Kelly, look back. -[Bell]
-[supporter 1] Look back, Kelly. -[Slater] We do it while we walk, okay?
[child 3] Kelly, over here.
-[cheering, whistling] -Kelly Slater.
[Williams] The next swell direction, a little bit of north wind to the west.
[Hodge] Four head-to-head matchups with Kanoa.
That's the first time that you've been able to overcome him.
I know.
[Slater] I wasn't gonna take him lightly,
but I was really focused.
I almost threw up before the heat 'cause I was so excited.
[Hodge laughs]
I get this, like, crazy adrenaline dump sometimes,
but, uh, I just wanna say hi to my daughter, Taylor,
and my family back home, everybody watching.
Um, and, yeah, it was fun.
Thanks for your time.
[Kennedy] What drives Kelly?
He wants to still compete with the top guys.
-[Slater] All right. Thanks, guys. -[supporter] Ten minutes.
[Kennedy] And he thrives on the fact that he can challenge them
despite being 20 years their senior.
-Okay. -[supporter] Hello.
[Kennedy] But he's conscious of where he could be made to look irrelevant.
The last time Kelly won at Pipe was 2013, so that's almost a decade.
Some people's sporting careers only last a decade.
Can he win an event at 50?
It's a big ask.
[Slater] I know that I'm not the number one expectation at every event anymore.
I feel, I don't want to say tense,
but I feel like maybe there's a little self-doubt,
but I think at this point
I owe myself to not be scared of losing,
to not be scared of the other guy.
For me, it's really important to do really well here,
to prove I can beat anyone on this tour, on any given day still.
[crowd cheering, whistling]
[Cote] It was a long and winding road leading into this final.
[Williams] It's endurance.
[Slater] You know, it's hard to get back out.
When I was younger, it was a race and-- and now it's a marathon.
[supporter] Whoo-hoo!
[commentator]
[Cote] Seth Moniz has been a man on fire, dispatching last year's champion,
John John Florence, in the quarterfinals.
And if he can beat John, he can beat Kelly.
[Williams] Gonna be a big challenge for Kelly Slater.
[Cote] Seth literally half Kelly Slater's age.
Pretty sure he's surfed against Seth Moniz's father back in the day.
[crowd cheering]
Whoo-hoo!
[Cote] Pipeline warriors entering the colosseum.
-It's Kelly Slater verse Seth Moniz. -[crowd cheering]
[commentator] Five. Four. Three. Two. One.
[horn honking]
[Cote] Who will catch the first wave of this final?
-[crowd] Ooh. -[Cote] It's gonna be Kelly Slater dropping in.
Going backdoor, under the hook.
Almost escapes.
Guillotine clamps down on his shoulders.
Here we go. Seth Moniz.
Can he come out? He cannot.
[crowd] Ah.
[Cote] And there he is, Kelly Slater. He might have a clean line outta this.
[supporter 1] Oh, he's on it!
[Cote] Back-to-back unsuccessful attempts for Kelly Slater.
[Williams] Every wipeout, it just ticks away a little bit at the battery.
[Cote] Seth Moniz into a wild unruly barrel.
[crowd] Ooh!
-Oh, my god. Ow. -That hurt.
[Williams] You really have to rely on the adrenaline
to get through this next 35 minutes.
[Cote] You can just feel the pressure starting to build.
[Slater] When that pressure gets in your head, you almost forget the moment.
You're thinking about the big thing
and not those little details.
And that can hold you back.
For me, it's telling me,
"Just come back and focus on what's simple
and right here in front of you in the moment."
And once you do that, you'll get the win.
[Cote] Kelly Slater driving super deep behind another chandelier!
-And he comes out! -[crowd cheering]
[commentator]
[Williams] So Kelly, the first real punch landed.
He's in the barrel, traveling.
-Watch out. Where is-- -[Miller] Go!
- Kelly-- -[Cote] Wow. So just being relentless.
[Wasilewski] He's looking the most aggressive
and the sharpest I've ever seen competitively.
Looks like a young buck and he looks like he wants to win.
[Cote] And here goes Seth Moniz, answering back.
Yanking on that outside rail. Cruising in nice and tight.
And just--
[crowd] Oh!
[Cote] Board ripped from underneath his feet.
-Oh! Ah. -[crowd clapping]
[Cote] This is a fourth wipeout in a row for Seth Moniz
and that has to be taking its toll.
Momentum is all with Kelly Slater at this point.
And he's at it again.
-[crowd] Oh! -[Cote] Late drop straight into the pit.
[Slater] When you get a barrel, it feels like something so natural.
It's like this sacred place in nature and it all makes sense.
[Cote] He's coming out.
-[crowd cheering] -[Hodge chuckles]
[Slater] It feels like what you were meant to do in life.
[Williams] Kelly is in his own universe.
[supporter] Oh, my God. That is fucked up.
[commentator] We're down to ten,
-[commentator] nine, eight... -[Williams] This is crazy.
- And he's about to make history here. - ...seven, six,
five, four, three, two, one.
[Guerrero] Kelly Slater is a champion!
[crowd cheering]
[Cote] Kelly Slater,
a huge victory at the Billabong Pro Pipeline 2022.
He's on the top of his game.
Kelly Slater is back.
[commentator]
[crowd cheering]
[Slater] It's fun when you win, man. It's so addictive.
Can't really explain it to somebody.
You-- You have to experience it to understand.
It's every cell inside your body, like, tingling to achieve this thing
and then when you do, it's just-- there's no better release.
-There's no better feeling. -Yeah!
[Slater] When you put in that work and effort,
and you've put in all those years of your life, and then you're successful.
That's what makes winning so satisfying and that's what makes it so addictive.
-[commentator] Yes, Kelly! You did it! -[crowd cheering]
[Guerrero] Eight times, four decades. Soak it in, my man.
This is sport history.
[sighs] I don't know what to say, man.
I committed my life to-- to this, you know?
To all of this. All the heartbreak and all the winning,
and all this crap.
[stammers] It's, uh--
You know, I've hated lots of it,
but I just savor this, and this is the best win in my life.
[crowd chanting] Kelly! Kelly! Kelly! Kelly! Kelly! Kelly!
-[Slater] COVID's weak. -[supporter 1] COVID... [chuckles]
[mouthing] Man.
Are you speechless?
I heard you say you can't believe it. [laughs]
[cheering]
[Guerrero] He won his first title here in 1992.
[crowd cheering, clapping]
[Guerrero] An eight-time champ here at Pipe.
Bring on the 2022 Pipeline champion,
the legendary, the GOAT, Kelly Slater!
[crowd cheering, clapping]
[Slater] There was a-- an opportunity that I've had in my life
to become great at something and I learned how to do it.
-[friend] Oh, yeah. -[all cheering]
[Slater] It's been such-- everything to me.
My career, my surfing, my-- this world, all my friends,
like, just everything that's happened in my life.
[all laughing]
[Miller chuckling]
[Slater] If I can win at Pipeline...
[Bell] I got a beer for you.
[Slater] ...maybe I can win a World Title.
Here we go.
[Slater] It's been eight years. Come on.
Got the right size and everything.
You look nice in that color.
[friend chuckles]
[Guerrero] Here goes Carissa Moore.
[Cote] Gets in the barrel and she comes out!
[Weston-Webb] Carissa is the best female surfer in the world,
and in order to win the World Title, you have to beat her.
Swell is picking up.
[Cote] Carissa Moore,
Olympic gold medalist, five-time World Champ.
What hasn't she done?
[Moore] Any time I come up against Tati,
I have to bring my A game.
[Williams]
I know, I saw that. I saw everything.
[judge groans] Ouch.
[safety announcer] Medical, the nearest team.
[Hughes] Her career is at stake.
[Weston-Webb] I just feel like the pressure's on,
'cause you need to have those results to make the cut.
[Guerrero] Tatiana Weston-Webb pulls into the barrel...