Kelly Slater’s Pipe Masters Winning “Deep Six” Board Explained
Justin Cote
- December 16 2008
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- 21 comments
On the heels of Kelly’s victory at the Pipe Masters, everyone had the same questions: What the hell was that stingray thinking, and what was that board Kelly was riding all about? I mean, a 5’11” at eight foot Pipeline? Well, we can’t get in touch with the errant stingray, we did get an explanation of what Kelly was riding and how the board came about…here’s an email from Channel Islands team manager Travis Lee:
“Kelly Slater’s “Deep Six” board ridden to victory in the 2008 Pipeline Masters is a result of Al Merrick’s pursuit to place surfboard design in the hands of surfers themselves. Kelly worked with Channel Islands’ CAD software and library of designs to marry a 7′0″ K-step and a 6′0″ K-board (tangent?) into a completely original 5’11 with the wide point pushed forward. Once our in house CNC machine milled the blank based on Kelly’s specs, he walked the board over to Al’s shaping room to have him put his finishing touches on the Deep Six. This 5’11 x 18 1/2 x 2 1/2 round pin enabled Kelly to get into the hollow waves earlier and deeper allowing for adjustments that only a shorter board can provide. The Deep Six is the latest in Kelly’s quest to ride boards shorter than normally thought possible in surf conditions all over the world.”
While us normal people can’t just rock into Al Merrick’s shaping bay and start typing away on the CAD shaping program, we can open our minds to new shapes and designs…thanks to CI’s Travis Lee for the info. For more info and to order yourself a “Deep Six”, go to www.cisurfboards.com
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December 16th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
luv a fatter nose, not a fish but kinda retro, ie…’78 MR twin
December 16th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
pretty rad
December 16th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
kelly could’ve won this contest on a 9′ softtop
December 16th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
I was lucky enough to be there for the heat with Timmy Reyes who had him beat but blew priority! Kelly made him pay the price by ripping off a perfect 10 at backdoor. He was so freaking deep that there was no way he was going to make it out but of course he did!
“Nobody fuck with THE bald jesus”
December 16th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Similar to the Retro rocket from JC sick!
December 16th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
i believe in…..
December 17th, 2008 at 5:57 am
dont be a sheep…only kelly could ride that thing…baaaaahhhhh
December 17th, 2008 at 6:45 am
shit the copied the JC retro rocket…
December 17th, 2008 at 10:06 am
he could win on a damn skin board.
December 17th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
yes, he can..
December 17th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
If you can’t either shape it or ride it then shut up!!!!!
December 19th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Kelly is so connected that sealife swim under his board giving him more speed and keep him from falling. That Ray thought not even Kelly could make the section and mistakenly thought to straighten out. Right after the wave, the rest of the sealife feasted on the non believing Ray for it’s weakness of faith.
December 21st, 2008 at 1:25 am
I want this board. But smaller.
December 30th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
the alaia of 2009, the deep six. coming to a beach near you
January 21st, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Nothing seems to be easier than seeing someone whom you can help but not helping.
I suggest we start giving it a try. Give love to the ones that need it.
God will appreciate it.
February 8th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Ahh I hear everyone writing the Ray off, though is it possible that we are all being ignorant, to the fact that the Ray was trying to show the King up by doing a Rodeo clown in the impact zone perpendicular to the wave, only in reflection in a decade or so might give the moment justice, simialr to a Greenough or Rabbit
February 25th, 2009 at 5:47 am
The K man has opened our eyes to what you can do on a surfboard, winning 9 - never even though it possible World titles. And now he [we should thank him endlessly for this] has opened our minds to what we consider a high performance surfboard. Thank god! I’ve been riding similar stuff on the North shore for yrs and getting sh-t for it. That has finally ended, thanks to Kelly.
July 9th, 2009 at 7:36 am
So we’re back to wide point forward and a bit more thickness? So ‘they copied the JC’? I give KS props for trying stuff on his own, and Al for not being paranoid about letting him do it.
As far as who copied who, there’s a lot of innovation and very little original creation. All of us who have spent our lives in shaping rooms have gone here, there, and elsewhere. The curious part is not until the media darlings get hold of it does it find its way into mainstream conciousness.
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