Coming Next Issue: The Surf Trip Of The Decade
Justin Cote
- January 13 2009
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A Fly In The Champagne: After A Decade Of Bitter Rival Status, Kelly Slater And Andy Irons Come Together And Surf Off Their Differences.
An excerpt from A Fly In The Champagne authored by Sal Masekela: “Nobody was expecting this trip to happen. To get two seemingly mortal enemies to agree to sequester themselves on a tiny island with a half-dozen cameramen, a Hollywood interviewer capable of conjuring up tears during any interview, and an in-the-know magazine staff waiting with bated breath seemed like a ridiculous notion. Despite hectic schedules, preconceived notions, and the most heated rivalry in modern surf history, somehow it all came together. The end result was a ten-day purge of feelings, emotional baggage, dispelling rumors, talking it out, and a burying of the hatchet once and for all. Oh, we nearly forgot to mention that the waves were insane! … ”
Prepare yourself for an epic article ten years in the making. Magazine hits newsstands 2/6/09…earlier to subscribers!
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January 14th, 2009 at 11:12 am
This is gonna be good!
January 14th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
you guys are such claimers
January 14th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
this would have been great if it happened when AI was actually a threat to Kelly. Instead, you got him in his now whithered-away state. Big deal.
January 14th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
I could stand next to Kelly and say, with 9 ASP World Title between us, we have a lot in common.
January 14th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Talk to anyone on the trip and they will say it was weird and awkward….and there is not much in common between the two other than being competitive animals that surf great….
January 14th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
sal you suck, why dont you report on gay bars in san fran that suits your style more. loserrrrrrr. can he even paddle a board, cause he sure cant skate or snowboard. get rid of this loser for someone who can actually do the sport they report on.
January 14th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
he actually surfs good, you’ll see in the issue dre
January 14th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Sal can paddle and surf like a motherfu—ker!
You should him at Swamis…
January 15th, 2009 at 7:53 am
Dre- what is up with you man? You sound like a kook. if you are going to get on the board, don’t waist our times with shit talking you have no idea about. Fuck man you sound like an idiot.
January 15th, 2009 at 9:21 am
This is lame - I saw these photos on ASPWorldTour.com months ago…you guys are late to the party.
January 15th, 2009 at 11:49 am
I would love to see a transworld issue bringing together Christiano Ronaldo and Chris Cote. And have them wrestle it out in a pool of jelly, strawberry preferably. Prrrr went the kitty cat
January 15th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
DUDE CRUZ!
best funniest movie ever im watchiung it for the 15th straight time right now…..
article looks EEPIICCCCC!
Can’t wait for it to come out
January 15th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
I think that kelly and andy are pretty much mates now, of course its gunbe weird and awkward with all those stupid journos around tho.
January 15th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
they must be hurt’in for material or trying to drum up business cuz this should have been done years ago, now who cares kelly put andy on the ropes and andy is burnt and have don’t have it in fir each other little to late for this BS
January 15th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Looking forward to seeing this one!
January 15th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
dre, I bet you can’t pop an air or even throw a 3. I met Sal last winter at the XGames and he is a wicked cool guy, loved by everyone, and stoked on life. So dre, go back to your high performance board that you got 4 inches too short thinking you could rip it, get a little head dip followed by a half-ass cutty, and tell all your friends how you were rippin’ it so hard.
January 16th, 2009 at 3:13 am
2 great surfers but who really cares
just another money makin promo
January 16th, 2009 at 9:18 am
is the better of the better, they must go to canary island a saludate since canary island suso
January 16th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
i’d rather see there recent trip to p-pass during the pipe masters.who knew indo gets so good in january?jk
January 16th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
andy is so stronger than kelly espcially back the wave
January 16th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
will be interesting to actually see how much of that whole shit was media hyped and how much was actually true
January 16th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
kook
January 16th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
EXACTLY! Andy also more best at pilly poppy and beery drinky.
January 16th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Those guy’s are stoked! I don’t care what the media says. Besides everybody needs a little break form their job to make it all fun again, even if their job is surfing. Glad to see someone gets to live the life they live.
January 16th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Stoked to see the article….but wow who did that photoshop job on kelly’s head, haha, someone needs to read the manual again.
January 17th, 2009 at 7:41 am
Maybe this will put some more fire in AI’s belly. This trip was gonna happen sooner or later.
January 17th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
why not have them tag-team some supermodels,,,that would be broing out hard.
January 18th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
now there´s something worth watching
January 19th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
this trip actually happened months ago.
January 20th, 2009 at 7:23 am
yahbrah, you’re a fool dude. “Dre” is actually Chris Cote, the Editor of TWS. He does a pretty good job if you ask me. And I reckon the idea of this trip is a cracker. Let me guess, yahbrah, you’re a bodyboarder? Must be with an attitude like that. Good work on the mag boys. Amped to see it.
January 21st, 2009 at 6:56 pm
Brian Bielmann is the best out…… there Photo number 20 of Kelly the best….Keep it up Brian, your pal Freddy
January 22nd, 2009 at 2:00 pm
muy buen proyecto, y entretenido tener a los dos mejores surfistas del mundo peliando las mejores olas
felicitaciones..
de chile saludos un abrazo..
January 24th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Stu - you’re a dork. Wake up and smell the coffee dork!
These 2 guys are both GIANTS of the sport and AI will be back on tour in 2010.
Give him respect - 3 world titles - he deserves it.
What about you? Just like coming across all critical hey ?
D-O-R-K
January 29th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Thse two should’ve taken a few hours to try and outdo each other for the Kuston Air $50K. That would’ve been an insane side story to the trip. I’ll bet one of them would’ve eventually pulled something that would contend for the money. Kelly would’ve probably created a new manuever trying, maybe including a 540.
March 4th, 2009 at 4:43 am
Great concept, can’t wait to get this on dvd.
Andy has really matured, i dont think theres any way he would have agreed to this 3-5 years ago. He still HATES losing and has that bad boy streak in him but that’s what i like about, a bit of mongrel.
Only one way to describe Kelly - all class.
March 17th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
2 pathetic losers