Kelly Slater Wins The Billabong Pro Pipeline Masters Event
December 13th, 2008 by Adam
Chris Ward, Kelly Slater and Pipeline Master Gerry Lopez
Kelly Slater has Mastered the Banzai Pipeline once again.
Nine-time ASP World Champion, Kelly Slater, just won the 2008 Billabong Pro Pipeline Masters a record sixth time. This victory was Slater’s sixth tour event win of the 11 event 2008 ASP world tour. What a great accomplishment for Slater!
The 2008 ASP World Tour has been a dream season for Kelly Slater. Not only did he set another surfing record this year with his 9th ASP World Title, but he also won 6 out of the 11 ASP Tour events. Slater clinched the 2008 ASP World Surfing Title back in October at the Billabong Pro Mundaka. He could have opted out of the Billabong Pro Pipeline Masters event and ended his tour back in Spain. However, I do not think Slater wanted to end his dream tour without taking a crack at the Pipeline event he has won 5 times and did not want to disappoint his fans.
Slater has made the Pipeline Masters final 10 out of his last 17 times he entered it. He won the event in 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999 and again in 2008. Ironically enough, Slater’s 9th win comes 9 years after his last Pipeline win. Plus, this year Slater won his 9th ASP World Title. I guess Slater’s lucky number in 2008 was the number 9.
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