Kelly Slater’s ‘Freakish’ Stunt Starts Fight Over Rules Of Surfing
Sam George, a distinguished roller journalist, pointed to a WSL judge’s unsuitable judgingwas a disgrace
Others wagged their fingers during a judges’ “by a book” methodology, saying “sometimes we have to throw that book out a window
“Surfing is not gymnastics
 Slater, however, didn’t take things so seriously.
“In my head, I was shouting that we was even still on a wave
 As for a low score, Slater brushed it off.
“I’m a competitor,” he said. “I’m a one that has to bear a brunt of that being a good or bad score. And I’m not too disturbed about it. I don’t know because so many people are.