Surfing legend Kelly Slater was officially crowned ASP World Champion this afternoon after some errors regarding calculations earlier this week. Slater, 39, was the youngest surfer to win a championship in 1992 at age 20, and this year at age 39, he became the oldest. He beat Dan Ross in the final heat on Wednesday at the Rip Curl Pro in San Francisco. Congratulations Kelly, you're the man...[READ MORE]
A little over a month ago today, Pura Vida was lucky enough to be right in the middle of the US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, CA. Between watching this year’s champion Kelly Slater kill it in the water and catching up with hundreds of fans that came by to check out our booth, we couldn’t have asked for a better week in the sun and sand. We weren’t sure what to expect at the ...[READ MORE]
This year at the US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, 10-Time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater took the title. Slater caught an 8.5 wave in the first minute and a half of the final heat against Australia’s Yadin Nicol, and it was all downhill for Nicol from there. Slater continued to catch wave after wave, while Nicol sat there waiting to get a single one until there was just three min...[READ MORE]
