Tom Curren versus Kelly Slater - Forerunners 1
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- FORERUNNERS is a unique sports series that recalls defining moments in Action Sports history. Episode #1 highlights a 1990 battle between pro surfers Tom Curren and Kelly Slater at the Quiksilver Pro in Lacanau, France. Curren, the 3 time world champion, surfs against Slater who would ultimately go on to win 8 world titles. This feature is narrated by Pipeline legend Gerry Lopez.
Props to Buttons for having this style 20 years prior!!
To this day no surfer can come close to matching Curren's style. When it comes to style Curren is in a league of his own. If you play a video of him surfing and pause at any moment he looks incredibly balanced and smooth. Poetry in motion.
Slater was like oh shit they gave me a bottle of champagne, I'm to young to drink.
Too young to drink? On ne le trouve pas en France 🇨🇵🥂
Tom Curren re-wrote surfing, and Slater exploded the envelope of that genius. Both Slater and Curren are soft spoken, well spoken, extremely polite, and avoid the idiotic surfer jargon and slang. Both are superb athletes, Curren is surprisingly shy in person. Never met Slater, but he is an absolute God of surfing.
this surfing is incredible, personally i think this is better than the new school style of surfing
Juston I agree. Seems sharper and snappier
Exactly! Modern surfing is wild, but kinda skateboardish??? old skool, cool, smooth, stylish, uniquely elegant, ????? Sorry but it's the olskoolin me! BARRY Kaainapuni misspelled 4sure,BK mo ezy ,sunset any size condition, he's legendary!! Check it out, fo reals! Aloha
I grew up in Melbourne fla when slater was in Coco. I was 6 years younger and he was our local hero. I was in the lineup with him twice, and I remember thinking this guy can’t compete around the world. No way. Ha
I absolutely loved your video. Ted
Tom Curren was/is a classy surfer and a classy guy.
Amazed that their styles where similar at that time. Good thing is Kelly chose Tom's style and even bettered it over time. Tom was kinda a mentor of sorts while both on the same team with AL Merrick.
I was there then, in the public!! Funny to see it again
Tom Curren is the man with his fluid, strong, chill surfing, shredding in 3 ft slop to 20+.
Tom Curren Rules!
Kely parece hj que está com o mesmo preparo físico de antigamente tiro o chapéu para ele está quebrando.
Curren will always be the number one. Doesn't do airs - doesn't need to
judges were not schooled yet on what was radical surfing
Both are equally Legendary in their own right
It's been 8 years since this video was posted and Slater is still competing!
It's been 3 years since you've wrote that, and he's still competing.
This video is 30 years old, and he’s still competing.
Yeh but it's 30 years since that event, im sucker 4 big wave crew but after Eddy, Derrick, Gerry etc came the kid, now the Goat, soon he'll be Zeus , Methuselah who knows, he'll be 50 sn, but the Best I ever watched Inc Ho n that's big praise from me, a nobody 4 60yrs 😃😝😊🤙🇦🇺🖖 really, all time,
He should retire, nowhere near anyone's level in small point breaks, still charges barrels tho
It’s been 6 years since you wrote that and he’s still competing!
Curren's timing is so perfect and his surfing so fast and smooth here it's hard to appreciate how technical and advanced it is. Kelly despite his new school tricks still looks like a kid in comparison.
The people who gave the thumbs down should hang up there boards and stop surfing,and give some respect to those guys
So who's replacing Kelly now that he's retiring . And I know Tom Curren still surfs for fun , they should party together .
John john Florence for sure, he is the future of surfing right now
Dave Weaver and I played a set of doubles against those two in Biarritz on clay courts right around that time...
tom curren is a legend and young kelly, was already showcasing his talent and radicalness..
I was stood on the beach watching…Lacanau was cool in those days! (Grande Pins Camp site)👍
PT says Slater is better than Curren? Competitively, yes, free surfing, no.
@Mosquito1961, I agree, though Curren's style was extraordinary for 1983, 7 years prior to this.
Can't compare the two styles.both are awesome!
Slater didn't stand a chance? Whatever Ian
Andy Irons is still king, dead or alive.
Looks like Slater was doing the more progressive surfing in that heat. I think Slater is the winner in this heat
Passing the Torch!
Slater greater than Tom (Current)...?
You mean, Slater won more titles.
But Slater's surfing style is not as great
as Current's surfing style. Current's is majestic,
Slater's circus-like.
of course he had hair what do you think he was born bald? Check out slaters early days around 1990-1992for when he was so young and a rookie
am i the only one who thinks kelly surfed better here?
Looks like Kelly won this heat. Curren was not surfing more radically or 'better'.
2 great surf heroes
I love Slater's face in that Trestles podium clip. He's looking all nervous like he wasn't sure he won. And everyone else fully knew that he surfed laps around them.
Lacanau pro 🔥🔥🔥
1:20 look at all that hair!!!
Two legends
Curren was so bad ass, my favorite surfer for sure......
most wct surfers are better than curren ever was these days..he was a top surfer for his time but hardly compares to the new school pro surfer....and yeah, kelly is a way better surfer than curren ever was.
If we only knew then what we know now
tom... only cuz im from sb
The best vs the very best
Those boards hurt my eyes
KELLY SLATER BROKE THE RULES!
cLassic. Curren is God
ITS MARK RICHARDS,AND ALL I WAS SAYING THAT KELLY IS BETTER THAN CURREN.. THEN YOU REPLIED TO ME WITH ALL THIS RABBLE ;)
lol they hand kelly a champage bottle and he try's to give it to curren haha
Great heat!
Che spettacolo unico...
wow
indeed owen right
Kelly very explosive when young
Amen Brother man! #FLRepresent God IS Great !
he looks like jeremy flores in the interview haha
HE HAD HAIR!
I thought he just didn't grow hair.
@darrenwilsonV2 are you his agent?
Hes fried.
I say Curren won, because of favoritism!
I wish I could tan like Kelly and not have to use sunscreen...
Missing the airs
curren looks a little......baked. or something.
You play that whole heat again for modern day judges we all know wins #DaKing
Curren is a god
I remember the ad .. golden bear, boxing ring, and the kangaroo flat on his back, who got knocked the ffff out!! Golden bear stearin down, ala Muhammad Ali style! Curren was the undisputed champion!!