Kelly Slater
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And he spun around on this wave.
He was behind me.
I was paddling out.
And I paddled over this wave.
I'm like, oh, I'm too late for this thing.
I can't go.
And Mungo was behind me.
And he spun around and barely, I don't even know if he paddled.
He just stood up on this huge wave and free fell into it.
And basically, by making it through that heat, he made it on tour.
And he ended up in the very last spot, he and I.
Yeah, different things drive you at different times.
When I was 20 years old, all I wanted to do was I wanted to be the best surfer in the world.
I wanted to be the number one surfer in the world and be a world champion like my heroes were, you know?
And I want to try to match them.
So I didn't have to find any kind of motivation when I went to contests.
I was like, oh, I get to surf against Martin Potter.
Oh, I get to surf against Tom Curran.
And you were always- Tom Carroll.
Oh, this guy.