Kelly Slater
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But then I surfed a contest in December.
I did it in July.
I surfed a contest in December.
But it wasn't a contest where I had to do maneuvers.
We're not turning.
We're just pulling in the tube of the wave.
So I'm essentially just kind of going straight on waves.
So it wasn't really... So for you, that's like a walk in the park.
Well, it's easier than having to move around small waves.
It was sort of medium-sized waves where you're just going straight in the tube of the waves.
In a weird way, it's kind of safer for the foot, if that makes any sense.
So I was able to do it.
But it was probably dumb of me, but I was just so excited to surf that contest.
That's my favorite event, so I wanted to surf it.
But then in February, I got all the hardware out.
I took all the screws and stayed.
It was three plates and 16 screws or something.
Oh, my God.
So I took those out, and then I had to... I swear the healing, the...
The healing from that second surgery was harder than the surgery, I think.