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all Slater’s records — there’s far too many. Let’s just focus on his winning the Billabong Pro Pipe at this stage of his career and illustrious life.
emotion and insight. I think more than a million viewers were choked up, too. “I don’t even know what to say,” Slater says. “I was out there just tell- ing myself to be in the moment, no matter how much tension there is. Just breathe. So, I was just breathing, being in the moment. I thought Seth (Moniz) broke the combo because of the crowd and I said, ‘Just stay in the moment, soak it up.’ But I just savored this and
AARP Hawai‘i Offers Website For Veterans
AARP Hawai‘i recently launched a brand-new dig- ital platform called AARP Veterans and Military Spouses Job Center, and West O‘ahu residents are welcome to check it out.
ever — even to this day.
Most surfers of that era finished up
the job market.
“The job skills, expe-
their careers before 30. Since Mark Occhilupo won his first title at age 30 in 1999 and Sunny Garcia followed up with the same break through in 2000, we broke the 30s decade barrier for pro surfing, sort of. I guess some of that quick twitch muscle loses its twitch.
He won at Pipeline convincingly, clearly and handily — against the newest, youngest generation. This means Slater has somehow transcend- ed over three generations or waves of world tour legends — starting with three-time world champ Tom Curren, one-time world champ Martin Potter in the late 1980s to early 1990s — to Occhilupo, Garcia — then to Andy Irons, Mick Fanning, et al. He’s been putting to the Brazilian storm and now the latest up-and-comers Seth Moniz, 24, and Barron Mamiya, 21. It makes me dizzy just getting my head around it.
On the website, the more than 100,000 veter- ans and military spouses in the state can discover a wide array of informa- tion and resources with regards to finding a new career, a job board that features a “veterans want- ed” section, as well as the Veterans Career Advan- tage Course to help par- ticipants build on career planning and skills devel- opment that will come in handy while navigating
rience and character of our veterans and military spouses can be an im- portant asset during a job search, but we know it can be a challenge to know where to start,” states Keali‘i Lopez, AARP Ha- wai‘i state director.
Three-time world champ Mick Fan- ning won his third title in 2013 at about 31 years. But, he’s the only one other than you know who! That’s a long time to wait for a 30-something to get to the top again.
this is the best win of my life.” Letting go of a big breath, he adds, “It’s just crazy thinking back on 30 years ... how many times it’s hap- pened for me ... and gone my way. I don’t know what to chock it up to ... except for spending my life in the
“AARP Hawai‘i is hon- ored to continue support- ing those who proudly served our country by arming them with this free, one-stop resource to gain an edge in today’s competitive job market and avoid underemploy- ment.”
It’s only Slater who’s done it — over and over again — five times to be ex- act! Count ‘em: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2011. He won the other six in the 1990s. The icon doesn’t just break records — he blows them out of the proverbial water — literally and figu- ratively.
Slater also was coming to terms with what he just accomplished, in front of a mic, in real time. The stress of competition cleared but his eyes did not. I’ve never seen Slater share such
ocean.”
It’s a good time to be a surfer. Thank
Now we don’t have time to go into
gary@surfnewsnetwork.com
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