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Kelly Slater Pulled Off A Miraculous Mid-Wave Recovery After Falling Off His Board

Kelly Slater Pulled Off A Miraculous Mid-Wave Recovery After Falling Off His Board

Here we have 46-year-old surf dude Kelly Slater getting mega pitted at Billabong Pipe Masters this weekend and living to tell the tale. Slater won his matchup against Brazilian surfer Filipe Toledo, though the most impressive thing he did was get back on his board after eating a wave. Slater was pretty much all the way in the water before somehow getting his feet back on the board and leaving the barrel standing up. It’s been dubbed the “Houdini tube ride” for a good reason. I’m going to let Surfer Today explain this with properly gnarly lingo: The 11-time world surfing champion sat...

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