Comments on: BOBBY on KELLY

By: Pat T

Pat T — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:53:34 +0000

Kelly has earned everything he has won.

Bobby has been given everything and is still complaining.

By: reynold spooner

reynold spooner — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:06:15 +0000

everyone posting these comments is retarded, which includes myself durrr

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:43:41 +0000

Bitter Bobby…. I appreciate his candor, refreshing in the homogenous corporate surf world. Oh right, he’s operating outside that world now…. hence the bitterness. The other surfers he mentions have flaws, the only guy technically on Kelly’s level is Taj. Kelly dominated the “Momentum” generation with ease and has crushed the “Coolie kids” with equal ease. The hiccup with Andy was not about talent, it was about attitude. Andy was on a roll and Kelly had to raise his mental game to Andy’s before ability mattered. Once he did, Andy retired. As far as the tour pushing K all one has to do is remember that heat in Tahiti where Kelly fell into a layback, super deep and got spit out with a perfect 10. NO ONE else could have pulled that. And he outsurfs Bobby at Rincon every day he is in town. Not a fan, but the guy deserves his success. And now he’s going to smoke the clones on his 5′4″!!!!!!!!

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:49:07 +0000

I agree with most the comments. Kelly is one of the best surfers in the world—possibly the best. As his world-titles near the double digits, it’s clear he is the best competitor. However, as amazing as he is, I agree with Bobby, it’s boring to see him win over and over and over. Slater’s “I’m not sure if I can do the tour anymore” line is stale also. I have a lot of respect for Bobby speaking honestly about his thoughts on Slater.

By: chickenfingers

chickenfingers — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:47:45 +0000

Surfers need to speak their minds and there’s validity to what Bobby is saying. He is an honest hard-working professional and he deserves to be on the top.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:36:11 +0000

Give Bobby some slack for speaking his mind. At least he speaks honestly. There is no doubt Kelly is the best in the world, and there is some envy from Bobby Martinez. But if we were on the professional tour as Bobby is it would probably be boring to watch Kelly win again and again. Bobby has all the tools to win a world title, and it would be great to see any one of the top 45 give Kelly a real run at the title this year. My predictions is Bobby will stay in the top 10 but Bede Durbridge is the hungriest of all the surfers. You can see it in his surfing and his mental attitude.

By: ShiverMeTimbers

ShiverMeTimbers — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:32:43 +0000

I thought I read that Bobby is looking for a sponsor now - is it a result of this interview?

By: stu

stu — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:12:21 +0000

Do we really need a third Hobgood?

By: Pobby Brown

Pobby Brown — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:45:31 +0000

I think Heitor Alves is faster on his backhand than Bobby Martinez. Heitor’s style is more like a third Hobgood than another ticky-tack Brazilian.

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