Tom Curren versus Kelly Slater - Forerunners 1

[@odiamonds1961]

Props to Buttons for having this style 20 years prior!!

[@adrianwoods7720]

To this day no surfer can come close to matching Curren's style. When it comes to style Curren is in a league of his own. If you play a video of him surfing and pause at any moment he looks incredibly balanced and smooth. Poetry in motion.

[@TheJuston15]

this surfing is incredible, personally i think this is better than the new school style of surfing

[@ap5194]

Juston I agree. Seems sharper and snappier

[@MK-su6eg]

Exactly! Modern surfing is wild, but kinda skateboardish??? old skool, cool, smooth, stylish, uniquely elegant, ????? Sorry but it's the olskoolin me! BARRY Kaainapuni misspelled 4sure,BK mo ezy ,sunset any size condition, he's legendary!! Check it out, fo reals! Aloha

[@Ianzandvoort]

I was there then, in the public!! Funny to see it again

[@lekkki1]

Tom Curren re-wrote surfing, and Slater exploded the envelope of that genius. Both Slater and Curren are soft spoken, well spoken, extremely polite, and avoid the idiotic surfer jargon and slang. Both are superb athletes, Curren is surprisingly shy in person. Never met Slater, but he is an absolute God of surfing.

[@jeff2333]

Amazed that their styles where similar at that time. Good thing is Kelly chose Tom's style and even bettered it over time. Tom was kinda a mentor of sorts while both on the same team with AL Merrick.

[@tedtitmus8900]

I absolutely loved your video. Ted

[@testingtesting972]

I was stood on the beach watching…Lacanau was cool in those days! (Grande Pins Camp site)👍

[@chadbrady3644]

Can't compare the two styles.both are awesome!

[@MrShongololo]

Two legends

[@Palpac]

Slater was like oh shit they gave me a bottle of champagne, I'm to young to drink.

[@dannynysus]

Too young to drink? On ne le trouve pas en France 🇨🇵🥂

[@MrIsomer]

Dave Weaver and I played a set of doubles against those two in Biarritz on clay courts right around that time...

[@jontakaki503]

Curren's timing is so perfect and his surfing so fast and smooth here it's hard to appreciate how technical and advanced it is. Kelly despite his new school tricks still looks like a kid in comparison.

[@DooTheDu]

It's been 8 years since this video was posted and Slater is still competing!

[@fernandomaron87]

It's been 3 years since you've wrote that, and he's still competing.

[@johnnybravo5962]

This video is 30 years old, and he’s still competing.

[@johngarin8290]

Yeh but it's 30 years since that event, im sucker 4 big wave crew but after Eddy, Derrick, Gerry etc came the kid, now the Goat, soon he'll be Zeus , Methuselah who knows, he'll be 50 sn, but the Best I ever watched Inc Ho n that's big praise from me, a nobody 4 60yrs 😃😝😊🤙🇦🇺🖖 really, all time,

[@djizzah]

He should retire, nowhere near anyone's level in small point breaks, still charges barrels tho

[@cades.clips101]

It’s been 6 years since you wrote that and he’s still competing!

[@ToolsnFire]

@Mosquito1961, I agree, though Curren's style was extraordinary for 1983, 7 years prior to this.

[@tannergauge9374]

I grew up in Melbourne fla when slater was in Coco. I was 6 years younger and he was our local hero. I was in the lineup with him twice, and I remember thinking this guy can’t compete around the world. No way. Ha

[@malabananracing]

Great heat!

[@alexandrelelo]

2 great surf heroes

[@humbertojr83]

Kely parece hj que está com o mesmo preparo físico de antigamente tiro o chapéu para ele está quebrando.

[@darrenwilsonV2]

Tom Curren was/is a classy surfer and a classy guy.

[@Craftinfinite]

I love Slater's face in that Trestles podium clip. He's looking all nervous like he wasn't sure he won. And everyone else fully knew that he surfed laps around them.

[@fabriziocanto4623]

Che spettacolo unico...

[@SeniorMoostacho]

Tom Curren is the man with his fluid, strong, chill surfing, shredding in 3 ft slop to 20+.

[@extradutyfelt1]

tom curren is a legend and young kelly, was already showcasing his talent and radicalness..

[@Budskrag]

Tom Curren Rules!

[@Makinwaves02]

Both are equally Legendary in their own right

[@Zephskate]

Curren will always be the number one. Doesn't do airs - doesn't need to

[@santiagomramos]

The best vs the very best

[@johnhamilton7495]

judges were not schooled yet on what was radical surfing

[@djizzah]

Those boards hurt my eyes

[@bonsummers2657]

Looks like Slater was doing the more progressive surfing in that heat. I think Slater is the winner in this heat

[@brianhoward8336]

Passing the Torch!

[@philcamp9663]

The people who gave the thumbs down should hang up there boards and stop surfing,and give some respect to those guys

[@greggsmith7688]

If we only knew then what we know now

[@eduardoeduardo4020]

KELLY SLATER BROKE THE RULES!

[@ectomy1235]

of course he had hair what do you think he was born bald? Check out slaters early days around 1990-1992for when he was so young and a rookie

[@cpost1558]

Curren was so bad ass, my favorite surfer for sure......

[@tomadams5582]

So who's replacing Kelly now that he's retiring . And I know Tom Curren still surfs for fun , they should party together .

[@dasanshinn4134]

John john Florence for sure, he is the future of surfing right now

[@gregoriodortaadrian9233]

wow

[@RNicolasRuvalcaba]

1:20 look at all that hair!!!

[@cobb8613]

Lacanau pro 🔥🔥🔥

[@bettydaw1970]

@darrenwilsonV2 are you his agent?

[@johnlafranchisejr.2636]

Amen Brother man! #FLRepresent God IS Great !

[@Makepedrogreatagain]

Slater didn't stand a chance? Whatever Ian

[@michaelmeel]

indeed owen right

[@MrDeadsurfer]

PT says Slater is better than Curren? Competitively, yes, free surfing, no.

[@AmericanTestConstitution]

Andy Irons is still king, dead or alive.

[@ToolsnFire]

Missing the airs

[@ChennyB0Y]

tom... only cuz im from sb

[@serrambikilla]

cLassic. Curren is God

[@ToolsnFire]

Looks like Kelly won this heat. Curren was not surfing more radically or 'better'.

[@middlewavesurf]

am i the only one who thinks kelly surfed better here?

[@fugbabylon7229]

You play that whole heat again for modern day judges we all know wins #DaKing

[@jimihendrixx11]

Kelly very explosive when young

[@patodabomb]

most wct surfers are better than curren ever was these days..he was a top surfer for his time but hardly compares to the new school pro surfer....and yeah, kelly is a way better surfer than curren ever was.

[@Hermes1548]

Slater greater than Tom (Current)...? You mean, Slater won more titles. But Slater's surfing style is not as great as Current's surfing style. Current's is majestic, Slater's circus-like.

[@FenderBender2]

lol they hand kelly a champage bottle and he try's to give it to curren haha

[@patodabomb]

ITS MARK RICHARDS,AND ALL I WAS SAYING THAT KELLY IS BETTER THAN CURREN.. THEN YOU REPLIED TO ME WITH ALL THIS RABBLE ;)

[@SoniktheILLEST]

he looks like jeremy flores in the interview haha

[@Kidgloves1984]

I wish I could tan like Kelly and not have to use sunscreen...

[@waterman1976]

curren looks a little......baked. or something.

[@Bearthorn]

I say Curren won, because of favoritism!

[@1337dubstepaa]

HE HAD HAIR! I thought he just didn't grow hair.

[@RatBowlz]

Hes fried.