Kelly Slater Invitational - 'Lets See It!'

Additional celebrities comments from the event...

Nick Lachey: 'The whole weekend has been incredible. It's the most beautiful place I've ever been, and everyone from the water patrol guys, to the surfers, everyone really helped us understand what their life is like and what they do, and helped us learn. You can't really ask for anything else. To be able to get that kind of teaching and tutelage from those guys is pretty incredible.'

G-Love: 'I grew up with surfing magazines and seeing pictures of Occy and Tom Curren. Like I said to my manager, who didn't really grow up surfing but is a huge basketball fan, this is like hanging out with the first 'Dream Team'. Michael Jordon, Shaquille, and all the greats of the sport. It's quite an honor for me. Plus it's in Fiji. This is the most beautiful wave I've ever surfed, and definitely one of the most beautiful places.'

Jackson Browne: 'There's a stoke going on here which is really interesting, cause of the surfing. Tied in with the Reef Check deal too, and to get all these people here together at the same time and have so much fun is inspiring. The only thing that matters is how much fun you have, and how much passion you have. You can be surfing really badly, but then suddenly conditions can change and it's amazing. It's a great metaphor for life, really. That's what I'm experiencing being here.'

An incredible 21 ASP world titles are held between the ensemble of surfers present, from those competing in the event, to invited guests including four-time world champion Mark Richards (1979-82) and Martin Potter (1989), together with ASP President Wayne 'Rabbit' Bartholomew (1978).

'Kelly's event has been pretty incredible,' reasoned Richards. 'A mixture of some of the best surfers in the world, together with a bunch of celebrities. Occy singing a duet with Jackson Browne was pretty amazing, and there's been some outstanding surfing. The 'Sharing doubles', with two guys riding the same wave, was insane. Probably the highlight though was watching Jackson Browne get one of the waves of his life this morning, and then Tom Carroll did a Tom Carroll and fully faded (dropped in on) him (laughs).'

'Thanks to everyone,' said an overwhelmed Slater. 'This is the best party I've been to. We've done something here.'

Also today, Di Walker (Mamanuca Environment Society and Reef Check Fiji Team leader) and Megan Wadley from Reef Check visited Namotu Island and educated Nick & Drew Lachey, Kelly Hu, and Lance Bass on the methods of Reef Check.

Along with Quiksilver, sponsors of the Kelly Slater Invitational 'Let's See It!' are Sheraton Denarau Fiji, Air Pacific and Boost mobile.

Overall Results of the Kelly Slater Invitational - 'Let's See It!'
1. Kelly Slater (USA)
2. Taj Burrow (AUS)
3. Andy Irons (HAW)
4. Cory Lopez (USA)
5. Shane Dorian (HAW)
6. CJ Hobgood (USA)
7. Bruce Irons (HAW)
8. Taylor Knox (USA)
9. Tom Curren (USA)
10. Tom Carroll (AUS)
11. Luke Egan (AUS)
12. Mark Occhilupo (AUS)

Celebrity Division + their pro surfing teammates
1st Perry Ferrell (musician - 'Jane's Addiction) + Mark Occhilupo (AUS) - tandem ride
2nd Marissa Miller (Sports Illustrated swimsuit model) + Doug Silva (USA) - dropped in on Tom Carroll
3rd Jackson Browne (musician) + Tom Curren (USA) - dropped in on by Tom Carroll
4th Lance Bass & Nick Lachey (singers - *NSYNC) - both only surfed for first time yesterday
*Best wipeout - Chris Klein (actor - 'American Pie') - for his back flip exit off a wave

 

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