Kelly Slater

Kelly Slater Wins Fiji

KELLY SLATER MAKES IT THREE IN A ROW!! He has won his third event on the 2008 ASP World Tour by eliminating C.J. Hobgood in the final of the Globe Pro Fiji. The final was held in six foot (two metres) waves at the spot called Cloudbreak. Slater now comfortably sits on top of ASP rankings and is the only ASP tour surfer to won the event this year!! Event in Tahiti was won by a wildcard.

Kellys words after the win: "I don't think I've ever won three out of the first four events on tour, I've won the first two a couple times but I think this is the first time I've ever done this. Being the only guy on tour to win an event is pretty odd. I don't think there has ever been that situation on tour. I know [Tom] Curren and Potts [Martin Potter] both won the first three, but I don't think a wildcard filled in that fourth one."

Slater has now extended his ASP ratings lead with Joel Parkinson (AUS) and Bede Durbidge (AUS) maintaining their World No. 2 and 3 spots behind him.

"This feels good, three wins this year, as Damien said to me, I'm sitting on dubs," Slater said.

"That's as many points as you can get out of three contests, that fourth one, Tahiti, is obviously just a throw away and, lucky for me in that situation, Joel was only the only guy to actually do anything there. C.J. got a result there too, up to that point he hadn't really done anything, so he's sitting on a second and a third, he's looking pretty good now."

The world's best surfers will reconvene in Jeffreys Bay July 10-20, 2008. GO KELLY!!

14.06.2008. 02:30