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Kelly Slater gets back on the bus in Brazil

By Jake Howard

Friday, July 3, 2009

Most of the time I hate being wrong, but this time I'm stoked to be a nonsense-spewing, babbling monkey that only knows what I'm talking about a quarter of the time. Before the Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro got underway, I prognosticated that Kelly Slater wouldn't show. I even went so far as to say we'd only see him at select events, that'd he'd be back to go for 10 in '10. Wrong, wrong and wrong. After barely making it to Santa Catarina due to a visa snafu, Kelly paddled out on day one, and ...

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