The most casual observers can tell when a surfing legend arrives.
Usually the crowd swells, cameras flash and adoring fans trail your every move.
Kelly Slater did little Friday to drown that attention, posting scores of 9.87 and 8.93 to advance to the men’s quarterfinals in the U.S. Open of Surfing at Huntington Beach.
Slater, a nine-time world champion, amassed a tournament-best 18.80 after an uncharacteristically slow start in his first two waves (1.00 and 1.73).
“I was a little out of sync, trying to figure out if I was going to go for the big waves or just go for a few smaller ones that were open,†he told The Times.
He broke his board on the second wave …Â Details
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