Slater dominates the way he does because he both has freakish skills and because the talent pool for competitive surfing is zero to none. If the American university system outputted surfers the way they do basketball and football players, Slater would have certainly been surpassed by now.
"Once upon a time, dinosaurs didn't have families. They lived in the woods and ate their children. It was a golden age."
—Earl Sinclair
"I do have respect for authority even though I throw jelly dicks at them.