Kelly Slater vs. Rob Machado Quarter Final 1998 Pipeline Masters

Love this. Thanks for posting it

si epic!!!!!

Did anyone else hear "deep throater"? That was strange. It was also strange to me that Rob Machado didn't win.

Machado actually won that heat!

I heard “Backdoor” and “front door”
😂 🤦‍♂️
Dude sounds like a horse racing commentator

Altos tubos . Eu gosto bastante do surf sem esses saltos de estilo skate de hoje em dia. Thank for vídeo Man ! 🇧🇷✌🏼

Wow the boards of the 90s

The commentator called pipe THE FRONTDOOR.. Who hired that guy🤣

To the people confused why Rob lost: even though Rob made more waves, he never went backside, his drops weren't as critical and he never got as deep, plus Kelly chose bigger waves overall.

Machado underscored !!

Kelly has hair 😂

oh my gosh!...olympic judges then boxing judges...now surfing judges???

Long pointy boards!

big ass pipe boards now surfers ride fucking 6 foot boards at pipe

when ever you see video of slater with hair you know its old video. shit remember slater on baywatch and he was fucking pamela anderson that was old school shit

This was not a contest. This was a barrel fest !
These pointy long boards from the 90s !

Slater has had a lot of rivals over the years, but his match ups with Rob were always some of my favorites. Machado brought such great style to the tour.

23 years later and Kelly is still on tour

He didnt make any of the lefts.

Commentators sound like they are at an auction...Haoles takin over the north shore.

Man I’m so glad we got loadsa short, rounder groveller boards these days. Surfing so much more fun on them...Jesus Christ is the way

he keeps saying rob mashado

What size is their boards??

The crowd sounds to be high

Amazing perfect conditions

P.D.Tno hay que saludar ni a tu mejor amigo

Amazingggg

Kelly Slater + Al Merrick = you lose.

HOLY fck I didn't know Machado was that good
that makes it even more awesome that he's just taking it easy these days and enjoying the waves

Kelly was already the GOAT back then. It’s hard to believe he kept going and is still settling the bar.

Give that announcer a beer

that was fire.. 🔥 🔥

Show 🔱
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24 years later Kelly wining heats at pipe

🐐 vs 🐐

There will never be another crowd like that again. It was fun.

He dropped switch on Pipeline, respect!

the commentator back then ''''OHHH YEAAAAHH"

How have I only just found your You tube 😃🙌❤️

Rob should get back on Circuit 🤔🤔🤔

In 1998 Kelly already had 5 World Championships (on the way to the 6° at that year)

Classic!!!!

It’s funny that slater gets all the credit for breaking off the big board thing. Matt Archbold was asking tpatterson to shape him small boards for Hawaii in the 90s!

Proof the '90s were better!

Judges were splitting hairs for that win!

Eerie and foreboding why did the black people stop walking? Were they really surfing or posing?