Watch Kelly Slater Ripping the Waimea River Wave

A video posted by Kelly Slater (@kellyslater) on Dec 23, 2016 at 2:06pm PST

The standing wave at Waimea is awesome. Every now and then, a couple of people come together, break out a few shovels, and get things started. More often than not, Jamie O’Brien has a hand in it, but sometimes the king has to get back to the basics. Kelly Slater came out to play.

Standing waves at Waimea,” Kelly Slater wrote on Instagram. “And @whoisjob has this thing wired. Fun to be a #RiverRat again after missing it for a few years now. Thanks for the heads up call this morning, @northshorelifeguardassociation! #ShouldIThrowTheBoogieBoardAtHim?!”

@kellyslater ripping one of natures best wave machines — the Waimea Bay River mouth's standing wave. ? @ericsterman @banzaibowls @surfline . . . #surfpark #surfpool #wavemachine #standingwave #waimeabay #waimeariver #northshore #oahu #kellyslater #kellyslaterwavecompany #riverwave #endlesswave

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