King Kelly.

Aside from telling me that my silly British accent was the reason I wasn't getting any attention from french chicks, and that he would never be taking me up on my offer and coming and doing a shoot with me in Bournemouth, my experience of Kelly was amazing... particularly when he was in the water, and I was just watching or shooting, and not drunkenly spouting star struck induced rubbish in a French bar. As well as all his obvious qualities, his speed, flow, style, repertoire etc he also possess a way of holding himself, that conveys an air of 'this is all just a bit too easy', which , as it may in many cases, does not come across as arrogance but instead appears to be a justified and expected trait from a man who has been the dominant force in his sport for nearly two decades, and actually adds greatly to the pleasure of watching and photographing him. Here's a moment where that really came out:

Pigdoggin at Supertubes.. switch. After dropping in goofy and sitting in the barrel for a bit, he gracefully hopped round and pumped through the final section. Incredible.

Throwing the tail effortlessly in France.
I think next year is going to be an interesting year for the tour.. will the incredible newbies Gabriel Medina and John Florence be able to threaten the unwavering success of the aforementioned? or will whoever's job it is at quicksilver to come up with the slogan that goes on the caps and tee's after Kelly wins ever year be attempting to incorporate the number 12 into his name? My guess is the latter, as although Jon jon slays it Hawaii, and Gabriel is unstoppable in a rip-able waves, neither have quite got the spread of ability needed to take down King Kelly. But only time will tell. Lets see it.