Kelly Slater's First-Ever Midlength: Boss Up

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Ай бұрын

Meet Kelly Slater's first-ever performance midlength, the Boss Up. The Boss Up is the bigger brother of the S Boss.
This utility midlength is the most well-rounded and versatile shape in the Slater Designs range, designed by Dan Mann. The shape was designed to work well in both weak waves as well as heavier conditions - it can cruise across flat wave faces while also shoot through cavernous overhead tubes.
The Boss Up is the board you would travel with if you could only bring one board with you. Your one board quiver with maximum performance in a purely versatile package.
Our crew has really been enjoying this midlength when keeping it mellow and cruising is top-of-mind (or the need to be more mobile to battle crowds). That said, Dan Mann's also been putting it in punchier surf with an open face - as it's perfect for carving. Michel Bourez has ridden well-overhead barrels at home in Tahiti, and loved it equally in those conditions.
For fins, we'd recommend running the KS1 template as a Quad. This template has a lot of pivot for a neutral template, and when combined with the long rail line of the Boss Up, you want fins that can pivot immediately like the KS1. Or, start with your favorite fin set and if it feels too stiff, add more pivot with the KS1 template.
For size and volume, the beauty of this shape is that it doesn't command you dial-in your volume perfectly. Any single surfer can ride the Boss Up in a variety of sizes. Dan Mann has been enjoying both the 6'8" and the 7'0", while Kelly, Shane Dorian and Kevin Schulz have stayed on the 6'8", and Michel has been riding the 6'10". We recommend riding this around 13 liters more in volume than your standard shortboard. The increased volume means paddle power is incredible, but doesn't compromise performance.
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@sebastiaosantos7954 Ай бұрын

I just want to see a video of kelly surfing with this surfboard! Love the outline.👍🏻

@danodonnell7218 Ай бұрын

❤❤❤ He is such a salesman,he doesn't need to surf it! This week a thousand will be sold!!!

@tyson9419 Ай бұрын

Yeah he’s full of crap

@charleshawk6668 Ай бұрын

Lmao. His boards new sell for half the price 5-7 months after release 😂 Go browse the boardsource 😂

@moscaman559 Ай бұрын

Kelly’s always been into board design and thinking out of the box. Many years tweaking and testing…. always fascinating listening to his thoughts ! 🐐🐐

@tyson9419 Ай бұрын

Slater fanboys are the worst…. He’s speaking gibberish marketing lingo

@moscaman559 Ай бұрын

@@tyson9419 apparently you are a fan, you watched the video😂😂😂

@tyson9419 Ай бұрын

Weak

@ItsWesSmithYo Ай бұрын

Big ups 50+ squad…I’ll keep my eyes peeled for one in the jungle 🤙🏽

@Steven_Oliver_Resurfaced Ай бұрын

this board looks so fun!! - 40 liters at Waimea!? 😅

@Anthony-fd3lz Ай бұрын

Thankyou Kelly for Al Merrick's boards. 👍

@Anthony-fd3lz 23 күн бұрын

Cool they were like drop ships...

@arrzfr Ай бұрын

Now we also want to know about the 5'4 Fugazi for Kevin Schulz 1:37

@mattgalster9405 Ай бұрын

Nice sick cool board! 🤤

@kylewattssurfing3266 13 күн бұрын

NICCCCCCCCCCCEEEEE NICCCCCCCCCCCEEEEE YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAHHHHH!! 👏😎👏

@hawaiiansouthshore Ай бұрын

The boards look sick! Can't wait to hear surfers review on this one 🤙

@boltup5566 Ай бұрын

Soon to be on craigslist...."Tried it at waist high cardiff. It wasn't for me. $600."

@krusher74 Ай бұрын

its the perfect board for loosers who want to connect themselves to Kelly by the tinyest margin.

@12jasroxy Ай бұрын

Hate all you want while those who have one are having some of the best surfs of their lives.

@fuzz6454 Ай бұрын

Would be interesting to know your height and the length of the board. Seems like if you want a mid length for small waves, probably a foot or more longer than your height is the way to go.

@charleshawk6668 Ай бұрын

@@12jasroxyand it will be sold in 2-3 weeks, sounds like you fall for the FireWire marketing and it shows 😂

@12jasroxy Ай бұрын

@@charleshawk6668 marketing? That's funny I've already been riding the board for the last two months.

@thestow35 Ай бұрын

board looks great...and so do plenty of others :) I thought Kevin Schulz was raving about the Mid 6 not too long ago? - but I guess he can't rave about it anymore because Thunderbolt and Firewire parted ways.

@cleveranwitty811 Ай бұрын

Whatever Kelly and Machado ride, nearly the entire surf world follows. At least in San Diego anyways. When the Seaside came out, it was like no other shaper ever made a fish before Firewire. But ya know, Rob rides a Firewire fish, so everyone wants it.

@BenConley Ай бұрын

Count me in! 🤙

@twomako9 28 күн бұрын

45 years old ripping from Caribbean, Guadeloupe

@jw8556 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the info lm going to buy my first board and that would suit lm in my mid fifties and thought it was time to finally have a crack at some water therapy

@scottyknowsurf Ай бұрын

can't wait to see his personal edits, he should make a channel! upload his surfs, easy.

@Xan1988OG Ай бұрын

Heavy reality right here. Shit... Go out in style.

@BritonRoque-im1xg Ай бұрын

shinderella shtorry, came outa nowhere, a liddle harsh, bark, growing a combover, Hint KSsounds like Bill Murray

@DeforestLCooper Ай бұрын

The experiments at the end are akin to Lindsey Lords, Naval Architecture of Planing Hulls - to see how well a bottom hull planes on top of the water.

@williamhanley7031 Ай бұрын

I QUESS it takes a super star to get people to ride what's accurate for Thier capability. All novice surfers should ride this before going to a short board. I've been up on the volume for 5 years now and never went back to the shorty. They turn

@williamhanley7031 Ай бұрын

Liter peter. Leagnth and thickness is what only I understand . Here these guys saying, it's not the right liter for me. Just frickin ride a board and do what you can

@twomako9 28 күн бұрын

would loVe to try one but for me i c'ant because it 's so expensive and no lightweight models for me 21,5 liters

@surfbum8166 Ай бұрын

Retired and already riding a mid length, sponsored by AARP

@ThomyeSurfs Ай бұрын

LOL, I'm 54, I just started getting my AARP letters in the mail. 🤣🤣🤣 😢😢😢

@Sweetheart_of_the_rodeo Ай бұрын

Came here expecting to see Slater surfing a mid length, I’ve never seen that

@brba1325 Ай бұрын

So Kelly comes out with a Mid6 lookalike. I wonder if he'll make a version of the Moe?

@coldseamonster Ай бұрын

You are on a surf trip , the airline destroys all your boards and you’re left with your giant step up and the surf is waist high.

@danodonnell7218 Ай бұрын

And you are stoked ❤

@samleary5657 Ай бұрын

How dos this compare to the Mid 6? Thanks!

@12jasroxy Ай бұрын

Both are great, it's a super tough pick between the two. I have both but I'd have the say that I'm riding this more often. I've got 6’8 boss up and 7’ mid 6. I surf almost everyday and it's always a dilemma which one to grab.

@tyson9419 Ай бұрын

Both sweat shop popouts. Buy local

@samleary5657 Ай бұрын

@@tyson9419 do you have an iphone? the clothes your wearing? Go buy those items locally. all probably made in a sweatshop - get over your sanctimony. I have had numerous custom boards from local shapers some worked and some were dogs. I have bought numerous fiewires as well over 40 years of suring and some have been great and no dogs. I buy what works and am done gambling locally.

@AuRowe Ай бұрын

@@tyson9419localism is disgusting. Virtually no foam is made on site so you're just saying buy an imported thing sHaPeD LoCaLLy

@joseangon7521 9 күн бұрын

@@12jasroxy Hello, compared to those two, is the Boss easier to catch the waves? Does it need less wave size than the mid6?

@jaimemc7886 Ай бұрын

He did not surf it 😂

@12jasroxy Ай бұрын

But you should.

@tyson9419 Ай бұрын

Yeah weak commercial

@joaomiguel1988 Ай бұрын

he seems disgusted by it to be honest 🤣

@AuRowe Ай бұрын

@@joaomiguel1988lmao

@rjones4247 Ай бұрын

Cmon goat ride the thing

@krusher74 Ай бұрын

its just for people who have them to pretend in the back of their minds that he does ride one.

@andrewkao9924 Ай бұрын

Retires from competition and immediately jumps on a mid-length! That was fast.

@hawaiiansouthshore 27 күн бұрын

Haha Yeah...

@salty_adventures Ай бұрын

Calling a 6‘8 a mid-length sounds like a f* insult to me 😂😂😂 jk I‘m 6‘3 so the relations aren‘t the same, especially for an average like me. Interesting board! Keep it up🤙

@J0llygiant Ай бұрын

Agreed, at 6’5 and 100kg these are more like a shortboard for me 😂

@salty_adventures Ай бұрын

@@J0llygiant for sure! My shortest board is a 6‘6, I tried a 6‘4 once but I don‘t see any interest to go smaller

@emerallemear4872 Ай бұрын

I’m 6’2. I have a 6’8 mid length, but it’s for small to head high waves. Super wide, thick rails. It’s like a big guy’s small wave board. I have small wave hybrids like a 5’10 hybrid/grovel type board, but at my size and weight (185 lbs) it feels like even my small wave shortboards need some size and punch to go. I think a proper “all around” midlegnth for guys our size would be somewhere between 6’10 and 7’6

@salty_adventures Ай бұрын

@@emerallemear4872 Okey I never tried a smaller „fat“ board. Would be interesting. Does it glide well? I have a 7‘2 Lady Twin from Pukas. The board is insanely good, but only in punchy waves. The tail is thin with hard rails which gives the board its reactivity, its channeled and is set up as a twin, a really nice combo. As you say, going a bit longer doesn‘t hurt!

@J0llygiant Ай бұрын

@@salty_adventures I used to have a 5’9 seaside which was actually fine for me which always surprised me.

@danieldesmond3422 Ай бұрын

Okay Kelly 😏😏😏

@hman7236 Ай бұрын

The Boss

@wavester46 23 күн бұрын

I'm 60yrs and riding 30-33 litres so there's still hope for Kelly LOL

@tg5834 Ай бұрын

Nice mini-mall.

@manulele2020 Ай бұрын

I’m not sure about this board… the guy doesn’t have enough experience on mid length… If you are a decent surfer have a chat with your shaper and make a custom that suit you. Mid length boards have huge potential and I ride them from 1 to 12 ft just by swapping some fins, I think they are more related to HP longboard than shortboard. Harley can give you an idea… Kelly can surf a coffee table but I don’t think is the guy to ask for mid length…🌊 in the specific… and with all respect for his knowledge.

@oshea03 Ай бұрын

Kelly doesn't surf small waves anymore unless it's in a WSL comp

@foxgd9117 Ай бұрын

He released a mid length as he quit the tour😂 must be a sign

@akinsl45 Ай бұрын

Anyone else notice the MID6 disappears and this board just so happens to be the same exact board lmao - scum move by firewire... coming from a long time rider.

@MellowMaterials Ай бұрын

Duder should mob the midlength league now

@kookvision9295 Ай бұрын

Hopefully that algae deck pad makes up foe the production of all these superfluous boards that the industry flogs

@Randomoter Ай бұрын

The poor mans Mid6 🤷‍♂️

@brba1325 Ай бұрын

Didn't Kevin Schultz rave about the Mid6?

@barrydworak Ай бұрын

Hey Kelly- You're finally retired from the WCT. You're a full time businessman now, like Dr. Dre. You own, among other things, 70% of Firewire. Most of the money Firewire makes, is yours. You're still the best surfer alive. Maybe, just maybe, you could ride this new design from your company, to show us how good it is. Or is there something wrong with it? 🤷

@jimjam8687 Ай бұрын

If you watch the video at twice speed it sounds like Kelly’s on coke

@danielo2427 Ай бұрын

I watched it at half speed and now it sounds like he’s been hanging out with Rob Machado too often

@madscientistdan Ай бұрын

I can’t believe it but I tried it anyways. At 0.5 speed he sounds drunk or definitely like he’s been hanging with Rob Machado!

@1982mako224 Ай бұрын

Board looks like a dog under the feet of some very good surfers in that video. Beware, your results may differ.

@12jasroxy Ай бұрын

Like with any surfer, but this board is insanely fun. Quiver killer, or stuck on an island with only one board…youre golden.

@catfishstevens Ай бұрын

Generic science you say? 🤔

@kaiguy Ай бұрын

Made in Asia

@JeremyNeedham-hi9rs Ай бұрын

Kelly's retirement present to himself?

@stevenharrison7560 Ай бұрын

Machado boards take 2..😂

@jaud6657 24 күн бұрын

who cares...if i want a midlenght torren martyn or others would be my reference

@wurbondurgon Ай бұрын

He sounds so bummed out talking about this board. Most depressing surfboard ad ever

@jasonfreestone9944 Ай бұрын

Kelly’s been the best competitive surfer ever but he’s no where near JJF, Medina, Ethan, Jack Robbo etc now and hasn’t really been for a while really, WSL have pushed his name for a long time. Put him in ‘waves of consequence’ and he’s still top level sure. But he’s in a strange place because I much prefer to watching Machado and Kevin Schulze and Mickey February and Joel Tudor etc than watching an old guy try to compete with the young ones. He can’t do those amazing flowy hacks that Ethan and JJF smash out and he’s nowhere near the air game of the brazzos. Maybe he should finally hop off the tour and show us what he can do on different equipment and not be constrained by litres or length and try everything?