BATTLE FOR THE AGES. Andy Irons vs Kelly Slater at J-Bay 2005

Rewind and relive this iconic year at Jeffreys Bay where Andy Irons and Kelly Slater battle it out in the final with firing conditions.

In South Africa awaits the best right-hander on Earth. The pointbreak is a blank canvas for the world's best surfers to draw creative lines. But J-Bay's perfection is matched by its pressure. Just two events remain in the fight for the WSL Final 5 and Qualification Season race. Time is running out for the contenders to rise up the rankings.

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Watch all the latest surfing action of the world's best surfers in the world's best waves. Heats on demand, event highlights and exclusive interviews, right here on the WSL's Youtube channel.

[maxjosephson]

👏, WSL. This is what you need to be posting more of

[tjtsanadis]

Great video, love Kelly, and always Loved Andy, classy move by Irons not to mention the judges in the interview, but no way was that a 9.5

[JustinTheBeaver]

9.5 for falling at the end? No way, maybe 8.5

[ZiggyAlberts]

This may have been the peak of rail surfing ... makes me want to get some boards like this for bigger point days !

[gedclark]

You know Kelly knows it wasn’t a 9.5 when saying “yeah the wave was a blur.”

[rafaelluiz]

Incredible video and story, very nostalgic, bring more content from the ASP era, mainly from Championships that the sea broke classico.🤟🏼🌊

[christopherorman]

Not a 9.5. See, judging has always been an issue with the ASP/WSL.

[turneryoung]

If WSL cared about their fans and growing the sport, wouldn’t they have already made the sickest documentary about the 2003 World Title race that everyone still says 20yrs later was the best world title race ever and only one to this day that came down to the final heat of the season that featured the two greatest surfers of all time, AI and Kelly Slater in a year where not a single competitor besides AI/Kelly even came close to winning a single event that entire season leading up to Pipeline #AIForever

[jws]

Three turns and an incompletion = 9.5? Biggest robbery in WSL history!

[turneryoung]

The People know that the People’s Champ really won FOUR straight world titles #AIForever

[MSJ]

That was bs. No doubt Kelly is the man. But Andy won that.

[nettwench]

Some of the best surfing anyone will EVER see!

[Pdub]

That was sick! The scoring was for sure different back then... Those 9s would have been 7s today

[kaiquecarmona]

The messi VS cristiano final world cup of surfing, just amazing

[jakewhennessy]

I feel like they posted this to rid of the claims that the "judging was better in the ASP" Everyone knows that wasn't a 9.5

[fabiomodica]

epic how good was ASP and andys turn splitting the wave @16:48 jeeesus

[TheSimpleChannel-jnli]

Nothing like the Bruce Gold thumb of approval 👍👍

[kilian_brk]

That turn up the lip at 2:14 is just freaking insaaane. Never seen anything like it

[howardscott]

No doubt Andy Irons won this heat you can't give a 9.5 falling at your last maneuver!!! It's been a shame from the judges!!! For sure Andy Irons would have won his 4th world title if it wasn't for this silly way of judging! It would be good if Kelly could admit it sincerely. So i give 4th world titles to Andy Irons and 10 for Kelly but who knows how Kelly's and Andy's future would have gone if they had rightly given the victory to Andy

[dustinbirch]

Without sticking the last turn no way he shoulda got a 9 no way. No finish no 9 that was robbery