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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"\\/files\\/2010\\/09\\/_jwh7483_1.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"\\/files\\/2010\\/09\\/_jwh7483_1-545x363.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"_jwh7483_1\\\" title=\\\"_jwh7483_1\\\" width=\\\"545\\\" height=\\\"363\\\" class=\\\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10145\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.surfingmagazine.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2010\\/09\\/_jwh7483_1-545x363.jpg 545w, http:\\/\\/www.surfingmagazine.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2010\\/09\\/_jwh7483_1.jpg 677w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;\\n&lt;p\\/&gt;\\n&lt;em&gt;When we sat down recently with the ASP World No. 1, he had so much to say \\u2014 so much more than would fit in the pages we&amp;#8217;d allotted in &lt;\\/em&gt;SURFING&lt;em&gt;&amp;#8216;s Competition Issue [December 2010]. Here&amp;#8217;s a bit of what was chopped. Check the magazine for the finer cuts.&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;\\n&lt;p\\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;Kelly Slater:&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;On life after competition&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;I got really worked up about politics for a while \\u2014 everything from health to politics to news. Look at news channels, and I don\\u2019t care if it&amp;#8217;s CNN or Fox, it\\u2019s all sensationalism. You have to create this grand story, and most of the time I don\\u2019t think these people have even looked into the issue. You need to watch documentaries for that stuff. But sensationalism is what attracts advertising \\u2014 which is trying to sell a product that\\u2019s probably bad for you anyway.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;\\n&lt;p\\/&gt;\\n&lt;em&gt;On political apathy&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The more I&amp;#8217;ve listened and read and studied about the way the world works, the less interested I am [in public participation]. Because basically you have two sides \\u2014 especially in America \\u2014 you have two sides, Democrat and Republican, and all they\\u2019re doing is stealing a little something from the other side, and neither is bringing people together and making our situations better. They spend a shitload of time and money wasted on trying to get their guy into office, and as soon as they get in office there\\u2019s a little down period before all of a sudden they start campaigning again.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;You kind of have to promise or say certain things to get elected, and maybe you know in your heart that they couldn\\u2019t happen because of your connections with other interests \\u2014 basically corporations \\u2014 that have an idea about how they want to make money and control resources around the world, though that\\u2019s not necessarily the best thing for the people in those places. &lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;I think that\\u2019s ultimately my goal: Not be too involved in the whole system of the way things work. Have my friends and family around. You can\\u2019t live in this world without being part of the system; whether it\\u2019s [by using] money or hospitals, you have to take part and buy a car and drive around, but we need to just be responsible for ourselves as much as we can. &lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;\\n&lt;p\\/&gt;\\n&lt;em&gt;On his political classification&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;At this point in my life I\\u2019m sorta convinced there is no one good to vote for. I don\\u2019t know that there is anyone bringing everyone together. And I don\\u2019t know that that\\u2019s possible. And just by being labeled a Democrat or a Republican, you\\u2019re shutting out a whole group of people. &lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;I\\u2019m Independent, I guess. I think you could classify me as a Libertarian or Progressive or a lot of things. I sound like a conservative Republican at times; it just depends on the issue. [I think] only we and our family know what\\u2019s best for ourselves. &lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"\\/files\\/2010\\/09\\/_q3z9036_1.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"\\/files\\/2010\\/09\\/_q3z9036_1-545x363.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"_q3z9036_1\\\" title=\\\"_q3z9036_1\\\" width=\\\"545\\\" height=\\\"363\\\" class=\\\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10119\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.surfingmagazine.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2010\\/09\\/_q3z9036_1-545x363.jpg 545w, http:\\/\\/www.surfingmagazine.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2010\\/09\\/_q3z9036_1.jpg 655w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;\\n&lt;p\\/&gt;\\n&lt;em&gt;On healthcare misinformation&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Most medicine is pretty bad for people. If you watch TV commercials, they say, &amp;#8220;If you take this you have a chance of asthma or not being able to use the bathroom,&amp;#8221; or whatever, so you\\u2019re putting something in your body that isn\\u2019t that good for you \\u2014 and they\\u2019re &lt;strong&gt;telling&lt;\\/strong&gt; you, which means the truth is probably even worse. &lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;If people were more educated as to what nutrients your body needs and didn\\u2019t put so much MSG and sugars and fructose in foods, people wouldn\\u2019t be as unhealthy and fat and out of shape and they wouldn\\u2019t need as much medicine as they think they need. This system is creating jobs for itself. If you eat shitty food, you need these doctors, and to use doctors you need insurance, etc. The only way to do these things is to do it for yourself. No one is going to do it for you. &lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;\\n&lt;p\\/&gt;\\n&lt;em&gt;On people&amp;#8217;s reaction to this discussion&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;I sometimes just hate even sharing my opinion because some people agree and some people hate it. So I don\\u2019t even really care if people agree or disagree with me; I just don\\u2019t even like getting into a debate because this is how I think and I don\\u2019t care how they think. Not in a bad way, but if we agree, cool, if we don\\u2019t, we disagree, and we don\\u2019t have to talk any further than that. Sometimes when I get to talking with people about the topics we talked about, it\\u2019s touchy subjects with people and they get all fired up about it. &lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;Coming next in Part 3: Kelly on his game-changing new venture&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;\\n&lt;p\\/&gt;\\n&lt;em&gt;Continue Reading:&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n[&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/blogs.surfingmagazine.com\\/news\\/a-conversation-with-kelly-slater-part-1\\/\\\"&gt;A Conversation with Kelly Slater: Part 1&lt;\\/a&gt;, &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/blogs.surfingmagazine.com\\/news\\/a-conversation-with-kelly-slater-part-3\\/\\\"&gt;A Conversation with Kelly Slater: Part 3&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/em&gt; ]&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;\\n&lt;p\\/&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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