SURFTECH Kechele Stub Fish 5’10

Matt kechele knows the future when he sees it. kelly slater? i put him on my team when he was very young, says matt kechele, and smiles quietly to himself. i taught him everything he knows just kidding, but he isn’t. kechele was 19 years old and an established east coast pro and shaper for quiet flight when he saw a nine-year-old kid pulling multiple 360s in gutless cocoa beach surf. kechele knew the future when he saw it and he took kelly slater and brother sean under his wing, shaping them boards and chaperoning them up and down the coast to surf and compete. slater left the shadow of kechele’s wing at 16 and moved on to do all that he has done and is doing. kechele went on to establish hi