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Surfing legend Kelly Slater will be BANNED from competing in Australia if he's unvaccinated - as he's warned 'rules apply to everyone' in wake of Novak Djokovic saga
Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | January 19, 2022 | Levi Parsons

Posted on 01/19/2022 7:55:11 AM PST by Cecily

Surfing icon Kelly Slater will be banned from competing in Australia if he refuses to get the Covid jab, the Sports Minister Richard Colbeck has warned.

The 11-time world surfing champion, 49, has is yet to reveal his vaccination status but has made waves online railing against jab mandates and posting anti-vax rhetoric to his social media pages during the pandemic.

Mr Colbeck said the American will face a wipeout similar to world No. 1 tennis star Novak Djokovic who was sensationally booted from the country on the eve of the Australian Open, if he fails to prove he's vaccinated.

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At least they let him know up front before he got an exemption and ended up in a bureaucratic maze.

I hope the freedom-loving Australians make all these tyrants pay for the needless suffering, hardship and annoyance they have caused.

1 posted on 01/19/2022 7:55:11 AM PST by Cecily
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Not sure how “freedom loving” they are considering a majority support Novak getting the boot without the jab.


2 posted on 01/19/2022 7:58:04 AM PST by albie
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considering a majority support Novak getting the boot without the jab.

That is just incredulous.
3 posted on 01/19/2022 7:59:42 AM PST by RushingWater (Thank God for no more mean tweets, it's worth 20% inflation. )
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To: Cecily

Whales, sharks and tuna are known to be susceptible to Convid 19.


4 posted on 01/19/2022 8:01:13 AM PST by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: Cecily

Who wants to visit a penal colony?

Australia reverts to its roots.


5 posted on 01/19/2022 8:03:55 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Cecily

Hey Kelly,come on home to Florida
We are open here


6 posted on 01/19/2022 8:04:40 AM PST by Joe Boucher (Kimber .45 )
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To: Cecily

Communism sucks. Just say no!


7 posted on 01/19/2022 8:04:52 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Cecily

Stand tall Kelly. Cocoa Beach boy. Yup.


8 posted on 01/19/2022 8:05:07 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Cecily
AussiNazis gonna Nazi.

They've got the taste of unvaxxed untermenschen blood, now.

9 posted on 01/19/2022 8:05:18 AM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Cecily

The Fauci Flu spreads so easily in the ocean ... better start testing the sharks.


10 posted on 01/19/2022 8:07:07 AM PST by glennaro (Stop living your precious life in irrational fear. Live unmasked, unvaxxed, unbullied and unafraid.)
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To: Cecily

After reading the reports out of Australia and knowing a number of Australians, I would say Kelly Slater is probably going to benefit more from not going there than traveling there to compete.


11 posted on 01/19/2022 8:07:16 AM PST by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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Who wants to visit a penal colony?

Australia reverts to its roots.

I guess they can keep their little vermin-infested continent - at least until their Chinese overlords arrive to take possession...

12 posted on 01/19/2022 8:08:01 AM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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Who wants to visit a penal colony? Australia reverts to its roots.

I never want to set foot in Australia Botany Bay.

13 posted on 01/19/2022 8:09:36 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: Cecily

Every time you see a liberal celebrating that people have to “follow the rules” to enter a country or they should be deported like Djokovic, say hey that sounds really familiar, I know a guy who said the same thing. His name was (help me out here) Don, Don, Dona ...

Bueller, Bueller?


14 posted on 01/19/2022 8:09:54 AM PST by edwinland
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To: Cecily

Don’t you just love the unbiased reporting... “online railing” and “anti-vax rhetoric.” If this were a cause the leftist media supported, the reporters would be talking about his “brave stand against authorities” or “principled stand against pro-vax rhetoric.”


15 posted on 01/19/2022 8:14:58 AM PST by Restless
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It must be a bummer to be a freedom-loving surfer these days. Most of the world’s best surfing beaches are located in areas ruled by fascists and socialists like Australia, California and Hawaii.


16 posted on 01/19/2022 8:15:30 AM PST by Rufii
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Surfing is about freedom and organizing it was the first step to ruining it. Go to a beach, surf and ignore the ruined ‘organized’ part.


17 posted on 01/19/2022 8:18:45 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (If It Aint Woke Don't Fix It.)
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So you are saying that we have gained no knowledge about COVID in over two years? Governments should still be doing what they did at the outset of the pandemic in early 2020?


18 posted on 01/19/2022 8:21:09 AM PST by Cecily
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It’s amazing just how quickly Australia went from being a self-reliant pioneer country to a woke welfare ridden population of gibmedats.


19 posted on 01/19/2022 8:31:49 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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Kelly is uber conscious and restrictive about what he puts in his body. It would be very surprising if he gets the jab and he’s a world class athlete at almost 50. He would certainly handle getting COVID just fine. He’s also a hero figure in Australia where surfing is almost the national sport. It would be quite a blow to their authority if he takes a stand on his surfboard! Go Kelly!


20 posted on 01/19/2022 8:49:28 AM PST by yellowbirch34
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