Gabe Kling's Wild Ride by ESPN.com
LOS ANGELES, California/USA (Wednesday, May 19, 2010) – Gabe Kling, 29, seems to have experienced all of the highs and lows of professional surfing over the last three years. The Floridian talent has qualified for the prestigious ASP Dream Tour, twice, and on his second go amongst the elite, suffered a crippling knee injury that sidelined Kling for all but two ASP World Title events on the 2009 calendar. Despite the setbacks, the hard-working competitor bounced back to clinch the ASP PRIME 6.0 Lowers Pro over 35 ASP World Title standouts earlier this month, proving he has no plans of slowing down. ESPN.com sat down with the powerful regular-footer to get his thoughts on the last year. This…is their story…
Qualifying for the ASP Tour is one of the biggest moments in a competitive surfers’ life. Conversely, a career-detouring injury is one of the worst. Just imagine the emotional roller coaster that Gabe Kling, aka “Thor” has been on in the last few years.
Kling first qualified at the end of 2006, the first East Coaster in some time to scale the fence. The celebrations that year at Surf Expo in Orlando were legendary. But that season saw so many sub par waves, he told me it was like surfing “two WQS tours” at the end of 2007 and Gabe didn’t…
For full story, check out ESPN’s Gabe Kling Interview
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