Surfing Great Kelly Slater Slammed By Jiu Jitsu’s Joel Tudor For Wearing Blue Belt

Legendary surfer Kelly Slater recently appeared in a photo, wearing a gi and a blue belt.

That’s when another surfer, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Joel Tudor chimed in and commented, saying that it wasn’t right for Slater to be wearing a blue belt when he hadn’t earned it.

joeljitsuSuper: lame of @kellyslater to wear a blue belt when he has never been given one @pmtenore

Tudor is a BJJ black belt under Carlson Gracie Black Belt and World Champion, Rodrigo Medeiros / BJJ Revolution Team. He’s won several BJJ titles, including the Pan Ams and US Nationals.

Indeed if Slater was wearing a belt he hadn’t been given or earned, it would most likely upset quite a few BJJ practitioners. However, another comment came soon after, stating that Slater had in fact earned the belt the previous night.

pmtenore@joeljitsu: what do you mean || he got one at aoj last night grumpy smurf —>

It’s understandable that Tudor wasn’t aware of Slater’s achievement, especially if it just happened.

Check out the original post below!

‘bearsyr: Kelly Slater and Zach in a session with Mendes Bros , Shaun and PM. The world is a better place with Jiu-Jitsu @kellyslater @zachneminsky @pmtenore @drpurps @mendesbros #bjj #purpslife’

A photo posted by Rebels against The Mainstream (@bearsyr) on Sep 16, 2015 at 5:59am PDT