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Filipe Toledo believes that he surfs better than Kelly Slater and John John Florence today, he told ESPN in a difficult questionnaire in which he is pitted against different surfers and he must choose.

Of the 11 interviewed, Toledo only accepted that Gabriel Medina, Mick Fanning and the late Andy Irons surfed better than him.

Regarding the rest, with some nuances, it was declared the winner. Slater, John John, Italo Ferreira, Adriano de Souza, Tom Carroll, Yago Dora, Miguel Pupo and Joao Chumbinho Chianca.

Regarding Slater, he said that Kelly used to win but that now he is better, and he said the same about Adriano de Souza.

He thought about when they consulted him about Miguel Pupo, saying that they were making his life complicated, but he stuck to choosing himself.

Below the details:

Medina wins, he had no doubts.

Kelly Slater: “I surf more now than Kelly, I didn’t back then”

John John: “I surf better”

Italo Ferreira: “I surf better”

Adriano de Souza: “Today he is also retired so I surf better”

Mick Fanning: “Fanning surfs better”

Tom Carroll: “He achieved a lot but I think I surf more”

Yago Dora: “Yago is good, Yago is talented, but I think I surf better”

Miguel Pupo: “They only complicate things for me… (laughs) It’s me, me.”

Chumbinho: “I think I surf more”

Andy Irons: “Andy Irons surfs better than all of us put together.”

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