Kelly Slater will not be competing in Keramas, as he and the WSL had previously announced. The best surfer in history now appears on the organization's website as "eliminated" from the event due to injury. On Fantasy Surfer, where he appeared as an option to be chosen in the third layer of surfers, the same is stated.

It is known that Slater's foot was better, in fact, he was able to compete in the Founders' Cup, but then not in the Oi Rio Pro, and he had been included in the Keramas series.

Although there is no official announcement from the WSL, the 11-time champion is not appearing in the series, where he was until yesterday. In fact, all the heats have changed and now, in his place is the young Hawaiian talent Barron Mamiya as a wildcard.

According to Australian site Swellnet, Kelly's photographer Todd Glasser was waiting for him to surf the swell of the year at Tavarua this morning, but Slater missed the flight.

The question remains whether Slater is now dealing with a foot injury or a lack of desire to compete.

Barron Mamiya, who has just performed an impressive backflip in the Texas pool, which Keramas already knows, is positioned as an interesting wildcard.

The men's series are now as follows: 
S1: Italo Ferreira vs Joel Parkinson vs Keanu Asing
S2: Owen Wright vs. Ezekiel Lau vs. Michael February
S3: John John Florence vs. Michael Rodrigues vs. Miguel Pupo
S4: Filipe Toledo vs. Conner Coffin vs. Mikey Wright
S5: Gabriel Medina vs. Tomas Hermes vs. Barron Mamiya
S6: Julian Wilson vs Connor O'Leary vs Oney Anwar
S7: Kolohe Andino vs Jeremy Flores vs Ian Gouveia
S8: Jordy Smith vs Kanoa Igarashi vs Joan Duru
S9: Ace Buchan vs. Griffin Colapinto vs. Jessé Mendes
S10: Michel Bourez vs. Matt Wilkinson vs. Pat Gudauskas
S11: Wade Carmichael vs. Frederico Morais vs. William Cardoso
S12: Adriano de Souza vs. Sebastian Zietz vs. Yago Dora