

“I reckon he knows the rules,” said Colbeck, The Sydney Morning Herald reported. Slater has not revealed his vaccination status, but he repeated unfounded anti-vaccination talking points in his social media commentary. American surf champ Kelly Slater has been warned he can’t compete in Australia without a COVID jab after he slammed the “virtuous vaccinated” in a post on social media.Īustralian Federal Sports Minister Richard Colbeck quickly pointed out that there’s “no chance” Slater, 49, can come into the country to compete in two World Surf League championship events this spring - the Rip Curl Pro south of Melbourne, and the Margaret River Pro in Western Australia - unless he’s vaccinated.
