READ MORE:<\/strong> Ben Simmons traded for James Harden in blockbuster move<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Sebastian Vettel's slap for Formula 1's 'clashing' interests<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n "Maybe Stockholm Syndrome can now change its name to Melbourne\/Australia syndrome," Slater said last month on social media.<\/p>\n "If you're vaccinated why are you concerned\/worried about anyone else's status … unless, of course, it doesn't protect you? Or you're scared you'll catch it or upset you had to take the risk of vaccination yourself.<\/p>\n "So much brainwashed hatred in people's hearts regardless of vax status."<\/p>\n Currently, Victoria and Western Australia are scheduled to host two World Surf League (WSL) championship events in April and May.<\/p>\n And while it's been reported that Slater so far hasn't been handed any exemptions to enter the country to compete, it appears the 50-year-old may in fact be vaccinated.<\/p>\n He confirmed today he will be competing in Australia.<\/p>\n "I'll see you in Australia," Slater said<\/p>\n "(My vaccination status) is an important question, and there's a reason I'm not talking about it that is personal.<\/p>\n "I do believe that medical privacy is a real thing. But I think my answer that I'll see you in Australia answers that."<\/p>\n The World Surf League currently doesn't have a vaccination mandate in place, but competitors have been encouraged to get jabbed due to the travel challenges.<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Surfing legend Kelly Slater has confirmed he will compete in Australia despite question marks over his vaccination status. The eleven-time world champion, who hasn't revealed […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195998"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=195998"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196002,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195998\/revisions\/196002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=195998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=195998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=195998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n