Accomplishments:9 World Titles. 41 WCT Victories, 6 Pipe Masters Wins, 1 Quiksilver Big Wave invitational Win. Highest 2 Wave Heat Score. 14 Surfer Poll Award Wins. Member of Surfing Hall of Fame. Widely acknowledged as the greatest surfer in history.
Short Biography
What makes Kelly Slater the greatest surfer of all time? There's the trophies - 41 ASP wins, 9 world titles, 6 Pipe Masters, Eddie Aikau victory. Then there's the stuff of myth, the high five with Rob Machado at Pipe, the rivalry with Andy Irons, the Letting Go tube at Teahupo'o, the dolphin guiding him to a winning wave at J-Bay. There's also the neatly book ended story - a poor kid with a single mom grows up at a beach in Florida with almost no waves, but natural talent and a burning competitive spirit take him to the top and he stays there. He becomes the youngest and oldest world champ in history. Ambition and charisma make him the sport's first true celebrity.
Kelly Slater - he's Ali, Jordan and Woods all in one. If Kelly didn't exist an author would have invented him. Now that he's won his 9th ASP world title we wait and wonder what's next. But we're secure in the knowledge that just as he always has, he'll take us along for the ride.
Kelly Slater's Blog
Mar 9, 3:06 PM
Gold Coast Highlight Video – Pro Go Too Fast?
by mramirez
Highlights from the 2010 Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast from Snapper Rocks, Australia. Featuring Kelly Slater, Dane Reynolds, and Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast Winner – Taj Burrow.
Watch Kelly Slater’s Round 3 Heat from the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast
by mramirez
Nine time World Champion Kelly Slater is on track for his third Quiksilver Pro crown after disposing of 2010 rookie Pat Gudauskas in their Round 3 heat at Snapper Rocks today. World no.6 Slater, who won the season-opening Gold Coast event in 2006 and 2008, schooled his young opponent at the famed point break, registering a 7.77 and 7.60 to finish with a heat winning 15.37 combination. Click here to watch Slater’s heat, and more video from The Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast.
Mar 2, 5:08 AM
The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D Starring Kelly Slater Premiere
by jtierney
Check out footage from the world premiere of Kelly Slater’s spectacular 3D Imax film, The Utimate Wave Tahiti.