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Kelly Slater

Kelly Slater

Hometown:: Cocoa Beach, Florida

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

Feb 8, 3:43 PM

Cypher Vision Goes Live on Surfline

by jtierney

Check out Quiksilver’s new Cypher Vision special feature today on Surfline here. Watch and download the short film and see the ground breaking commercials or view them right here.

Also, don’t forget to check out the full range of brand new no rash boardshorts with Diamond Dobby DLX on the Cypher Minisite.

More about Cypher Vision – A Short Film:

See Dane Reynolds, Julian Wilson, Jeremy Flores and Kelly Slater in Quiksilver’s Cypher Vision – A Short Film. Shot at 1000 frames a second with a revolutionary camera that had never been used to shoot surfing or film in the ocean, you will trip out on the amazing high definition footage and super slo-mo sequences of the world’s best surfers. See every drop of spray, their boards flexing when they land big airs, their body contortions, and the unique lines they draw on every wave. It’s high performance surfing as never seen before.

Feb 5, 2:58 PM

FUEL TV to air “The Making of Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D” Monday, February 8th

by mramirez

Airing Monday, February 8 at 8:00pm ET (5:00pm PT) “The Making of The Ultimate Wave Tahiti” is an in-depth look at the first ever IMAX 3D surf film. Featuring nine-time world champion Kelly Slater, The Ultimate Wave Tahiti follows a quest to find the perfect wave-riding experience. Filmed in Tahiti and among the islands of French Polynesia, the film showcases dramatic giant screen surfing action in a unique Pacific paradise. This show will focus on intricacies of using such a complex camera, the challenges of weather in the tropics, and getting professional surfers to go surf when the conditions are less than ideal. See what happens behind the camera on such a monumental piece of surf film history.