Kelly Slater

American surfer

Photo by: US Embassy in Fiji · Public Domain · Wikimedia Commons

Born:February 11, 1972

Age:54

Zodiac Sign:Aquarius

Height:1.75 m (5′9″)

Born in:Cocoa Beach, United States

Languages:English

Surfer Film Producer Actor

Links

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Famous For

Movies & TV

The Big BounceOne Night at McCool'sRiding GiantsA Brokedown MelodyFighting Fear

Awards

Surfers Hall of Fame (2002)

Kelly Slater

American surfer

Biography

Robert Kelly Slater (born February 11, 1972) is an American professional surfer who has been crowned World Surf League champion a record 11 times. He is widely regarded as the greatest professional surfer of all time, and holds 56 Championship Tour victories. Slater won the Laureus World Sports Awards category of Action Sportsperson of the Year four times (2007, 2009, 2011, 2012). and Lifetime Achievement Award (2025). He is also the oldest surfer still active in the World Surf League, winning his 8th Billabong Pipeline Masters title at age 49.

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Photos

Slater at the US embassy in Suva in June 2017

Went today to the US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, just 45 minutes south of where I live. I don't know much about surfing but this guy is awesome. ISO 160, 400mm, f7.1, 1/1250.

Kelly Slater, the greatest surfer in the world, escapes the jaws of one of the most dangerous waves in the world, Hawaii’s Banzai Pipiline, North Shore of Oahu.