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May 6, 2024 · Kelly Slater (born February 11, 1972, Cocoa Beach, Florida, U.S.) is widely considered the greatest surfer of all time. He earned the title of world champion an unprecedented 11 times, including a record five times consecutively (1994–98), and he was also the all-time leader in event wins.
Kelly Slater is the first professional surfer to compete at the highest level, aged 49, and one of the few to stay on top of their game for three decades. There's a subtle difference between being the greatest surfer of all time (GOAT) and the most successful competitive surfer in the world.
Feb 7, 2022 · The win belonged to Kelly Slater, the surfing great who turns 50 this week. Slater defeated a rider less than half his age to capture one of the sport's iconic events, the Billabong Pro...
Feb 12, 2022 · Kelly Slater has surfed professionally longer than many of his competition have been alive. And that experience paid off this past week when he won at the Billabong Pro Pipeline in Hawaii –...
Feb 7, 2022 · Surfing legend Kelly Slater wins 56th career title ahead of 50th birthday. Hillard Grossman. For FLORIDA TODAY. 0:04. 0:25. Just six days before his 50th birthday, there was Kelly Slater...
Feb 6, 2022 · CNN — Just days shy of his 50th birthday, legendary pro surfer Kelly Slater won the Billabong Pro Pipeline in Hawaii on Saturday against the son of a former rival. The final of the Pipeline...
Feb 6, 2022 · Kelly Slater is still among the world's best surfers at age 49. (Getty Images: World Surf League/Brent Bielmann) abc.net.au/news/kelly-slater-wins-pipeline/100808554. Share article. Kelly Slater has won for an eighth time at Pipeline, 30 years after his first victory at the famous surf break in Hawaii and just days shy of his 50th birthday.
