Kelly Slater is an American professional surfer, best known for being crowned World Surf League champion a record 11 times. Slater is widely regarded as the greatest professional surfer of all time.
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He was born on February 11, 1972, in Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States.
Slater grew up in Cocoa Beach, Florida, where he still lives. He is the son of Judy Moriarity and Stephen Slater.
After turning professional in 1990, Slater struggled during his first two years on the professional tour and was 43rd in the world rankings those years.
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In 1992 he secured podium (top-three) finishes in three of his first five events before winning his first professional tour event, the Rip Curl Pro, in France.
He has two brothers, Sean and Stephen, and a daughter, Taylor, born in 1996.
Slater historically and exclusively rode Channel Islands Surfboards equipped with his signature series of FCS fins.
As the media hype grew around Slater’s lack of board stickers in 2015, Slater had been seen riding unlabelled Firewire surfboards, acquiring the company in 2014.
What does Kelly Slater do now?
Kelly Slater is now an activist for environmental causes, a philanthropist, and a successful entrepreneur.
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