Kelly Slater is one of the most popular and richest Surfer who was born on February 11, 1972 in Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States. Renowned pro surfer who ranked 1st on the ASP World Tour for much of the 1990s and 2000s. He became the first surfer to win 11 ASP world titles.
Also known for his guitar skills, he once performed a song alongside Ben Harper during a concert in Santa Barbara.
The son of a bait-store proprietor, Slater grew up near the water, and he began surfing at age five. By age 10 he was winning age-division events up and down the Atlantic coast, and in 1984 he won his first age-division United States championship title. Two years later he finished third in the junior division at the world amateur championships in England, and he won the Pacific Cup junior championship in Australia the following year.
Slater, having grown up in Florida, was never truly comfortable in waves of consequence until a trip to Oahu in 1987. A giant northwest swell was pounding the coast, closing out breaks from Waimea to Sunset. He drove to Makaha, where he was greeted with 40′ (Hawaiian scale) waves breaking across the bay. Slater parked and saw charger Brandon “Big Wave” Davis waxing up his 11′ board. Big Wave Davis simply gave Slater a wink and they paddled out, trading waves all afternoon. Slater credits Davis in his biography stating “Brandon’s knowledge and poise in large surf had a huge impact on my career. Anytime I’m dropping in a big wave, I think back to that wink in the Makaha parking lot and I push myself over the ledge.”
He was raised as the middle child between his older brother Sean and his younger brother Stephen. In 2008, he began dating Kalani Miller. He has a daughter named Taylor.
