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Kelly Slater (born on February 11, 1972) from Cocoa Beach, Florida is the most successful professional surfer in the history of the sport. He is, according to peers, a surfing genius.

Slater is an eight time world champion (1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006) and took many modern surfing moves to a new level. He was involved in the X-Games in 2003 and 2004 and has been a big factor that has helped the East Coast beat the West Coast team two years in a row in the Surfing competition. To this day, he can be seen in magazines such as Surfing Magazine, Transworld Surf, and Surfer Magazine and Huck Magazine.

In 2004 Slater was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. Besides surfing he has also modeled for Versace.

Slater has always held music in a special place in his heart. During the 90's he formed a band called The Surfers which released an album of surf music, Songs From the Pipe. In his spare time he is known to play guitar and he currently has a small band with whom he plays.

In 1992-3, Slater acted for one season on the American TV series Baywatch as the character Jimmy Slade. Even long afterwards the Australian surfers on the world tour liked to refer to him as Jimmy. Jimmy Slade's Big Day Out by Sean Doherty in Tracks magazine, August 2005, ISSN 1032-3317.

In 1999 he appeared alongside Garbage singer Shirley Manson in the promotional video for the Garbage single "You Look So Fine". He played a man washed up on a sea shore, rescued by siren Manson.

A videogame by Treyarch and Activision named Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer was released September 17, 2002 [1] (he also appeared in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 with his own surfboard, possibly to generate interest in the former). In 2003 he released an autobiography called, "Pipe Dreams: A Surfer's Journey." Kelly has an eight year old daughter named Taylor who lives in Cocoa Beach with her mother.

In May 2005 in the final of the Billabong Tahiti Pro contest at Teahupoo, Slater became the first to score two perfect 10 rides for a total 20 out of 20 under the ASP two-wave scoring system. (The corresponding honour under the previous three-wave system belongs to Shane Beschen from 1996.The Perfect Heat, Tracks magazine, March 2006, page 70 (Shane Beschen 30 out of 30 at the Kirra Pro 1996)) It was a high-scoring heat and he was leading with a 9.5 and a 10 against opponent Damien Hobgood when Hobgood was crunched by a tube that closed down, dislocating his shoulder and leaving Slater the contest winner. Slater surfed on and scored a second 10. (And then put on some entertainment, getting a can of beer from the support boat and drinking it while inside the tube – which the judges scored 8.7!)

Slater is considered by the specialized media as the best surfer ever. At the Nova Schin Festival in Brazil in November 2005, he won his seventh world title. He has been given the nickname "the Michael Jordan of surfing" by the media and his fans.[2]. His main sponsor is Quiksilver and his favorite waves are Pipe in Hawaii and Kirra in Australia. [3]

Slater is passionate about preserving coral reefs globally and protecting temperate reefs in California through his relationship with Reef Check[4]

His sponsors are Quiksilver, Al Merrick surfboards and Boost Mobile.

Slater has been romantically linked in the past to Pamela Anderson, and most recently (in 2005) Brazilian supermodel, Gisele Bündchen.

Slater is good friend with musician Ben Harper. The two performed a song together during Harper's concert in Santa Barbara, CA on August 15th, 2006. He'is also a good friend of the lead singer Eddie Vedder of the grunge band Pearl Jam. For example, he played with the band "Rockin' in The free World" the 7th of July 2006 in San Diego.

Pro Surfing Titles

Career victories: 44
WCT victories: 33 (equaling Tom Curren's record)
World titles: 8 (1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006)

2006

Quiksilver Pro (Gold Coast, Australia)
Rip Curl Pro (Bells Beach, Australia)

2005

Billabong Pro (Teahupoo, Tahiti)
The Globe WCT (Fiji)
Billabong Pro (South Africa)
The Boost Mobile Pro (Trestles, California)

2004

Snickers Australian Open (QS)
Energy Australia Open (QS)

2003

Billabong Pro (Teahupoo, Tahiti)
Billabong Pro (South Africa)
Billabong Pro (Mundaka, Spain)
Nova Schin Festival (Brazil)

2002

The Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau (Specialty-Hawaii)

2000

Gotcha Tahiti Pro presented by Globe (Tahiti)

1999

Mountain Dew Pipe Masters (Hawaii)

1998

Billabong Pro (Australia)
G-Shock Triple Crown of Surfing (Specialty-Hawaii)

1997

Coke Surf Classic (Australia)
Billabong Pro (Australia)
Tokushima Pro (Japan)
Marui Pro (Japan)
Kaiser Summer Surf WCT (Brazil)
Grand Slam (Specialty-Australia)
Typhoon Lagoon Surf Challenge (Specialty-USA)

1996

Coke Surf Classic (Australia)
Rip Curl Pro Saint Leu (Reunion Island)
CSI pres. Billabong Pro (South Africa)
U.S. Open (California)
Rip Curl Pro Hossegor (France)
Quiksilver Surfmasters (France)
Chiemsee Pipe Masters (Hawaii)
Sud Ouest Trophee (Specialty-France)
Da Hui Backdoor Shootout (Specialty-Hawaii)

1995

Quiksilver Pro (Indonesia)
Chiemsee Pipe Masters (Hawaii)
Triple Crown of Surfing (Specialty-Hawaii)

1994

Rip Curl Pro (Australia)
Gotcha Lacanau Pro (France)
Chiemsee Pipe Masters (Hawaii)
The Bud Surf Tour (WQS-USA)
The Bud Surf Tour (WQS-USA)
Sud Ouest Trophee (Specialty-France)

1993

Marui Pro (Japan)

1992

Rip Curl Pro Landes (France)
Marui Masters (Hawaii)

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