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Kelly Slater

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American surfer (born 1972)

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Robert Kelly Slater 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.

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Slater at Trestles, San Clemente, CaliforniaSlater at Trestles, San Clemente, CaliforniaAerial photograph of 80-acre parcel of land in South Florida proposed to be developed with surf facility (outlined in red).Aerial photograph of 80-acre parcel of land in South Florida proposed to be developed with surf facility (outlined in red).Slater competing at the US Open at Huntington Beach, 2011Slater competing at the US Open at Huntington Beach, 2011

Filmography 40

Surf's Up2007 · ★ 6.5
The Big Bounce2004 · ★ 5.0
Riding Giants2004 · ★ 7.6
Step Into Liquid2003
Momentum Generation2018
View from a Blue Moon2015
The Search for Freedom2015
Bra Boys2007
The Ultimate Wave Tahiti2010
Andy Irons: Kissed by God2018
Waveriders2008
A Brokedown Melody2004
Fighting Fear2011
Thicker Than Water2000
Highwater2009
Down the Barrel2007
Shelter2001
Bustin' Down the Door2008
Proximity2017
Absolute Garbage2007
Doped Youth2005
Holy Surf! - Once Upon a Wave2024
A Fly in the Champagne2009
Sipping Jetstreams: An Adventure in Life2006
Waterman2022
The September Sessions2002
Shorebreak: The Clark Little Story2016
Hit & Run2000
Blue Horizon2004
The Pursuit2008
Islands in the Stream2004
80 Waves2010
Surfing Your Dreams2013
Minds in the Water2012
And Two If By Sea: The Hobgood Brothers2019
Billabong Challenge: The Mystery Left1995
Jérémy Florès - Dos au mur2025
Campaign 2: A Taylor Steele Movie2005
Going Vertical: The Short Board Revolution2010
Momentum II1993

136 credits on file

Television 16

Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003
Baywatch1989
Lilo & Stitch: The Series2003
Ballers2015
The Oscars1953
Arli$$1996
Carpool Karaoke: The Series2017
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson2015
Greatness Code2020
Teen Choice Awards1999
Undeniable with Dan Patrick2015
Make or Break2022
Trippin'2005
The Ultimate Surfer2021
The Ripple Effect2016
Kelly Slater: The Lost Tapes2022

Awards 1

2002Surfers Hall of Fame

Connected to Kelly 6

Derek HoughAlso in Shorebreak: The Clark Little Story (2016)Diedrich BaderAlso in Surf's Up (2007)Eric Christian OlsenAlso in Andy Irons: Kissed by God (2018)B.J. PennAlso in Fighting Fear (2011)Elmore LeonardAlso in The Big Bounce (2004)Eric BalfourAlso in Down the Barrel (2007)

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Robert Kelly Slater 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. 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.

Country
United States
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Actor
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Dates
Born 1972 · age 54
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