Kelly Slater

Kelly Slater stars in The Ultimate Wave Tahiti Movie

Alice Rowsome — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:26:11 +0000

The premiere of the big-screen film The Ultimate Wave Tahiti will be taking place on Saturday at the Cocktails & Cosmos event at Orlando Science Center. Featuring will be Kelly Slater, the extreme surfer and Tahitian waterman Raimana van Bastolaer.

The movie takes you inside the waves, along the face and up to lip, explaining the science behind their creation; and it soon becomes clear why the ocean is Kelly’s big passion.

Also at the event will be a Pink Floyd laser-light show, paintings, sky-watching live music.

The film will be available for screening on Sunday and later on DVD.

New surf tour featuring Kelly Slater appears to be taking shape

Jennifer Ebert — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:10:21 +0000

‘The long anticipated Hurley Pro gets underway on 13 September 2009 at Lower Trestles in San Clement, and it remains to be seen whether nine-time world champion Kelly Slater will win the event for the third year in a row,’ reports the Los Angeles Times.

The event could be the setting for even bigger news. There has been specualtion that an alternative tour involving Slater will, which promises to deliver pro surfing to the mainstream will be announced.

Parties involved in a potential partnership, notably Slater and ESPN, are keeping hush.

Reports circulating on websites in recent months have implied that the new tour will boast eight events and offer a total purse of more than $1 million, with last place finishes earning up to $40,000 per event. Several pros are rumoured to support the what has been referred to as the Rebel Tour, Renegade Tour, Breakaway Tour and even the Dreamier Dream Tour.

To find out more, check out Kelly Slater’s channel and exclusive interviews here on t5m.

Will making surfing more mainstream do the sport a favour? Have your say.

Kelly to debut board

Becca Hutson — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:08:39 +0000

If being the world’s greatest surfer isn’t enough – Kelly Slater is now expanding into designing his own boards, and will be showcasing his first creation at the Quicksilver Pro on the Gold Coast this week.

Kelly will be aiming for his tenth World Title at the competition – alongside rising stars Julian Wilson, Dane Reynolds and Danny Wills. But it seems he is already a winner in the eyes of the 2007 Quicksilver Pro champion Mick Fanning who said that if Kelly ‘ stormed out of the blocks as he did last season, title number 10 could be a foregone conclusion’.

We’re wishing Kelly lots of luck!

To keep up to date with all of Kelly Slater’s new, stay tuned to his channel on t5m.com

Kelly Slater: An exclusive profile Part II

hazel — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:13:35 +0000

Kelly Slater, who apparently spends as much time in the water as he does on land, describes the exciting yet exhausting lifestyle of a pro surfer. He talks about growing up in Florida, discovering his love of surfing, and where he finds his motivation.

Kelly is nine times ASP World Champion, and is both the youngest and oldest world title winner, his first at age 20, and most recent at 36.

Watch the first part of Kelly Slater’s interview on t5m

Kelly Slater: An exclusive profile Part 1

hazel — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:00:17 +0000

The world’s best surfer Kelly Slater hung out with us in a breezy Biarritz villa to discuss his life and career and indulge in a spot of wrestling, which we’ll leave for another day!

As both the youngest and oldest world title winner, his first at age 20, and most recent at 36, Kelly has had the most successful career in his field, especially accounting for a three year hiatus he took in the middle of his career.

Watch part II of Kelly Slater’s interview

Kelly Slater and his father

tomh — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:16:55 +0000

After a three year break from surfing competitions, Kelly Slater returned to the surfing circle. He explains the struggle to meet preformed expectations as well as dealing with the passing of his father.

In April 2002, Kelly Slater’s father lost his battle against throat cancer. He shares with us some touching memories of his last months with his father. It was in this time that his dad really let him know how proud he was of Kelly’s career, and shares a lovely story of remembering his dad while surfing.

Catching up to Lance

tomh — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:13:39 +0000

Surf champion Kelly Slater speaks to t5m about his long time admiration of cycling champion Lance Armstrong.

He tells us that he gains a lot of inspiration from Lance Armstrong, and became very interested in his career when he learned of his success post-cancer. He ran into many coincidences linking them together, for example they both had a channel on the Sirius satellite radio, and were both chasing their seventh world titles in the same year.

5 in a Row, 9 in All

tomh — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:09:46 +0000

Nine time world title winner and most decorated surfer in the world, Kelly Slater, sits down with t5m to talk about his professional surfing career.

Slater turned pro at the age of 18, went on his first world tour at 19, and by 20 had won his first world title, and again for the next five of six years after that, an incredible feat for such a young surfer.

The lifestyle is an exciting but exhausting one. The chance to travel the world doing what you love, meeting incredible people and doing incredible things is a huge pro, but one event a month in eight different countries, every year from March through December would be tiring for anyone.

“I set goals for myself to get me from Point A to Point B.” Setting goals for himself to accomplish every year: first one world title, then two, than try for the record of four in a row, and finally the big one, five in a row to be the best surfer in the world. Slater tells us that, after five world titles in a row, he’d run out of goals, and so decided to take a break. Well deserved I’d say.

Surf Culture

tomh — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:07:04 +0000

Growing up in Cocoa Beach, Florida, the Small Surf Capitol of the world, it’s hard to avoid surfing. Though the surf may not be very impressive on a worldwide level, it’s the best waves to find in Florida. World surfing champion, Kelly Slater, tells t5m what it was like living there and how he came to love surfing.

He gives us the inside look at where to find the best surf in Cocoa, and tells tales of his most memorable waves there.

Believe it or not though, Kelly Slater didn’t always dream of being the world’s best surfer. As a matter of fact, he wanted to be Steve Martin when he grew up. He offers a life lesson for little kids with big dreams, “Whatever it is you love, just follow it. Because you can always make a life out of that.”

Surfer Kid

tomh — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:03:35 +0000

“Surfing defines my life on every level.” Kelly Slater spends as much time in the ocean as he does on land. Kelly Slater sits down with t5m to discuss his childhood and the start of his career in surfing.

For Slater, who comes from a family of surfers, surfing and being on the beach came to him as a family event. Kelly was on the beach before he could talk and completely suntanned by his first birthday.

Spending time at the beach and a family sense of adventure formed Kelly’s childhood in Cocoa Beach, Florida, and surfing became the “natural thing to do” for Kelly.