- Born
- Birth nameRobert Kelly Slater
- Nicknames
- The Michael Jordan of Surfing
- Slats
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Kelly Slater was born on February 11, 1972 in Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA as Robert Kelly Slater. He is a professional surfer on the ASP World Tour. He is also an actor and producer, known for The Ultimate Wave Tahiti (2010), Waveriders (2008), Down the Barrel (2007) and Bra Boys (2007)
- IMDb mini biography by: Reed Phillips, ASP HQ
- Youngest world champion surfer at 20 and oldest world champion at 39.
- The only to be world champion surfer five years in a row.
- Kelly and former girlfriend Pamela Anderson were co-stars in Baywatch. Kelly played a guy who dreamed of becoming pro surfer and he won his first world title in real life same year, 1992.
- Oldest to win a pro surfing contest at age 41.
- Has a record 7 Pipeline Masters wins.
- Maintaining marriage seems to be tougher than fatherhood: apparently it's the most difficult thing in the world.
- I wanted to be a comedian.
- I still feel like my best surfing is ahead of me.
- For a surfer, it's never-ending. There's always some wave you want to surf.
- Fatherhood isn't always a planned thing, but when it happens you just do it. It's very natural and in that sense it's not really difficult.
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