Kelly Slater

Kelly Slater , born Robert Kelly Slater the February 11th 1972 with Cocoa Beach in Florida with the the United States is the professional Surfeur more titrated history of this sport, and one of more mediatized.

Professional path

Eight times world champion of surfing (1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006), it are regarded by its pars as being the largest surfer of the history of WCT, World Championship Tour (Championship of the world of surfing, gathering the 44 best surfers of the world).

Slater took its retirement in 1999 but returned on the professional circuit in 2003 to recover its title in 2005. This last victory makes of him the champion of surfing more titrated in the world, as well as the oldest world champion (record improved in 2006), after having been youngest in 1992. With eight championships of the world and 32 victories in championship of world (WCT), Kelly Slater asserted himself like the largest surfer of all times.

It is sponsored by Quiksilver and surfe with Al Merrick boards since the beginning of the Années 1990.

A surfer of legend

That is on artificial waves of 30 cm (competitions in Japan in swimming pools indoor) where in Jaws (spot of very large waves, known for tractor drawn surfing), Pipeline, Teahupoo, Waimea or Maverick' S, its style dissociate others clearly, its control of surfing is sensational. " The Freak" gained its titles thanks to its impressive speed and its balance, disconcerting, which enabled him to make radical and risky figures without falling or giving an impression of heaviness; its quasi preference of surfing " backside" , back with vagueness, nonnatural position however were also of a great help. One frequently sees it falling on the back, the two feet still stuck to his board and being raised, or succeeding of the " take offs" improbable while jumping literally with its board of sometimes several meters. It also pushed back the limits of surfing with regard to certain figures: " floaters" of 4 meters (falls controlled with its board on the lip of vagueness), " rollos" (gimlets), aériaux 360°, waves in switchfoot… According to its dires it is thanks to its average gauge, balanced, its great flexibility, its physical drive (Swimming, bodysurf and sometimes bodyboard), and with its reading of the waves and the movements of the swell, repeated the every day of its youth, and their mechanism, which it is so at ease with its board of surfing. Its model was Tom Curren triple world champion known for his made style of fluid and run but radical lines.

He played in the American television series Alerte in Malibu, which brought an important mediatization to him.

Prize list

  • Many victories: 45

  • Victories with WCT: 34 (exceeding the record of 33 victory of Tom Curren)
  • Championships of the world: 8 (1992, 1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,2005,2006)

2006

  • 2006 Quiksilver Pro, Gold Coast, Australia (WCT)
  • 2006 Rip Curl Pro, Beach Bels, Australia (WCT)

2005

  • 2005 Billabong Pro, Teahupoo, Taiarapu (WCT)
  • 2005 Earth WCT Fiji, Tavarua/Namotu-Fiji
  • 2005 Billabong Pro Jbay, Jeffreys Bay (WCT)
  • 2005 Mobile Boost Pro, Trestles, the California-USA (WCT)

2004

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

2003

  • Nova Schin Festival (Brazil)
  • 2003 Santa Catarina Pro, Florianópolis (WCT)
  • 2003 Billabong Pro, Mundaka, Euskadi, Spain (WCT)
  • 2003 Billabong Pro, Jbay, Jeffreys Bay, South Africa (WCT)
  • 2003 Billabong Pro, Teahupoo, Taiarapu, Tahiti (WCT)

2002

  • The Quiksilver in Memory off Eddie Aikau (Specialty-Hawaii)

2000

  • Gotcha Tahiti Pro presented by Globe, Teahupoo, Taiarapu-Tahiti (WCT)

1999

  • Mountain Dew Masters Pipe, Beach Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii (WCT)

1998

  • Billabong Pro, Kirra, Gold Coast, Australia (WCT)
  • G-Shock Triples off Crown Surfing (Specialty-Hawaii)

1997

  • Coke Surfing Classic (Australia)
  • Billabong Pro, Kirra, Gold Coast (WCT) (Australia)
  • Tokushima Pro, Tokushima (WCT) (Japan)
  • Marui Pro Torami Beach, Chiba (WCT) (Japan)
  • Kaiser Summer Surfing (WCT) (Brazil)
  • Large Slam (Specialty-Australia)
  • Typhoon Lagoon Surfing Challenge (the Specialty-USA)
  • 1997 Rio Surfing Pro, Barred Beach (WCT)
  • 1997 Coke Classic, Mobile, NSW (WCT)

1996

  • Coke Classic Surfing, Mobile, NSW (WCT) (Australia)
  • Rip Curl Holy Pro Leu, Meeting Island (WCT)
  • CSI near. Billabong Pro, Jeffrey' S Bay (WCT) (South Africa)
    • Open
  • U.S., Huntington Beach, California (WCT)
  • Rip Curl Pro Hossegor, Gravel, Hossegor (WCT) (France)
  • Quiksilver Surfmasters, Biarritz (WCT) (France)
  • Chiemsee Masters Pipe, Pipeline, Hawaii (WCT)
  • Southern West Trophy (Specialty-France)
  • Da Hui Backdoor Shootout (Specialty-Hawaii)

1995

  • Quiksilver Pro, East Java (WCT) (Indonesia)
  • Chiemsee Masters Pipe, pipeline, Hawaii (WCT)
  • Triple Crown off Surfing (Specialty-Hawaii)

1994

  • 1994 Rip Curl Pro, Beautiful' S Beach, Victoria (WCT) (Australia)
  • Gotcha Lacanau Pro, Lacanau Beach (WCT) (France)
  • Chiemsee Masters Pipe, Pipeline, Hawaii (WCT)
  • The Bud Surfing Turn (WQS-USA)
  • The Bud Surfing Turn (WQS-USA)
  • Southern West Trophy (Specialty-France)

1993

  • Marui Pro, Herbara Beach, Chiba (WCT) (Japan)

1992

  • 1992 Marui Masters, Pipeline, Hawaii (WCT)
  • 1992 Rip Curl Pro Moors, Hossegor (WCT) (France)

Except championship of the world:

  • 2004 Snickers Australian Open, Maroubra, Sydney, Australia (WQS)
  • 2004 Energy Australia Open, Newcastle, Australia (WQS)

Career with the cinema

Catalog of films of actor

  • "One Night At McCool' s" (2001): Jeep Owner
  • " H3O" (1995) TV Series: Host
  • "Baywatch" or Baywatch Hawaii
- Tentacles: 1 leaves (1993) TV Episode: Jimmy Slade
- Sky To wrinkle (1993) TV Episode: Jimmy Slade
- The Tower (1993) TV Episode: Jimmy Slade
- Pier Presses (1992) TV Episode: Jimmy Slade

Documentary surfing and appearance in television series

  • High Toilets (2007) (post-production)
  • Pipeline Masters (2006) (V)
  • ESPY Awards (2006) (TV)
  • The Kelly Slater Celebrity Surfing Invitational (2006) (TV)
  • " Trippin"
- Costa Rica (2005) TV Episode
- Honduras (2005) TV Episode
  • has Brokedown Melody (2004)
  • Life Rolls One (2004) (V)
  • " Total Live" Request; or TRL or Total Request with Carson Daly
- Episode dated 8 July 2004 (2004) TV Episode…. Himself
  • The Big Bounce (2004)
  • Blue Horizon (2004)
  • Riding Giants (2004)
  • The Teen Choice Awards 2003 (2003) (TV)
  • Step Into Liquid (2003)
  • Jack Johnson: The September Sessions (2003) (V)
  • Pro Surfer (2002) (VG) or Kelly Slater' S Pro Surfer
  • Pipeline Sessions (2002) (TV) or Kelly Slater' S Pipeline Sessions
  • Pro Skater 3 (2001) (VG) or Tony Hawk' S Pro Skater the 3 (USA: title)
  • " supplements; Arli$$"
- Off Cabbages and Kings (2001) TV Episode
  • Hit & Run (2000)
  • Thicker Than Toilets (2000) (V)
  • The Endless Summer 2 (1994) or Bruce Brown' S The Endless Summer 2
  • Style = Drunker Shred (1993) (V)
  • One Ten: Two Forty (1993)

Nicknames

  • Slats
  • Hell raiser
  • K-End
  • The Michael Jordan off Surfing
Kelly Slater is also called " the snake" , because of its capacity not to really leave any chance to whoever the wave would covet on which it would have thrown its reserved, even suddenly! Thus, in compét' or free-surfing, the vidéos examples do not miss, it is able constantly to circumvent very quickly its " adversaire" , which, because of its very technical control of this underhand, precisely called operation hyper 'snake" or " snaking" (the snake!), can only note that the " priorité" unpleasantly has just changed camp, thus forcing it to leave the " king" , another nickname in addition employed with Juste " titer" (8, all the same!), to engulf itself inside the wave! This operation is all the more controlled, but also very risky, even for Kelly, whom it generally occurs in a handkerchief of pocket, where the speed and the power determine for much the exit of such a drop! They is very malicious to also make, very spectacular for the initiates, but unfortunately " légal" in surfing, in the absence of being justifiable morally; The sense of smell-play and the harmony can, on this occasion of great surprise, being severely put at evil!

Anecdotes

  • Elected by People magazine like one of the 50 more beautiful society man in 1991.
  • Father of a named little girl Taylor.
  • had a connection with the actress Pamela Anderson.
  • Fate currently (in 2006) with the Brazilian mannequin Gisele Bündchen.
  • Its sponsors are Quiksilver, Al Merrick surfboards and Boost Mobile.
  • Impassioned by the safeguard of the coral reefs, in particular in California in partnership with Reef Check.
  • Friendly with the musician Ben Harper, they sang together at the time it concert To grip in Santa Barbara on August 15th, 2006.
  • Also friendly with Eddie Vedder, singer of the group Pearl Jam, they surfent from time to time together, and Kelly, who also plays of the guitar, played some times with the group (in particular on Rockin' in the Free World on July 7th, 2006 with San Diego).
  • It is an assiduous, enthusiastic and rather gifted golfor.

See too

External bonds

  • the card of Kelly Slater on the Internet Movie Dated base
  • a gallery of more than 250 images on '' pop-trash.com ''
  • a short biography going back to 2001 on '' www.surfline.com ''
  • Long interview from May 2002, " Brevard' S own Kelly Slater: Surfing Superman, regular guy" on '' www.floridatoday.com ''

  • the card of Kelly Slater on '' www.lequipe.fr ''

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