Kelly Slater

Known For

Acting

Born

Feb 11, 1972

Place of Birth

Cocoa Beach, FL, USA

Credits

134 titles

Kelly Slater

Biography

Robert Kelly Slater (born February 11, 1972, Cocoa Beach, FL, USA) is an American professional surfer known for his competitive prowess and style. He has been crowned ASP World Champion a record 11 times, including 5 consecutive titles from 1994–98. He is the youngest (at age 20) and the oldest (at age 39) to win the title. Upon winning his 5th world title in 1997, Slater passed Australian surfing legend Mark Richards to become the most successful champion in the history of the sport. In 2007 he also became the all-time leader in career event wins by winning the Boost Mobile Pro event at Lower Trestles near San Clemente, California. The previous record was held by Slater's childhood hero, 3-time world champion Tom Curren. In addition to the ASP tour, Slater has also competed in the X-Games (in 2003 and 2004). On October 3, 2008, Slater won his ninth ASP world title at the Billabong Pro Mundaka by defeating local surfer Eneko Acero in the 3rd round. In May 2005, in the final heat of the Billabong Tahiti Pro contest at Teahupo'o, Slater became the first surfer ever to be awarded two perfect scores for a total 20 out of 20 points under the ASP two-wave scoring system. (The corresponding honor under the previous three-wave system belongs to fellow American Shane Beschen who achieved the feat in 1996.) Since 1990, Slater has been sponsored primarily by surfwear industry giant Quiksilver. He exclusively rides Channel Islands surfboards equipped with his own signature series of FCS fins. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kelly Slater, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

2026

Jack Johnson: SURFILMUSIC

Self

Movie
2025

Antarctica - Domain One

Narrator

Movie
2025

Jérémy Florès - Dos au mur

Movie
2024

Holy Surf! - Once Upon a Wave

Self

Movie
2023

Birth of The Endless Summer: Discovery of Cape St. Francis

Self

Movie
2023

The Greatest Surf Movie in the Universe

The GOAT

Movie
2022

Kelly Slater: The Lost Tapes

Kelly Slater

Tv
2022

Make or Break

Self

Tv
2022

Waterman

Self

Movie
2021

The Ultimate Surfer

Self - Special Correspondent

Tv
2020

Tokyo Rising

Self

Movie
2020

Greatness Code

Self

Tv
2020

Surfing Morning of the Sun

Self

Movie
2020

Becoming Bronson

Movie
2019

24/7: Kelly Slater

Self

Movie
2019

And Two If By Sea: The Hobgood Brothers

Himself

Movie
2018

Andy Irons: Kissed by God

Himself

Movie
2018

Momentum Generation

Himself

Movie
2017

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

Self

Tv
2017

Proximity

Himself

Movie
2016

Saca - O filme de Tiago Pires

Kelly Slater

Movie
2016

Shorebreak: The Clark Little Story

Himself

Movie
2016

The Ripple Effect

Self

Tv
2016

Surprise Excitement Party

Movie
2016

4 Waves 1 Hour

Movie
2015

Undeniable with Dan Patrick

Self

Tv
2015

View from a Blue Moon

Self

Movie
2015

Psychic Migrations

Movie
2015

The Search for Freedom

Self

Movie
2015

Ballers

Kelly Slater

Tv
2015

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Self

Tv
2013

On The Wave

himself

Movie
2013

Chasing Addictions

Self

Movie
2013

The White Album

Movie
2013

Surfing Your Dreams

Movie
2012

Minds in the Water

Self

Movie
2012

Here & Now

Movie
2012

Moments 2

Movie
2012

This Time Tomorrow

Himself

Movie
2012

Aqua Luna

Movie
2011

Fighting Fear

Himself

Movie
2011

Moments

Self

Movie
2010

80 Waves

Self

Movie
2010

Going Vertical: The Short Board Revolution

Self

Movie
2010

The Ultimate Wave Tahiti

Himself

Movie
2010

High 5

Movie
2010

Quiksilver Cypher Vision

Movie
2010

Under The Sun

Movie
2009

Highwater

Himself

Movie
2009

Absolute Mexico

Movie