Todo sobre el campeón del mundo Kelly Slater

 

All about world champion Kelly Slater

Kelly Slater is considered the best surfer in the world, winner of the world surfing championship 11 times, the biggest record so far. He was born in Florida in 1972 and was the youngest to win a world surfing championship at 20 years old and also the oldest at 39. This shows us that he has not stopped working during all this time and that he is in perfect physical condition. His colleagues say that he has been a born and tireless competitor since he was young.


Before winning his first world championship at the age of 20, he had already won 6 Eastern Surfing Association titles and 4 national titles. During his professional career has alternated periods of free surfing with those of competition. He is undoubtedly the hero of surfers because, in addition to making it clear with his titles, he has created new maneuvers and taught the world new waves.


Some of his favorite spots They are Soup Bowls in Barbados, Taghazout in Morocco, Minis in Ireland, Jeffreys Bay in South Africa, Kirra in Australia, Pipeline in Hawaii and Mondos in California.

Kelly Slater


It's not just surfing that has made Kelly Slater famous. media appearances They have also made him popular among non-surfing fans. Slater appeared in the series Baywatch and has also had romantic relationships with popular personalities such as Pamela Anderson, Gisele Büdchen and Cameron Diaz.


Below we list you all his professional achievements:

  • He is the surfer with the most victories in the history of the ASP World Tour Surfing Championships
  • He is the youngest surfer to win a world surfing championship at 20 years old.
  • He is the oldest surfer to win a world surfing championship at 39 years old.
  • The surfer who has achieved the prestigious pipeline masters the most times with 6 times
  • He is the surfer who has won in all the permanent locations where the World Championship Tour passes through.
  • The only surfer in the world to have won the Eddie Aikau in Waimea
  • He is the surfer who has achieved the highest number of consecutive world championships from 1994 to 1998 with 5 in total.
  • Declared the most dominant surfer of the 20th and 21st centuries
  • He is the first surfer to accumulate more than $3,000,000 in prize money


Also Kelly Slater has managed to change the ASP scoring and competition system giving more importance and value to aerial maneuvers.