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Kelly Slater is a talented American surfer and guitarist. Kelly Slater is famous for winning the World Surf League championship a record 11 times.
Early life
Kelly Slater was born on February 11, 1972 and he is currently 51 years. Slater is a native of Cocoa Beach, Florida, and his star sign is Aquarius. Likewise, his full name is Robert Kelly Slater.
Talking about his family, his parents are Judy Moriarity and Stephen Slater. Similarly, she has two brothers, Sean and Stephen.
Slater is the son of a bait shop owner. As such, this personality grew up near water. Hence, Slater began surfing at the young age of 5. By the age of 10, this personality was winning age division events up and down the Atlantic coast.
Caption: Kelly Slater in an old photo with her brother and mother. Source: Instagram
Career and professional life
Professionally, Kelly Slater is a surfer best known for being crowned World Surf League champion a record 11 times. This personality is widely famous as the greatest professional surfer of all time. In addition to surfing, she is also an avid golfer and also practices the sport of Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
Talking about the beginning of his surfing career, he won his first US championship title in the age division in 1984. After 2 years, Slater finished third in the junior division at the World Amateur Championships in England. In the following years, he won the Pacific Cup junior championship in Australia.
Caption: Kelly Slater while surfing with friends in January 2022. Source: Instagram
More details
He turned professional in the year 1990. After this, this personality fought for his first two years on the professional tour and was ranked 43rd in the world rankings those years. In 1992, this personality achieved podiums (three firsts) in three of his first five events. She then won her first pro circuit event, the Rip Curl Pro, in France.
That same year, Slater’s victory at the prestigious Pipeline Masters in Hawaii secured his first world title. Then, at the age of 20, this personality became the youngest world surfing champion.
In the 1993 ranking, this personality finished in sixth place. He returned in 1994 to win the world tour during 1994-1998. After this, this personality took a break from competitive surfing in late 1998. He later returned to the World Pro Tour in 2002.
Caption: Kelly in an old photo with her daughter Taylor. Source: Instagram
Besides surfing
This personality also plays the guitar and ukulele. As such, Slater has performed with Jack Johnson and Angus Stone. Furthermore, this personality also joined Rob Machado and Peter King in a band called “The Surfers.” He also performed a song with Ben Harper during Ben’s concert in Santa Barbara on August 1, 2006. Additionally, he also performed Rockin’ in the free world on July 7, 2006 with the grunge band “Pearl Jam”.
In 1999, Slater also worked with Garbage singer Shirley Manson. The two appeared in the promotional video for the band’s single. You look great. Additionally, this personality had a recurring role as Jimmy Slade on Baywatch in the early 1990s. Additionally, he appeared in an episode of The girls next door.
Net worth 2024
Moving on, Kelly has a net worth of around 25 million US dollars. Her earnings are due to her various participations in the entertainment industry, surfing competitions, etc.
civil status
Kelly Slater is in a romantic relationship with Kalani Miller (@kalanimiller). Slater and Miller have been together for more than 15 years. Slater does not yet have children with Miller. However, she has a daughter named Taylor (@hifromtaylor) from her previous relationship. This personality welcomed her daughter in 1996.
Caption: Kelly posing for a photo with Kalani Miller. Source: Instagram
Kelly Slater – Body Measurements
Kelly Slater has an approximate height of 5 feet 9 inches or 175 cm and her weight is around 161 lbs or 73 kg. Likewise, Ella Slater has fascinating green eyes and brown hair.
Kelly Slater – Social Media
Talking about her social media presence, Kelly joined Twitter in April 2009 and till now has more than 899.8k followers on her @kellyslater account. Likewise, her Instagram username is @kellyslater. As of August 2022, this profile has over 3.1 million followers. Likewise, she has more than 1.9 million followers on her official Facebook profile.
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