Surfing by the sea

Kelly Slater

                        Ever tried surfing? Well this one guy didn’t just tried it but excel in it very well. This guy is none other than Robert Kelly Slater  born on February 11, 1972 in Cocoa Beach, FL, USA. He is an American professional surfer who is  known for his competitive expertise and style.

He has been a 10 times World Champion and having 46 victory tittles. 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.  He is known for being the youngest award holder at the age of 20 and that didn’t stop him from doing the sport he loves but continued  it even until he was awarded as the oldest one who won the title at the age of 38. 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.

Aside from surfing, Kelly could also be seen on various media forms, newspapers, magazines, TV Shows and movies are a part of his celebrity life. Slater played the recurring character Jimmy Slade on several episodes of the popular tv show known as Baywatch in the early 1990s. He has also appeared in an episode of the reality show The Girls Next Door, and has also starred in many surf films throughout his career. As many surfers do in their spare time, Kelly Slater picks up his guitar and plays some music. During the 90's he formed a band called The Surfers which released an album of surf music called Songs From the Pipe along with his friends in 1998. There was also a video game that came out in 2002 that was also named after him the “Kelly Slater’s Pro Surfer” it was the first video game that realisticaly captured the sport of surfing.  But prior to this, he has also appeared on “Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3” as a playable character with a surfboard. Apart from this achievements Slater also releases his autobiography, “Pipe Dreams: A Surfer's Journey”. And because of success in 2008 he then releases his second book with Phil Jarratt, entitled “Kelly Slater: For the Love”.

 On the other hand, due to Slater’s passion about preserving oceans globally and protecting temperate reefs in California he has done this through his relationship with Reefs Neck. (log on to: http://www.kellyslaterfoundation.org/)

It was just May 8, 2010 when the United States House of Representatives honored Slater in H. Res. 792 for his "outstanding and unprecedented achievements in the world of surfing and for being an ambassador of the sport and excellent role model."

On this year’s stat, he is currently first on the world ranking garnering of 10000 points and so, he is still continuing the sport he loved best, “surfing” may Kelly Slater be an inspiration to all of us that with enough hard work and determination everything would be the best.