Kelly Slater

Kelly Slater: Biography in Details

Who is Kelly Slater?

Kelly Slater is an American professional surfer, model, businessman, actor, author, and environmental activist.

Kelly Slater is best known for his overall achievements and contributions to the world of surfing.

Kelly Slater: Age, Parent, Siblings, Ethnicity

Kelly was born on February 11, 1972, in Cocoa Beach, Florida, U.S.

His father’s name is Stephen Hill Slater who is a bait store proprietor and his mother’s name is Judith Ann Moriarity. He has two brothers, Sean Slater and Stephen Slater.

His paternal grandparents are Burney Parker Slater and Millison Slayton Ranney and his maternal grandparents are William Bryant Moriarity and Helen Amin.

Kelly Slater holds an American nationality and is of mixed (Syrian-Lebanese, English, Irish, German, Scotts-Irish/Northern) ethnicity.

In which school did Kelly Slater attend?

Kelly Slater completed his education at Cocoa Beach Junior/Senior High School.

Kelly Slater: Career, Professional life

Kelly Slater has been awarded for his “outstanding and unprecedented achievements in the world of surfing and also for being an ambassador of the sport and excellent role model” by The United States House of Representatives on May 8, 2010.

TV and Film Career

Kelly Slater made his movie debut from Surfers: The Movie in 1990 and a year later in as Jeep Owner in the comedy-crime film One Night at McCool’s.

In 1991, he appeared in the movie Kelly Slater in Black and White. After that, he has appeared in numerous movies like Thicker than Water (2000), One Night at McCool’s (2001), September Sessions (2002), Step into Liquid (2003), Riding Giants (2004), Campaign 2 (2005), Letting Go (2006), Surf’s Up (2007), Bustin’ Down the Door (2008), A Fly in the Champagne (2009), View From A Blue Moon (2015), Momentum Generation (2018) and many more.

Talking about his TV career, his first TV show appearance as Jimmy Slade in the action-adventure series Baywatch in 1992. He also appeared in an American comedy television series titled Jersey, in 2001 and in the reality show, The Girls Next Door, “Surf’s Up” as a surfing teacher.

Music Career

Kelly also joined a band called The Surfers with Rob Machado and Peter King. Likely, he also plays guitar and ukulele and has performed with Jack Johnson and Angus Stone.

Kelly also has performed a song with Ben Harper during Harper’s concert in Santa Barbara. Moreover, he performed Rockin’ in the Free World with grunge band Pearl Jam on July 7, 2006, in San Diego.

In the year 1999, he also works with the Garbage singer, Shirley Manson in the band’s single “You Look So Fine”.

Surfing Career

Kelly started surfing from the young age of six. He also wins the title at the age of 20 and also became the oldest to win at the age of 39.

Kelly has a record of 7 Pipeline Masters wins. He has surfed in more than 15 countries. He is the winner of World Surf League Champion 11 times which even includes 5 consecutive titles from 1994 to 1998.

In the past, Slater exclusively rode Channel Islands Surfboards with his own signature series of FCS fin masons. From 1992 the golden era for Kelly in the surfing industry started after he finished the ‘Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Tour’ in the first place.

The surfer also won the ‘Rip Curl Pro Landes’ competition in France and also the ‘Marui Pipe Maters’ competition held in Hawaii. He has also received various awards in his surfing career.

Others

In 1991, Kelly Slater was one of the “50 Most Beautiful People in the World” as per People magazine. He published his biography with the name of ‘Pipe Dreams: a Surfer’s Journey’ in 2003. Then in 2007, he launched ‘Kelly Slater: For the Love’.

Slater is a businessman and manages his own clothing line, Outerknown which was first launched after he ended his contract with Quicksilver.

In 2016, he had officially released his own line of boards and in August 2017, there were 4 Slater Design models in the Firewire range, namely, the Gamma, Cymatic, Omni & Sci-fi.

As an Activist

Kelly is also a fundraiser and spokesperson for suicide prevention awareness. In 2016, he had officially released his own line of boards. There were 4 Slater Design models in the Firewire range, namely, the Gamma, Cymatic, Omni & Sci-fi in August 2017.

Slater also works in preserving oceans globally and protecting temperate reefs in California with Reef Check.

Kelly Slater: Salary, Net Worth

Being one of the successful personalities, his net worth is said to be $20 million as of 2022 and his salary is approximately $3 million.

The surfer owns a beautiful mansion of 8,009 sq. feet in Haleiwa, Hawaii. The house has a 101 ft private beach, pool, a wide lawn with around 7 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms, and two additional guest houses. This real estate price is not less than $8 million.

Kelly Slater: Rumor and Controversy

In 2007, Kelly Slater was rumored to be dating Cameron Diaz. Furthermore, there are no controversies regarding his personal or professional life.

How tall is Kelly Slater?

Kelly Slater stands tall with a height of 5 ft 9 in (174 cm) and weighs 73 kg (160 lb). He is usually bald and has green colored eyes.

Social Media

Kelly is active on social media platforms with around 2M followers on Instagram and more than 912K on his Twitter account and over 1M on Facebook.

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