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Legendary Pro Surfer Kelly Slater Hints at Likely Retirement

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For 33 years, professional surfing has been carried by one man. Kelly Slater, an 11-time world champion and widely regarded as the greatest professional surfer of all time, said “This feels like the end,” after being knocked out of the Margaret River Pro competition in Australia last week.  The 52-year-old did not definitively say he was retiring, and it should […]

Avatar photo Brent Glogau | April 22, 2024
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VIDEO: Watch Surf Legends Kelly Slater and Jackson Dorian Share This Surf Ranch Barrel

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SwellBrains | June 26, 2020
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Largest Man-Made Wave Ever To Be Built in California Desert

Kelly Slater Wave Company is proposing a plan that will turn every surfer’s dream into a reality. In 2021, the world’s largest man-made wave will be built in the middle of the California desert. Based at Coral Mountain in La Quinta, the 400-acre development will feature the largest rideable open-barrel human-made wave in the world. Additionally, it will include a full-service […]

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Emily Crofton | March 6, 2020
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Kelly Slater Wave Pool In Florida Coming Soon | Big News For The Surf World

Kelly Slater released a statement on Instagram announcing approval of his new project, a wave pool for Florida much like his wave pool in California.  “Well…it’s official…we have a building permit in Palm Beach County for #SurfRanchFlorida. I’m beyond proud and stoked to see the first of our developments at @kswaveco going to my home state of #Florida. Thank you to Mayor Burdick and […]

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LadyBrains | October 27, 2017
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Support AmeriCares and Spend a Day at the WSL Surf Ranch with Kelly Slater and Ride His Man-Made Wave

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The perfect wave. Every surfer chases it. Kelly Slater, like a surfing mad scientist, MADE it. And now you’ll experience the much-hyped, man-made wave for yourself. Forget Hawaii. Forget Fiji. You and a friend are being flown out to the super-secretive WSL Surf Ranch in central California for the surfing getaway of a lifetime, located hours from the nearest beach! […]

Steven Agar | October 18, 2017
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VIDEO: 45-Year-Old Kelly Slater Talks Family, Alcoholism, Drugs, Hurt, Love, Life Direction, & Success

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SwellBrains | August 6, 2017
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Kelly Slater OUT 4-6 Months With Broken Foot | Will Miss Rest of Season

Kelly Slater just broke his foot free surfing on a lay day of the Jefferey’s Bay World Surf League tour stop.  This was 45-year-old Slater’s first ever real injury as far as we know. Initially, he was thinking it would be a 6-week recovery. “Kinda like smashing my foot with a big hammer as hard as I can. Sorta feels […]

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SwellBrains | July 23, 2017
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Kelly Slater Just FOLDED His Entire Foot Backwards & Broke 3 Bones In His Foot

Kelly Slater just broke the shit out of his foot while free surfing between competition days at Jeffery’s Bay, South Africa today. Kelly will most likely need surgery.  We’re nearly sure that Slater has never had a real injury like this in his life. This is terrible news as this is the 11-time world champion’s last year on tour at […]

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SwellBrains | July 17, 2017
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VIDEO: 44-Year-Old Kelly Slater Threw 2 Huge 360ºs @ Trestles, CA Yesterday in Competition

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SwellBrains | September 11, 2016
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VIDEOS: Kelly Slater Wins Tahiti Pro, Andy Irons Award, & Has PERFECT Heat!

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SwellBrains | August 24, 2016
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VIDEO: Kelly Slater Just Made the World’s Best Man-Made Wave

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Kelly Slater just made the world’s best man made wave.  It’s a 6-foot barrel with turn sections that goes for a long way.  It’s unreal.  It looks like head high Rincon, CA! This might really change surfing.  If someone can surf this wave everyday, all day long…  just image how good they could get and how fast. Kelly says the […]

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SwellBrains | December 18, 2015
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VIDEO: Kelly Slater Just Pulled-Off an Impossible Trick in CA

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While competing in the Lower Trestles Wolrd Surf League competitions in California yesterday, 43-year-old 11 time world champion Kelly Slater launched an air that he likely hoped would be a 360º. He got off-kilter, off-axis, off his rocker, and lost the board from his feet mid-flight. No worries, he landed right on the board in the whitewash, grabbed it, popped back up on it, and proceeded to finish destroying the wave he was riding. To us, this should have scored him an enormous score. But judges only gave him a 4.17 out of a possible 10. They docked him because he did essentially fall down and lose control for an instant.

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SwellBrains | September 13, 2015
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VIDEO: Kelly Slater Lands a 540º Today in Portugal!

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Whoa. Kelly Slater perfectly landed a 540 on a surfboard in Portugal today. The guy is 42 years old and still the best surfer in the world. Kelly is in Portugal waiting to compete in surfing’s World Championship Tour. He is currently ranked #2 in the world with a chance to win it all if things go his way in the final two contests. Just now, during a lay day at the 2014 Moche Rip Curl Pro Portugal, Kelly landed a 540. Or a 720. Or something. It serves as a blatant reminder that he is still the best man to ever set foot on a surfboard, and it couldn’t have come at a more perfect time — you know, with that whole world title race and all. Just click play and […]

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SwellBrains | October 17, 2014
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Best Conditions EVER Surfed in Competition: Tahiti on Monday…

The best surfers in the world showed up to surf the heaviest barrel in the world this week. The Tahiti Pro at Teahupoo did not disappoint. The swell came in HUGE for finals day on Monday and truly freaked everyone out. These were the biggest, more perfect waves ever surfed in ASP competition history. It was mesmerizing to watch… I sat in my kitchen in Argentina and screamed my head off for 3 hours on Monday night watching this comp live. […]

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Miles Clark | August 27, 2014
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VIDEO: Kelly Slater’s 9.4-Point BOMB in Tahiti Yesterday… & He Nearly Gets Clobbered by Stray Surfboard

This video shows 42-year-old Kelly Slater’s 9.4-point ride at Teahupo’o, Tahiti today. The guy is 42 and is the best surfer in the world right now. He’s won 11 world titles. No one else has won more than 3. He’s the younger surfer to ever win the world title. He’s the oldest surfer to win ever win a world title. He’s good at surfing. He’s won this even 5 times. Slater is currently ranked 6th in the world. If he wins in Tahiti, he’ll likely be back up to #1. […]

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SwellBrains | August 19, 2014
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Kelly Slater Ranked #1 in World Going Into Fiji Pro | Day 1 and 2 Highlight Videos

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Kelly Slater is currently 42 years of age. Kelly Slater is currently the world number 1 on the World Championship Tour. Kelly is currently crushing it in Fiji right now. This is a venue that he’s won at 4 times before including last year. […]

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SwellBrains | June 4, 2014
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Watch This Video: Pipeline, Hawaii Going Off From a Helicopter

The North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii is the Alaska of surfing. Finally, they have helicopter footage to give a close glimpse of just what is going on out there on that wave. From this close up angle, you can really see how gnarly things are out there at […]

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SwellBrains | January 7, 2014
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Kelly Slater’s Winning Wave @ 2013 Pipe Masters From a Heli

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The helicopter that filmed this was a little remote control heli and it nailed this shot. This video is only 19 seconds long, but should still blow your mind. It shows us an angle we never get to see. Kelly Slater won the Billabong Pipe Masters for the 7th time this year and this was a great wave that he scored in the finals. This drop in was crazy steep. Likely one of the steepest take-offs made in Pipeline competition. Kelly Slater wins 2013 Billabong Pipeline Masters and is now a 7-time Pipeline master. Aerial shot of his winning wave during the […]

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SwellBrains | December 19, 2013
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Was Kelly Slater Robbed of a World Championship Title Yesterday?

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One of the most dramatic Pipe Masters surfing competitions ever went down last week on Oahu’s North Shore. The Finals happened yesterday and the conditions were big and beautiful. Kelly Slater and Mick Fanning (Australia) were competing for the World Championship Title. Kelly had to win […]

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SwellBrains | December 15, 2013
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Billabong Pro Tahiti Finals Highlight Video & Photos | Kelly Slater in Now Ranked World #1

Watching the Billabong Pro Tahiti at Teahupo’o was spectacular last night.  The conditions were perfect, the waves were pumping, and the best surfers on the planet were getting barreled out of their minds. John John Florence, when interviewed, said he had completely lost sight of the competition in the line up and was just having fun.  He also said that […]

SwellBrains | August 20, 2013
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