“Some people call me obsessive, or driven, or lucky or whatever, I’m all of those things, shouldn’t we all be?”
When we think of survival we think of the life and death situations, which Slater has faced his whole surfing career, but the flip side of that is surviving a sport geared towards youth in an ever-changing environment, and not only surviving a 35 year career but dominating a sport like no other athlete on earth.
On the 6th of February 2022, Slater paddled out into giant waves at Pipeline; it was his 32nd year on the World Tour and 32nd season surfing at Pipeline. Kelly Slater, a week away from turning 50, has been competing on the World Tour of Surfing since 1988. He won his first World Title in 1992 at this
