What is your all-time favorite surf film and why? In 2016, Honolua Bay lit up with a large northwest swell. If you’re looking for a performance shortboard you can’t go past Slater Designs. Kelly Slater needs no introduction to surfers, he is undoubtedly the best surfer ever to have pulled into a barrel and has been an innovative influence in every area of surfing and now with Slater Designs surfboards. He has won events all over the world including Hawaii, Australia, France, Japan and South Africa. Now Slater’s image is invaluable and he is involved in a lot of business projects as OuterKnown, his sustainable clothing line or the Kelly Slater Wave Company, also known as Surf’s Ranch, a surf-pool in Lemoore, California, where ride perfect waves created by men. The 11x world champ is sharing his secrets, creating boards to level up to his talents and showing us there’s still a whole world out there for shaping. His dad owned a bait and tackle store near the ocean, so Kelly would be at the beach searching for big waves almost every day after school – and sometimes even before school. It was the first signature section film ever made and the soundtrack (chosen mostly by Janice Raymond who became like a mother/big sister to me many years later) was the best in any movie ever. Kelly Slater was there to surf it, and he scored. Channel Islands’ Travis Lee breaks down the board behind Slater’s groundbreaking aerial. Kelly Slater Wave Co. 145,954 likes. Kelly had been riding blank models since Snapper, post-split with Channel Islands, but Pipe was the event where he rode a craft with the SD logo you can see to the right there. WATCH; Shipped with Flat Rate Freight. (From @stokesmagokes) “The Performers”, I think it was. Kelly Slater In his 25 year pro surfing career, Kelly has a record eleven world titles and 54 WCT (World Championship Tour) victories. Kelly Slater was there to surf it, and he scored. Toggle navigation. At the 2015 Pipe Masters, the world got its first collective look at Kelly Slater’s new surfboard label, Slater Designs. Kelly Slater first jumped on a surfboard when he was a kid near his home in Cocoa Beach, Florida. 291.4k Followers, 145 Following, 113 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Kelly Slater Wave Co. (@kswaveco) Slater, in his natural element. The Kelly Slater Wave Company combines cutting edge science, engineering and design to create the longest, rideable open-barrel man made wave in the world. Kelly Slater 05’ C.I.Surfboards Vintage Ad 13 1/2”X18 3/4” Custom Framed. Eleven-time world champion Kelly Slater copped a “beating” at Sydney’s Avalon Beach on Friday, breaking two surfboards as adoring fans watched on from the shore. There’s not much left to say about Kelly Slater that the world doesn’t already know. Condition is "Used". Words by Jake Howard.