Kelly Slater Quotations

Most of what Hawaii has to offer is no secret. Pipeline is probably the most famous wave in the world.

I feel like an ambassador for surfing at this point. I'm happy to go and play that role and share that where I can in certain areas of the mainstream media that doesn't get the surfing attention.

Maintaining marriage seems to be tougher than fatherhood: apparently it's the most difficult thing in the world.

When I'm 50 I want to be a better surfer than I am now - for me it's a lifelong journey.

Big waves are a whole different ball game. You're riding a wave with an immense amount of speed and power, generally over 10 meters. On the face of the wave, obviously life and death thoughts start to happen.

It's a perfect wave when small and the most beautiful and scary wave on Earth when it's big, as the swell from deep water hits the shallow reef ledge. A ten-foot high wave and a 30-footer break in the same depth of water.

I surf more now for other people than myself. I feel a lot of support from people wanting me to do well, and I feed off that. I can send a positive message to people from what I do.

A wave isn't like a skate ramp or mountain; everything's moving around and you have to time how to move along with it. That's easier with a slow wave.

Maintaining marriage seems to be tougher than fatherhood: apparently its the most difficult thing in the world.

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