He started competing in 1978, when he was six years old

He started competing in 1978, when he was six years old, in the Salick Brothers Surf Contest, which he won. Slater is a one-time surfing world champion, and competed in the 2003 and 2004 X-Games. Kelly Slater started a new era of high-performance surfing in the 1990s. five titles in a row, surfing at a level far above that of his opponents. After surpassing Mark Richards' previous record of four consecutive titles, Kelly Slater retired in 1999, but the period away from competition was short-lived.
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