Elite Athlete Kelly Slater by https://padlet.com/Bowman123/ih5cf2nlymae en-us 2019-02-05 23:35:07 UTC 2019-02-06 10:07:39 UTC hello@padlet.com Major Sponsor Bowman123 https://padlet.com/Bowman123/ih5cf2nlymae/wish/328063254 Kelly Slater was signed by Quicksilver at the age of 18, in 1990.]]> 2019-02-05 23:39:32 UTC https://padlet.com/Bowman123/ih5cf2nlymae/wish/328063254 Kelly Slater Basic Info Bowman123 https://padlet.com/Bowman123/ih5cf2nlymae/wish/328063624 DOB: 11 Feb 1972, Aged 46.
175 cm in height
Home town/Birth Place: Cocoa Beach, Florida.
Education: Cocoa Beach Junior/Senior High School.
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The son of a bait-store proprietor, Slater grew up near the water, and he began surfing at age five. By age 10 he was winning age-division events up and down the Atlantic coast, and in 1984 he won his first age-division United States championship title. Two years later he finished third in the junior division at the world amateur championships in England, and he won the Pacific Cup junior championship in Australia the following year.


After turning professional in 1990, Slater struggled during his first two years on the professional tour, finishing 90th and 43rd in the world rankings those years.
www.britannica.com
]]> 2019-02-05 23:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/Bowman123/ih5cf2nlymae/wish/328064828 Accomplishments Bowman123 https://padlet.com/Bowman123/ih5cf2nlymae/wish/328141061 11 World Titles, 55 career victories, as well as being the youngest and oldest World Champion in men's Surfing history.
http://www.worldsurfleague.com]]> 2019-02-06 08:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/Bowman123/ih5cf2nlymae/wish/328141061 Motivations Bowman123 https://padlet.com/Bowman123/ih5cf2nlymae/wish/328141593 "I look at it now, and my surfing that won my first title would probably only be good enough to get me 30th place in today's competition. It's not even comparable."

"My ambition as a young surfer was to try to own homes in different places. I bought my first apartment in Australia when I was 20, and now I’ve got places in Hawaii, California and Florida. But Fiji is where my heart is and where I spend six weeks a year."
www.surfertoday.com
stabmag.com]]> 2019-02-06 08:32:41 UTC https://padlet.com/Bowman123/ih5cf2nlymae/wish/328141593 Kelly Slater's Passion Bowman123 https://padlet.com/Bowman123/ih5cf2nlymae/wish/328148694 “It’s really like a Zen practice" Kelly states, this suggests that he is very relaxed while competing. 
The clip attached shows that Kelly is very 'in-tune' with the enviroment and is fighting to help save the ocean.
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Kelly has contributed to 7 Charities in total. These are: 
Kelly also runs the Kelly Slater Foundation, which Raises money to benefit social and environmentally conscious charities that are important to Kelly Slater.
www.looktothestars.org
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