Kelly Slater, Pipe Dreams

“I thought, Pfft, come on. People from Australia are world champions…But a world champion from Florida? Fuhgeddaboutit.” There is a surfer that once said this. Not one surfer from Hawaii, Australia, not even California, but from the small town (which is now a huge town thanks to him) of Coco Beach in Florida…Kelly Slater (and for the record, his real name is Robert Kelly Slater, but once he saw the movie Bad News Bears, where the coolest kid’s name was Kelly, he kept his original name) emerged and broke surfing history forever. Starting out as a young boy, Kelly would follow his brother Sean surfing and work his way up to become the best there is. The book takes place around the 70’s-80’s where you learn about the goods and bads of the Slater life.

Kelly Slater (or Robert Kelly Slater, whatever he would prefer in this manner) is a seven time world champion in the surfing world. He has won an incredible amount of contests including