The American professional surfer Robert Kelly Slater is hoping to qualify for Paris Olympics next year. His hopes were boosted by a wildcard award from World Surf League. The millionaire and surfing legend Kelly couldn’t appear in Tokyo Olympics earlier as he had missed out by a whisker. However, he took part in other leagues. Just two days back, Kelly made the news for supporting the ban on the captivity of whales. Kelly Slater also raised his voice against the captivity of whales after the sad?story of the Kiska whale?s death.

Nowadays, Slater is involved in the Wave Company that hosts a stop in the World Surf League. Besides his official surfing events, Slater is quite active on social media reminiscing his old memories of surfing around the world. On International Surfing Day, Kelly Slater shares a memory with his fans of enjoying the old surfing days.

Kelly Slater enjoying International Surfing Day with fans

Slater recently shared a post on his Instagram story harking back on his past amusing memories about Surfing in Hawaii. Kelly Slater writes ?Happy Internationalsurfingday. Some fun from a few years back?. The video was reposted from a surfing fan page called the ?puredigitalmedia?, stating ?It was a pleasure to finally watch @kellyslater surf our #backyard. #DKs gonna get a kick after this one. #Mileskauhaahaa #Elnino #swell #hawaii #outerisland @outerknown?, to celebrate the World surfing day.

Kelly Slater also shares a picture of him from PTTOW, an invite-only community where influential directors and icons come together to build transformational partnerships. PTTOW also celebrates international surfing day by honoring surfing legends across the world, including Kelly Slater. ?Kelly Slater, an 11-time World Surfing Champion, and the 2017 PTTOW. Icon stands as a testament to the limitless possibilities of human achievement. From setting the record for being the youngest and oldest person to win the Men?s World Championship, he has pushed the boundaries of surfing, redefining what is possible in the sport,?-PTTOW glorifies Kelly?s peerless achievements. One of the supreme achievements of Kelly Slater was to be the youngest and the oldest to win WSL.

How Was Kelly Slater the oldest and the youngest surfer to win?

The 51-year-old, one of the best surfers in the world Kelly Slater began surfing at the age of five, and by the age of 10, he started winning age division titles. Slater is also widely known for his achievement of the World Surf League men?s title, he was both the youngest champion at the age of 20 and the oldest champion at the age of 39.

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