Kelly Slater can be called the Michael Jordan of surfing. With his hardboard, he proved what supremacy looked like. Slater is fit enough to win the Pipe Masters competition even at the age of 49. After 30 years of his first win, he recalls his golden days as a lead surfer. Recently, he shared his moments from the Pipe Masters competition in 1994, along with an anecdote about his broken prizes and how his mother fixed them.

Starting his career in 1992, Kelly won the first world championship title when he was 20. This was followed by numerous other titles and prizes. But was he a good keeper of his trophies? Evidently, he broke two of his best prizes! Here is what happened actually.

Kelly Slater and his numerous trophies

King Kelly has a wide range of success stories in his bag. While in 1993 he was the runner-up, Slater won the Pipemaster title consecutively for 5 years from 1994. Talking about the trophies of ’93 and ’94, Kelly posted on Instagram, “Little story about Pipemasters from 94. Chiemsee had their trophies specially made from clay and they could easily be chipped or broken. My 2nd place in ’93 and 1st place in ’94 both broke and my mom put em back together…”

Chiemsee was the host of the Leagues and they used to give trophies made of clay. So, the trophies Slater won, were fragile. When both the trophies broke, the surfing master took help from his mother. In an interview where the host asked him to talk about his prizes, he admitted that back in Florida, somehow the trophies broke into pieces and only one person could successfully put them back together intact – his mother.

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In his Instagram post, there is a video, where in 1994 he was raising the trophy along with his competitors. On the next slide, we can clearly see the “cracks and repairs”. The post visibly proves that the G.O.A.T. loves to reminisce about his good old days.

The mother-son duo

Slater’s mother Judy Slater is one of the strong pillars of his career. She has always been through thick and thin protecting and supporting him. The motivation behind his unending hunger for success is his mother who pushed and inspired him to go beyond the boundaries of success.

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The prizes he got are showcased in his house in Florida. He enjoyed the sport over all these years and will continue to do so for the rest of his life just like he loves to look to his achievements, which were broken yet fixed.