On February 5, 2022, the world’s most recognizable wave––the Banzai Pipeline––was sucking in long, liquid breaths and exhaling 10-foot sapphire cylinders over the shallow reef, and the world’s most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kelly Slater has a vast business portfolio, mostly pertaining, no surprise, to surfing. From a surfboard brand (Slater Designs), ...

There’s a photo that appears early on in “Kelly Slater: A Life of Waves” that perfectly captures the enduring magic of the world’s most famous surfer. Shot at twilight, with a moody sky and the water ...

Local legend and 11-time surfing world champion Kelly Slater is returning to his hometown. Slater will be in Cocoa Beach signing copies of his new book, A Life of Waves. The event will take place at ...

Do you remember where you were, what you were doing, when you first glimpsed what would later be christened, the Surf Ranch? I do. I was sitting on an ex-girlfriend’s couch in Hollywood, sipping ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kelly Slater has a new team. Not a surf brand, nor a team from one of his many business side hustles. The greatest surfer of all ...

Alex Poirot, along with Chief Scientist Adam Fincham, were the engineers behind Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch; Poirot talks about ...

The world’s most recognizable surfer slipped through the beach crowd incognito, his hooded sweater draped over his clean-shaved head, hiding his tanned face. A few heads turned as he passed, their ...

Excerpt adapted from On a Rising Swell by Dan Reiter. Published by University Press of Florida in April 2025. Used by permission On February 5, 2022, the world’s most recognizable wave––the Banzai ...