Kelly Slater
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American surfer
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#3304
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#796
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#1323
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#207
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Why Is Kelly Slater Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Robert Kelly Slater is an American professional surfer, best known for being crowned World Surf League champion a record 11 times. Slater is widely regarded as the greatest professional surfer of all time, and holds 56 Championship Tour victories. Slater is also the oldest surfer still active on the World Surf League, winning his 8th Billabong Pipeline Masters title at age 49.