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Kelly Slater – Greatest Athlete of All Time?

June 29th, 2012

Is Florida’s, Kelly Slater the greatest athlete of all time? With 49 elite ASP World Tour victories, 11 ASP World Titles, surely his competitive achievements go unrivaled in the surfing world and when you match Slater’s dominance up against the rest of sporting greats the results are the same. Slater’s winning story across the last 20 years shadows the competition and Quiksilver recently analyzed numerous sporting greats to put Slater up against them. What do you think? Do you think Kelly Slater’s the greatest sport’s person/athlete world has ever seen?

In the spirit of ISD (International Surfing Day), Quiksilver produced this Infographic comparing Slater to athletes from traditional sports who have made history and measured their achievements to our Champ’s. Have a look and decide for yourself if Slater truly is “The Greatest Athlete of All Time”.

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Quiksilver - Kelly Slater Infographic

Infographic created by Quiksilver

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