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From Beach Blanket Bingo to Baywatch, surfing has fascinated people for years, and Kelly Slater is the sport's newest star. He's one of the world's most popular surfers; his radical moves have revolutionized the sport. Born in Cocoa Beach, Florida, in 1972, he found surfing to be a great way to escape problems at home. When he was eleven, his parents divorced. Slater and his brother, Sean, were raised by their suddenly single mother, who struggled to support two young sons. After Slater's surfing career took off, he made the transition into acting and modeling. He spent a season starring on the popular television show Baywatch, where he won the hearts of women young and old-including Pamela Anderson, who he dated for about a year. He has also been featured in Versace ads. Slater has ridden the waves of the surfing world and experienced all of its ups and downs. He stayed focused on surfing during the difficult years of his life and has watched - and helped - the sport change through the years. In Pipe Dreams, he shares the stories that have influenced his life and have inspired him to overcome both personal and professional hurdles-and achieve his dreams
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Kelly Slater was born in Cocoa Beach, Florida and now lives in Los Angeles, California. He is best known for his radical surfing moves and for his role in Baywatch. Slater is sponsored by Quiksilver, one of the premier surf companies and clothing manufacturers in the world. In April 2000, together with Quicksilver, he opened the Kelly Slater Boardrider's Club, a clothing and surf shop in Los Angeles. He is also currently pursuing an acting caraer. When time permits, he plays with his band, The Surfers.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This should have been a fascinating read, after all, Kelly Slater has dominated the surfing scene like no one else before and is still considered by many as one of the most powerful surfers around today. However, what we actually get is none of the passion of Kelly's surfing and weak writing lets down what could have been a fascinating story. It all too often has the feel of a school project and even the climax of a world championship fought out in the finals of the Pipemasters contest in Hawaii fails to conjure up the tension it should.
All surfers should find this an interesting enough read, but Kelly should have employed the services of a biographer to tell his story. Not in the same league as Tony Hawk's autobiography.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Kelly Slater is my hero. Has been since I was 6 years old, and this book was just brilliant. All the storys of his childhood were deep, some hillarious, some moving. I found it truly fasinating to be seeing things from his point of view, everything from surf comps to touring the world, to staying down here in Cornwall freezing his whatsits off.
Brilliant read... I think i'll go read it again now!
Brilliant read... I think i'll go read it again now!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Gives an honest insight into the personal and competitive life of one of the world's greatest surfers. A very easy to read book which made a refreshing change from the highly descriptive dribble that I have been reading of late.
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disappointing
All in all a poor book, it never really grabbed my attention and could have been far better considering the story kelly has to tell. very disappointing
Published 7 months ago by Claire
Loved It!
I loved this book! It was so good reading about how Kelly started off surfing on a body board as a kid before getting a surfboard then slowly making himself known winning... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Ms. SD Hoskins
Pipe Dreams
I'm a great Kelly Slater fan but this book was just the icing on the cake. It was a wonderful read.
Published 21 months ago by Angie
Pipe Dream or nightmare??
Well I'm new to the world of surfing but everyone has heard of Kelly Slater havent they!?!
Good book, well written and interjected with pictures to break up the page... Read more
Good book, well written and interjected with pictures to break up the page... Read more
Published on 28 Sep 2009 by Mr. D. Bawler
badly written chronology of slaters competition wins
badly written chronology of slaters competition wins, written with the charisma of a stone,.. for a better read, try Nat Youngs' autobigraphy.
Published on 5 Sep 2008 by sigmund ringeck
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