Kelly Slater Plans to Compete into His 60s: 'I Still Have a Chance'

It’s been almost four years since Robert Kelly Slater, the 11-time world champion and undisputed greatest of all time, won a Championship Tour surfing event.

That was the 2022 Billabong Pipeline Masters, and Slater won the competition just one week shy of his 50th birthday, beating in the final, Barron Mamiya, who was less than half his age (22) at the time. It was an emotional win for Slater; tears flowed on the podium.

In the years that followed, Slater’s competitive winning streak started to dwindle.