Where Does Kelly Slater Go When He Wants To Escape?

There are places in the world where time and space fall away. Where schedules blur, phones are tucked away, and the only real decision is whether to surf or tee off. For Kelly Slater, that place sits on a quiet stretch of New Zealand’s North Island coastline, an hour north of Auckland, where rolling dunes meet the Pacific and links golf run parallel to empty beaches. Te Arai Links isn’t loud about what it is. It doesn’t need to be. If you know, you know.

The insatiable wander, Slater was...