Kelly Slater

Kelly Slater, American surfer

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Born: February 11, 1972
Age in 2026: 54
Zodiac sign: Aquarius
Birth year: 1972

About Kelly Slater

Robert Kelly Slater is an American professional surfer who has been crowned World Surf League champion a record 11 times. He is widely regarded as the greatest professional surfer of all time, and holds 56 Championship Tour victories. Slater won the Laureus World Sports Awards category of Action Sportsperson of the Year four times. and Lifetime Achievement Award (2025). He is also the oldest surfer still active in the World Surf League, winning his 8th Billabong Pipeline Masters title at age 49. Slater won the Laureus World Sports Awards category of Action Sportsperson of the Year four times (2007, 2009, 2011, 2012). and Lifetime Achievement Award (2025). By age ten, he was winning age-division events up and down the Atlantic coast, and in 1984 he won his first age-division United States championship title.

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Kelly Slater timeline

1984By age ten, he was winning age-division events up and down the Atlantic coast, and in 1984 he won his first age-division United States championship title.
2007Slater won the Laureus World Sports Awards category of Action Sportsperson of the Year four times (2007, 2009, 2011, 2012). and Lifetime Achievement Award (2025).
2025Slater won the Laureus World Sports Awards category of Action Sportsperson of the Year four times. and Lifetime Achievement Award (2025).

The world when Kelly Slater was born

Kelly Slater was born in 1972. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1972

#1 song"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Roberta Flack
Top movieThe Godfather
Top TV showAll in the Family
Best-selling bookJonathan Livingston Seagull – Richard Bach

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentMark Spitz wins 7 gold medals at Munich Olympics
Top headlineWatergate break-in begins Nixon's downfall
Technology milestoneAtari founded
Defining fadPong (first mainstream video game)
Notable inventionPong video game
World population3.85 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderRichard Nixon
Sports championOakland Athletics (World Series)
Also wonLos Angeles Lakers (NBA)
U.S. population209.9M

1972 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Kelly Slater's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1972	2026
Gas	$0.36	$3.45/gal
Average home	$19,800	$435,000
Average income	$12,600	$67,500
Minimum wage	$1.60	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$1.70	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.08	$0.73
Population	209.9M	341 million

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