Kelly Slater (born February 11, 1972) is a top professional surfer from Cocoa Beach, Florida. He was six-time world champion (92,94,95,96,97,98) and took many modern surfing moves to a new level. He also acted for one season on the American TV series Baywatch as the character Jimmy Slade. He was also involved in the X-Games in 2003 and 2004 and has been a big factor that has helped the East Coast beat the West Coast team two years in a row in the Surfing competition.

To this day, he can be seen in magazines such as Surfing Magazine, Transworld Surf, and Surfer magazine. He also appeared in a videogame by Treyarch and Activision named Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer .