Notable:
Six time WCT World Champion, Kelly Slater has been the face of professional surfing for over a decade. He is known for his role as Slade in the television series Baywatch and his mainstream modeling work. To the surfing world, he is simply the greatest surfer the world has seen since Duke Kahanamoku. Despite his massive success on the WCT, Slater continues to be one of the great soul surfers of our time.

Quote:
"During that all East Coast final heat at J-Bay (July 2003), Kelly was smack talking these West Coast surfers, saying, 'Yeah, we're just getting warmed up for X Games'." - -C.J. Hobgood on the rivalry between East Coast and West Coast.