Kelly Slater

Kelly Slater is without doubt one of the best surfers ever. He is known for winning the ASP (Assosiation of Surfing Professionals) 9 times! He has become an icon and is literaly worshiped by so many surfers all over the world. Kelly Slater, now at the age of 37, is sponsored by Quicksliver and it doesn't look like he's done with surfing and his career.

Kelly Slater even outshined legends like Mark Richards and Tom Curren. He has been winning competitions since 1900 and has won more than 50. Upcoming events for Slater in 2009 are the Billabong Pipeline Masters (Dec 8-20, 2009) and he's also going to try to conquer his 10th world title.

What I like so much about him isn't just that he is obviously a great surfer but I like his spirit and his will for success. Kelly Slater is now 37 and still the best. Besides surfing he also starred in many moveis, some of them dedicated to him, also formed a band with Rob Machado and Peter King called The Surfers. Their first album was released in 1998 and was called Songs From the Pipe. One thing that really impreses me is that the smile never leaves Kelly's face. He is always smiling and I think that his optimism and positive thinking is what keeps him going. If you want to be the best you should learn from Kelly Slater :)

For Beginners

Are you a beginner in surfing or snowboarding? That is no proble, all you need is a few simple tips and checking out a few websites and you'll feel completely prepared for your adventure.

Let's start with surfing. Surfing is a sport that offers wide range of possibilities and has many different styles of surfing-you could do kite surfing, wind surfing, paddle board... Here is a very good website with tips for beginners for noramal surfing - http://howtosurfguide.net/ . It is going to get you started and make you more confident about your basic knowledge about surfing. And you are really interested in this sport you just have to see the breaking of the world record for the biggest wave ever ridden http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U66qW7kBVnM . This is an amazing achievement for Billabong sposored Mike Parsons who really did the unbelievable.

On the other hand, if you are interested in becoming a snowboarder there are also some basic things about snowboarding that you should now. For example you need to be familiar with the equipment you'll be needing and I think that this site will be very helpful http://snowboarding.about.com/od/learningtosnowboard/a/Boardchecklist.htm .

Good luck with the surfing and snowboarding lessons :)

Surfer, dude

Surfer, dude was released in 2008. It has Matthew McConaughey starring in it and it's great movie. It is all about surfing and how the main character Steve (Matthew McConaughey) needs nothing more but to surf. He is one of the best surfers but he doesn't look for popularity, he doesn't need money. Steve's agents want him to be like a moving adverisement but he refuses because he doesn't want to be something other than himself.

The movie doesn't really have a very compicated plot or much action but it shows life from a different point of view. After all it's a comedy and its purpose is just to make you laugh, chill and relax. If you are looking for a movie with too much drama, too much action, this isn't the movie for you. But if you just want to relax and enjoy youself and explore another type of living Surfer, dude is definetely a great movie.

What I like most about the characters in this movie is that they are carefree. All they do is have fun, enjoy themselves and don't pay much attention to their problemms-they just deal with them and forget about it. Their dream is just to surf and this is what they do. People usually would say that this kind of lifestyle is irresponsible but i actually think that what they do is great because they live off by what they like the most. I think that its not only the money that matter, the important question that we all should ask ourselves is "Are we happy?".