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Kelly Slater, a two-time Sports Illustrated feature subject regarded by many as the most dominant athlete in any sport, celebrates his 41st birthday today. Here are 17 things you might not know about the 11-time world champion.

1. He is both the youngest and oldest world champion in ASP World Tour history.

Slater won his first world title in 1992 (at 20) and his most recent in 2011 (at 39).

2. He’s from Florida.

Unlike the many top surfers who hail from big-wave beaches of California, Hawaii or Australia, Slater came of age on the “tiny ripples” of the Sunshine State.

3. He once appeared on the cover on Interview magazine.

“Half Fish Total Dish” was the headline when Slater appeared on the May 1996 cover of Andy Warhol’s monthly.

4. He’s played guitar with Pearl Jam.

He performed “Rockin’ in The Free World” with the Seattle rockers on July 7, 2006 in San Diego.

5. He has a 2 handicap.

He’s expressed interest in joining the Champions Tour.

6. He was a straight A student.

That’s the legend anyway. This 1986 article says he was “almost a straight A student.”

7. He posed for a Versace underwear ad.

He’s also modeled for L’Oreal, Vita Coco and Apple.

8. He appeared in nine episodes of Baywatch.

He played Jimmy Slade, an aspiring surfer who didn’t get along with his strict military father and lived in a van down by the beach.

9. He was the subject of a Gary Smith feature in the May 4, 2009 issue of Sports Illustrated.

For the photo shoot, he wore a suit and rode waves on wooden door while recreating the 1993 Jack Johnson art-class film Mr. Slater Goes to Work.

10. He was named one of People magazine’s 100 Most Beautiful People In The World in 1991.

The honor was bestowed upon Slater while he was still a teenager.

11. He believes testing athletes for marijuana is “silly” because it’s not a performance enhancer.

A confessed teetotaller, Slater disagreed when a snowboarder was stripped of his medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics after testing positive for marijuana. “I was like, you think that helped him or hurt him? I would have thought it slowed him down,” he reasoned.

12. He’s good friends with 2008 SI swimsuit issue cover girl Marisa Miller.

Slater once interviewed Miller for Ocean Drive magazine.

13. Kelly Slater’s Pro Surfer was released for PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox and Game Boy Advance in 2004.

The reviews were generally favorable.

14. In 2010, he was recognized for his ”outstanding and unprecedented achievements” by the U.S. House of Representatives.

The resolution was co-sponsored by more than 60 congressmen.

15. He’s got nearly 300,000 followers on Instagram.

He was named one of Extra Mustard‘s 60 best athletes to follow on the photo sharing app.

16. He had an on-again-off-again relationship with Pamela Anderson.

Looking back, he says he learned a lot from his time with one-time Baywatch co-star.

17. Slater won five straight titles before retiring in 1999. After waiting for a new crop of talent to mature, he returned to competition in 2003 … and captured titles in 2005, ’06, ’08, ’10 and ’11.

Slater has won more tour events and more prize money than any other surfer in history, turning down a steady succession of young talent along the way.

The all new waterproof case for the Drift HD Ghost has been launched. Surf directors can now capture all the action underwater.

Surf movies are getting better, year after year. New waterproof technology is boosting the production of quality home-made surf films and documentaries.

The Drift HD Ghost waterproof case allows you to get the most out of your camera without compromising the sleek design. It includes a dual locking system to ensure the Drift HD Ghost is always securely sealed and kept dry, replaceable lens cover and anti fog inserts.


"The Drift HD Ghost is waterproof to a depth of 3m straight out of the box. The waterproof case, however, allows our customers to use the camera for scuba-diving down to depths of 60m and in high pressure environments such as big wave surfing", explains Robin Parker, Drift founder.


"The large replaceable flat lens also permits you to easily see the colored LED on the front of the camera, so you always know exactly what function mode you are on, irrespective of how far below the water surface you may be", Parker adds.

The future is always today. Surfing has been pushing the limits of technology and physical performance. Aerials have touched the skies and the street and mountain extreme sports have been inspiring surfers in their new skills.

Progressive surfing is everything that leads surfing forward. From time to time, we get new footage showing us impossible is nothing. Surfers were designed to defy gravity and the laws of physics.

Skurfing is a concept that has been rising in the wave riding world. There's no official meaning for the newest son of surfing. It's perfectly visible that skurfing is mix of surfing, skateboarding, skimboarding (or skimming), bodyboarding and even snowboarding.

Bradley Domke is known for mastering the art of skimboarding and for trying new tricks and moves with outstanding creativity. He has been named the most progressive skimboarder on the planet.

In "Brad Domke Umleashed" he guides us through what may be considered a few possible roads for the future of surfing. No leashes, no preconceptions. Watch the video,

The history of surfing is full of memories, surfers, moments, travels and unforgettable waves. Each decade, since the birth of surfing, offered us trends, developments and new frontiers.

It was always hard to express how we feel when we ride a wave. Fortunately, there are catchphrases that were born in the surf culture and will remain forever alive.

Call it mottos, sentences, quotes, phrases or guiding principles. Some words, when put together, stay in our salted brains forever. But, which one's your favourite surf catchprase.

Someone said that "only a surfer knows the feeling". With "no waves, no glory" and "drugs, no thanks I'm a surfer". All we know is "when in doubt, paddle out". For some, "life's a beach", for others, "life's a wave". Someone said "work is for people that don't surf". We might agree and "if it swells, ride it".

In crowded surfing days, "if in doubt, paddle out". That might be the only wave available. In big days, "Eddie would go" and he would certainly keep saying "just one more". "I surf because...", I believe "surfing is life, the rest is details". Surfing has several rules, too. When "surf's up", you'll simply "drop in, pull in, kick out".


Once you're "shooting the curl", don't forget: "a bad day surfing is better than a good day working". That means "the best surfer out in the water is the one having the most fun". In Apocalypse Now, Colonel Kilgore said "charlie, don't surf", but never mind. "Hang ten, dude" and scream out loud: "stoked!"

Volkswagen Microbus 2014 is ready to show its new model of microbus until the last 10 years ago VW shows off microbus segment. This car will be built in Europe and would become the competitor of Honda Adyddey, Nissan Quest, and also Toyota Sienna. The final motivation for this New VW Microbus is to maximize the investment in the group MQB “matrix” platform.

Volkswagen Microbus 2014 price will start from $30,000, but we expect it to be closer to $40,000.
Volkswagen Microbus 2014 Release Date is held in the fall of 2013 with sales beginning in 2014.

Interior, it is design in minimalist concept on 2014 Volkswagen Microbus. There are gauges and control group around the steering wheel and also pair of slim-section 3-passenger bench seats which can be folded to create a makeshift bed.



Volkswagen Microbus styled under VW Geoup design, Walter deSilva and also VW brand deputy, Klaus Bischoff. New VW design will show its characteristic, such as, a basic box with rounded lines, a bulldog nose with oversize VW logo, a gently curved windshield, a space-efficient wheels-at-the-corners stance, and 4 conventionally hinged side doors instead of rear sliders or the original T1 s dual French rear doors.

Volkswagen Microbus 2014 would be available with turbocharged, four-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines; a hybrid is a strong possibility. VW said that the 2014 Volkswagen Microbus will be 3,200 pound curb weight would be running from 0 to 62 mph in 11.5 seconds with the power of 199 pound feet of torque. Further, 170 h 2.5 liter in five-cylinder, 2000 hp 2.0 liter turbo-four and 140 hp 2.0 liter TDI turbodiesel-four will equipped by Front wheel Drive. The six-speed manual and six-speed automatic function are both available.

In a story similar to the plot of the film Castaway starring Tom Hanks, Jose Ivan was found on the atoll having floated 8,000 miles from Mexico

An emaciated man, who claimed to have spent 16 months adrift at sea, has been rescued after being washed up on a remote Pacific atoll.

The man, with a dishevelled appearance, was spotted by two locals on Thursday when his 24-foot fibreglass boat with propellerless engines washed up on to the reef at Ebon Atoll, after floating more than 12,500 kilometres (8,000 miles) from Mexico.

"His condition isn't good, but he's getting better," Ola Fjeldstad, a  Norwegian anthropology student doing research on Ebon, told AFP by telephone. "He has a long beard and hair."

Fjeldstad said that the castaway, who was clad only in a pair of ragged underpants, claims to have left Mexico for Salvador in September 2012 with a companion, who died at sea several months ago.

The man, who speaks only Spanish, was able to provide merely sketchy details of his survival, but said his name was Jose Ivan.


"The boat is really scratched up and looks like it has been in the water for a long time," said the researcher.

Jose Ivan was found washed up on Ebon Atoll (inset) which is part of the Marshall Islands

Ivan appears to have survived by eating turtles, birds and fish and by drinking turtle blood when there was no rain.

He caught the animals with his bare hands as there was no fishing gear on board the boat. There was a turtle on the boat when it landed at Ebon.

Perhaps surprisingly, Ivan's story is not an anomaly and there have been various tales of survival in the vast Pacific.

In 2006, three Mexicans made international headlines when they were discovered drifting in their boat in the middle of the ocean, nine months after setting out on a shark-fishing expedition.


And in 1992, two fishermen from Kiribati were at sea for 177 days before coming ashore in Samoa.

The man is thought to have floated 8,000 miles from Mexico to the other side of the Pacific 

Fictional tales of survival have also captured the public imagination in recent years. Yann Martel's best-selling 2001 novel, Life of Pi, tells the story of an Indian boy cast adrift in the Pacific after a shipwreck that claims the lives of his family and, in 2000, Tom Hanks played a man stranded on an uninhabited Pacific island in the film Castaway.

According to Fjeldstad, the Marshall islanders who discovered Ivan took him to the main island on the atoll to meet Mayor Ione de Brum, who put in a call to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Majuro.

Officials at the Foreign Ministry said on Friday they were waiting to get more details and for the man to be brought to Majuro, AFP reported.

The government has only one plane that can land at Ebon, but it is currently down for maintenance and is not expected to return to service until Tuesday at the earliest. Officials are considering sending a boat to pick up Ivan.

He's staying at the local council house and a family is feeding him," said Fjeldstad, who added that the man had a basic health check and was found to have low blood pressure.

However, he did not appear to have any life-threatening illness and was able to walk with the aid of men on the island.

"We've been giving him a lot of water, and he's gaining strength," said the Norwegian.