Kelly was born in a small Florida town called Cocoa Beach on February 11, 1972. This is where he grew up and learned how to surf together with his two brothers–older, Sean Slater and younger, Stephen Slater. Kelly has traveled the world but he still considers home where he learned how to surf at Sebastian Inlet. Slater is arguably the best competitive surfer ever. He has won an amazing nine world titles, five of which were consecutive, and is showing no signs of letting up. The Arbor Collective is proud to have Slater on the team and to offer his new pro model skateboard. He has earned the right to be named with some of the greatest athletes of all time such as Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Tony Hawk, Babe Ruth and so on.