Cocoa Beach native Kelly Slater is ready to compete in Heat 8 against Aussiesâ Wade Carmichael and Connor OâLeary at the Billabong Pipe Masters on Wednesday.
Slater, 48, has won 11 world surfing championships and is widely regarded as the greatest professional surfer of all time.
As a graduate of Cocoa Beach High School and Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Inductee, Slater is Brevard Countyâs most notorious athlete.