Could Kelly Slater be the best athlete ever? No seriously?

Contributed by Chris Mauro

Saturday, September 18, 2010 8:31pm

This post was initially published in September of 2010, just after Kelly Slater won the Hurley Pro at Trestles and took over the ratings lead in what was then his quest for a 10th world title. Last week he repeated the feat, and with four events left to go this season, Mr. Slater is now closing in on an 11th world championship. So we figured we'd update the stats and revisit this question, being it's even more relevant one year later.

Nine-time [update: ten-time] world surfing..