Kelly Slater Joins Hollywood Agency with Ben Affleck, Robert Downey Jr.

Welcoming the 11x world champion, and celebrating his accolades, the WME wrote:

“Over his 30+ year career, Kelly Slater has changed the landscape of surfing. He holds nearly every major record in the sport. With 11 World Surf League (WSL) titles and 56 WSL career victories, Kelly has the distinction of being both the youngest and oldest person to ever win a world title.

“He is a five-time Laureus World Sports Award winner for Action Sportsperson of the Year, a two-time X Games gold medalist, a five-time ESPY nominee for Best Male Action Sports Athlete, and a 19-time Surfer Poll Awards winner.

“Beyond surfing, Kelly has built a global platform around sustainability and wellness. In 2014, he founded @outerknown, a sustainable clothing brand committed to responsible production practices. He also acquired majority ownership of Firewire Surfboards—considered the most sustainable surfboard platform in the world—and later launched Slater Designs. In 2015, he introduced the Kelly Slater Wave Company, creators of the world’s most advanced wave technology.

“Kelly has appeared in Baywatch, Surf’s Up, The Ultimate Surfer, Momentum Generation, Ballers, Carpool Karaoke, Make or Break, and more. He presented at the 94th Academy Awards and was the focus of the 2024 portrait book A Life of Waves. He is also the author of two bestselling books and was featured in the Activision video game Kelly Slater Pro Surfer.”

So, question is – what will this new agency do for Slater? Amongst all the aforementioned awards, Slater is a new father (for the second time), he has numerous businesses, and his competitive career has somewhat fizzled. What’s his next act?

More acting, books, or videogames? A cameo in the next Marvel movie?

Stay tuned.