Kelly Slater Celebrates Rare First Win Outside the Surfing World

51-year-old Kelly Slater’s surfing prowess has taken the world by storm for the last two decades. The 11-time WSL champion has achieved several titles and prizes for his unparalleled surfing skills. Nevertheless, the surfer is still not done yet and is aiming for the Olympics. However, amidst his surfing career, Slater recently added another feather to his cap.

On June 20, Slater took to his Instagram story to share a screenshot of his experience at winning a web-based word game. He also gave away the words that he easily solved last night. 

Kelly Slater engages in an interesting word-game

In his latest Instagram story, Slater shared a screenshot of him playing Wordle. The surfer was able to solve the first word which was ‘CRIME’. He also revealed that he received the first position in the game in his caption. He wrote, “Got #Wordle in 1 the other night!” Furthermore, he shared the words that he got to solve during the game.

The surfer revealed in his story, “Typical starting words… CRIME/CHIME, SUITE, ABOUT, ADIEU, ABOVE.” The game Wordle is all about guessing a five-letter word within six tries. Although Slater did not reveal the attempts in which he guessed the words, it was pretty clear that he did not take many attempts. 

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Nevertheless, the way to play the game is quite interesting. The player has to guess the letters to form the right word. For every right letter, the box gets colored in green and for the wrong letter, it gets colored in yellow. Moreover, the game chooses words from the 13,000 five-letter words in the English language. 

Be it word games or surfing, Slater manages to excel at everything. However, despite being talented, he still maintains a grounded stance. 

Kelly Slater believes he is not perfect

Slater has been the king of waves ever since he started surfing. In his two-decade-long career, Slater has experienced several life-threatening waves. Although the surfer has emerged victorious in every situation, he still fears the unpredictability of the sport. 

During episode 12 of Slater’s Lost Tapes series, he confessed that he suffered from PTSD [Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder] and often worried about injuring himself while in action. He added,  “I am nowhere near 100%, I don’t know if I’ll ever be.” Slater indicated that the risk in his sport keeps him conscious of his life. Due to the risks involved, he does not consider himself a perfect surfer.

No matter what Slater thinks of himself, his talent at excelling in everything highly speaks of his prowess.  

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