Kelly Slater silenced critics at the Tahiti Pro with near-perfect scores after returning from hip surgery.

Candid photos by Todd Glaser during the GOAT's incredible run in Tahiti.

Kelly Slater may be retired from full-time surfing, but the GOAT shreds some big waves at the Tahiti Pro to beat Gabriel Medina - and his win sets up a showdown with an Aussie surfer.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A young Kelly Slater, age 19, with surfing's greatest career ahead of him. Photo by Paul Jones/Fairfax Media via Getty Images ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 11-time world champion surfer tells PEOPLE how spending "thousands of hours" in the sun inspired him to launch his own ...

The World Surf League Championship Tour is in full swing and heading into the second half of its season. With stops in Hawaii, Portugal, Australia, and more, the tour looks to return stateside with a ...

The surfing icon was chaired up the iconic Margaret River stairs in what might be the final act of his glittering career.

Geopolitical unrest and Strait of Hormuz disruptions force the World Surf League to remove wave pool event.

Kelly Slater is going to be a dad again! The surf legend, 54, and his longtime girlfriend, Kalani Miller, 38, are expecting their second baby together, the couple announced in a joint Instagram post ...

There are places in the world where time and space fall away. Where schedules blur, phones are tucked away, and the only real decision is whether to surf or tee off. For Kelly Slater, that place sits ...

Ben Gravy captures the Internet's imagination (again) after scoring a Pacific Northwest ferry wave that looks a heck of a lot ...

After more than two dominant decades, Kelly Slater won his most recent world championship at Ocean Beach in San Francisco in 2011, not long before turning 40. Peter 'Joli' Wilson This custom-made ...