Say It Ain’t So! Kelly Slater Announces He Will Retire Next Year

My last wave in Portugal the other day. Sick little bank with just @patchy_o and myself. Hugely inspired by the young guys on tour these past few months and what @john_john_florence has accomplished this year. So next year I'm gonna get my shit (and my body) together for real and see if I can make a last run at a title. Then I'll go find the best waves on earth til my last day before being freeze dried and used as plant food to make a #Koa and #Monkeypod tree on my property or take the carbon from my ashes and make a diamond from it for my family. (Don't forget to drop some of me in the tube also!) 🌊💨🏄🏽💍🐒🌲

A photo posted by Kelly Slater (@kellyslater) on Oct 28, 2016 at 9:54am PDT

Kelly Slater has announced that he will be ending his 25 year career in 2017. Say it ain’t so. OMG, what now? God Bless and thanks for the all the memories.