235. Kelly Slater: 11x World Surfing Champion Shares His Diet Protocol, Training Routine, and Recovery Tips
The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
Gary Brecka
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🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 96 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | When I was first starting out, all I wanted to do was I want to be the number one surfer in the world. |
| 0:04.0 | I won my first world at 20. I went from 43rd in the world to first. Near the ocean, it's such a big part of your life. You know, surfing really provides feeling. I think most humans nowadays with the way life is, we've lost that feeling. In surfing, it's kind of more personal because you in the ocean, and there's not other people playing this game that you're in. whether it's just a speed of the wave. |
| 0:21.7 | It's a real connection to nature. |
| 0:23.5 | Whether you knew it or not you were spending so much time moving your body and grounded touching the surface of the earth is one of the health things you can do i was in a health food shop and there was a tape by dr joel wallach he said no one dies from old age there's no such thing you die of a something over a long period of time. I was like, this is fuel from my fire right here. I'm going to actually like start being healthy. And then I got into water fasting. I think water fasting is game changers. And there's always these life changing testimonials that we get out of it. When you first make a change you're in control of with your body, it's so exciting and inspiring. |
| 0:54.9 | What keeps you passionate and still having that drive to stay at the top of your game? |
| 0:59.3 | Because I'm sure the entire surf world wanted to knock you off. |
| 1:02.6 | You're going to hate this, Gary. |
| 1:03.8 | You're going to, like, hold this against me here. Ultimate Human Podcast. |
| 1:17.6 | Hey guys, welcome back to the Ultimate Human podcast. |
| 1:20.2 | I'm your host, human biologist, Gary Brecker, where we go down the road of everything, |
| 1:24.5 | anti-aging, biohacking, longevity, and everything in between. Today is definitely |
| 1:29.2 | one of those in-between podcasts. 11-time world champion surfer. Kelly Slater is here on the |
| 1:36.0 | ultimate human podcast today. I'm so excited to run this podcast. Most of my questions aren't |
| 1:40.2 | even about surfing, which is really odd for the greatest surfer of all time. |
| 1:49.8 | And we had an unbelievable hour-long conversation about shock attacks before the podcast. |
| 1:53.2 | So maybe we even get into that while the cameras are rolling. |
| 1:55.0 | But welcome to the Ultimate Human Podcast. |
| 1:56.1 | Hey, good to see you. |
| 1:57.0 | Great to have you, man. |
| 1:57.6 | Appreciate it, yeah. |
| 1:58.5 | Thanks for making the trip. You know, I'm always fascinated by not just athletic professionalism or sports domination, |
| 2:07.5 | but someone that can actually stay at the top of their game in a sport for a prolonged period of time. |
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