They met in 2006 in San Diego, and have never left each other since. Kelly Slater, 52, and Kalani Miller, 36, are preparing to welcome their first child and build their family. The star surfer will fulfill the role of father for the second time.
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11 times world surfing champion, Kelly Slater became known to the general public in 1993 in the cult series
Baywatch,
in a supporting role
.
Sometimes nicknamed Slater or Slats, the athlete has the biggest record in the history of professional surfing.
Pamela Anderson, Gisele Bündchen, Cameron Diaz, Nicole Eggert… He is also known to have been a real heartbreaker. Kelly Slater is already the father of a young daughter, Taylor, 27, born in 1996 from his relationship with Tamara Mitchell. But it was with Kalani Miller that he decided to start a family a second time.
Swimwear
It was in 2006 that the surfer heartthrob met Kalani Miller. The young 36-year-old designer owns her own swimwear brand Mikoh Swimwear, between California and Bali, with her sister Oleema. With a professional surfer brother, Jason Miller, the Californian shares the same passion as her beloved: the ocean. It is in this idyllic setting that they decided to announce the birth of their future baby, in a touching black and white short film, published on their respective social networks.
To the stirring sound of Ben Harper's (friend of Kelly Slater's
) old track, The Three of Us
, we see the couple strolling on the Hawaiian sand. While the young woman kisses the surfer's hands, he wraps his hands protectively around the belly of his pregnant companion. The future parents now live in Hawaii, a surfing paradise.