Kelly Slater opens door to beachfront Laniakea compound on the market for $16.5 million

“It’s an absolutely epic experience being in this property’s embrace," says Tom Carroll.

Five months after slashing the sale price of his Lanikea joint by $3.5 mill, twenty down to sixteen five in a desperate big to get a little movement, Kelly Slater has opened the door to a house so magnificent Tom Carroll says,

“It’s an absolutely epic experience being in this property’s embrace.” 

Gorgeous Honolulu realtor Tiffany Mika Chen of Sothebys International Realty, LA-raised Tiffany’s also a yoga teacher and a member of the International Tandom Surfing Association, was recently gifted a walk-through of 61-785 Papaiola Road, Haleiwa.

 

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The eleven-time world champion and daddy of two, daughter Taylor and newborn Tao, bought the six-bedroom, 7.5-bathroom house for a little under eight mill in 2017.

Despite the sprawling beachfront compound’s myriad delights, it has failed to generate any serious interest hence the 17.5% discount.

An examination of its price history on Zillow reveals the estate has pinballed in price ever since one shrewd buyer picked it up for just over a mill in 1998.

That buyer paid $143 for every square foot; at sixteen-and-a-half-mill it’s over two gees a square foot.

If you didn’t know, Laniakea is a little way off the super highway traffic of Pipeline, Rockies and Sunset.

It’s back on the western side of Waimea Bay and is a raw righthand point break that will reward the intrepid surfer who ain’t afraid to brave the paddle that is also home to the less-than-friendly Hawaiian tiger shark.

If you like lefts, just around the headland is a joint called Jockos.

Also, friendly turtles patrol the shallows. Don’t ride ’em.