"There’s a lot of excitement but also some heartache in there, lessons to look at."
The greatest-ever Kelly Slater is gonna be a daddy for the third time, this time bringing a lil sister into this gorgeous world for his boy Tao Druku, almost one, and his much-older daughter, Taylor, who is twenty-nine.
Kelly Slater, who just turned fifty-four, and Chinese-American bikini mogul Kalani Miller, her brand Mikoh creates beautifully designed high-end swimsuits, did the ol gender reveal on Instagram.
The post was liked fifty-three thousand times, generated 1500 comments, was forwarded almost two thousand times and reposted 150 times.
“Baby girl arriving Spring 2026,” writes Kelly.




Twas a surprise ’cause they sure did keep Kalani’s pregnancy under wraps.
Kelly and Kalani have been together for eighteen years. The pair met at the Action Sport’s Retailer trade show in San Diego in 2006 when Kalani was working for Roxy.
You’ll remember, maybe, Kelly’s interview with Tom Carroll right before Tao was born, the impending birth bring out some wild introspection in the Champ.
It was Kelly Slater at his most vulnerable.
“My heart was made of stone,” he says.
It’s this comment that provoked the reaction from his daughter Taylor.
To Tom Carroll, he admits the impending birth of his second kid has kicked open a door that’s been shut for decades: “There’s a lot of deep stuff there for me that I’m trying to unwind myself with my own daughter who’s twenty-seven now and married. And when she was born I was just starting, the thick of my career and I had these lofty goals and dreams and ambitions. And, to be perfectly honest, that caused some suffering for her and for me as well. But for her, it was unbeknownst to me at the time because my sights were set on this thing.”
Poignantly, “It always comes home to roost at some point and there’s a lot of that for me right now with an impending birth. There’s a lot of excitement but also some heartache in there, lessons to look at.”
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He is just seeking enlightenment. Finding Buddha. Becoming Buddha??
Looks like he stabbed her in the dark.
He had a fire to beat his peers, that fire unfortunately is now applied to social media which unlocked his limitless intelligence on subjects all
Dude is an attention fiend of the highest order. If he needs another gram of attention he would turn orange and sport a blond comb over.
But he is the most attentive parent ever, seethe photos above?
Now who got cock blocked from Kalani?
not enough mate, you owe us the story
I’m curious unpack that chat about people being warned-off young Ms Miller to clear the path for Kelly.
Weird feudal shit.
Drop the kids off at the pool!
like either there go’s his surfing for the next few years or hoopla the nanny bill is about to explode,, betta call Becks for the do’s and don’ts of nanny etiquette
Come on
Congrats to them both. Hope all are healthy.
“I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.”
Oscar Wilde
Nothing Like a 53 year old with a newborn. Will be dead by the time the kid hits 21
Cunty slater
Kelly dead at 73?
Mate, he’ll still be collecting wildcards for Pipe in his 70’s.
Tshirt on the way
My buddy always says, “The best part of you ran down your mom’s leg?
Mate 100%! Hindsight also makes that decision a no brainer though. And same here, two little girls I wouldn’t change for anything in the world. Im just trying to give a 20 yo Kelly the benefit of the doubt, but yeah ol baldie is a cunt
nooooo? i think i am in better shape than slats for the first time in 53 years!
yewwwwww
He’s 56
For now a girl, they might trans it up in the future like Dognuts or Hippys kid. No sorry it was Channelbottom my bad.
As I’ve said here before….leave the humour to the professionals
Let’s get a board going with baby name ideas If she’s due in the spring,we have about 15 months for guesses.
Never a beer in his life
Seems like a order a a michelobe ultra and only drink 1/2 of it kind of a guy.
So much to unpack! Is Slats also pregnant? What fuck up guru name will this child have? Will he have stop grazing in the top paddock??
He needs to take up wave fighting and it will melt off in no time.