'Surfing is my religion'_Kelly Slater_World-champion American surfer
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Kelly Slater is a world champion American surfer who views surfing as a spiritual experience that provides solace and a sense of wonder at nature. He describes the barrel of a breaking wave as "the ultimate ride" and "the eye of the storm." For some surfers, riding waves allows them to connect with the living memory of where life began on Earth and water symbolizes life, energy, and God's presence. Surfing acts as a religion for these individuals through the sacred practice of riding barrels and the transformative experiences it provides in nature.
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![KELLY SLATER – World-champion American surfer
Surfng is more tan a career for Slatr -- it's a spiritual experience, providing solace and fling
him wit a sense of wonder at nature.
"Surfng is my religion, if I have one," he said. "Te barrel [te holow of a breaking wave] is
realy te ultmat ride for any surfer. It's te eye of te strm.
REFLECTION
Tere are surfers who believe tat te ocean was te place where life began on tis planet, and te
act of riding on a wave alows te surfer t connect wit tis living memory.
For some of tem, watr is one of te great images of life and energy. It's a symbol of God's
presence.
Surfng is a religious form in which a specifc practce consttuts its sacred centr, and te
corresponding experiences are constuctd in a way tat leads t a belief in nature as powerfl,
tansformatve, healing, and sacred.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/whatdoesitmean-170111203324/85/Surfing-is-my-religion-_Kelly-Slater_World-champion-American-surfer-1-320.jpg)
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