Kelly Slater, “Waiting For the Sun,” Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii by Brian Bielmann

Shot in the sunlit beams of backlit light in Oahu, Hawaii, by surfing’s best photographer, Brian Bielmann, Kelly Slater does what he is known for; harnessing the extraordinary. Slater, one of the most celebrated surfers in the world, completes an incredible juxtaposition of the power of humans and water are perfectly matched. Orchestrating the relationship between brain, board, and wave, Slater’s ability to know the flawless swells is just one of many reasons he’s called the “greatest competitive surfer of all time,” breaking every record and bringing surfing to an entirely new audience. This emblematic image, which was on the cover of Freesurf magazine, is one of the photographer’s favori...View all