- You can find English Wikipedia's article on Kelly Slater here.
Kelly Slater is a real life professional surfer. The characterised version features as a novelty character on the game, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3. Instead of using a skateboard to skate, a surfboard is used instead.
The reason that Slater is used as a novelty character, is because Activision is also behind the game, Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer - and would most likely want to promote the upcoming game, which would be released in October 2002.
When collecting stat points in-game, the game states that players are collecting break points. The name break points is most likely a reference to the word, break, defined in a surfing context as is a permanent obstruction such as a coral reef, rock, shoal, or headland that causes a wave to break. Read more about Surf breaks on the English Wikipedia here.
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 novelty characters |
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Bam Margera • Darth Maul • Wolverine • Officer Dick • Private Carrera • Ollie the Magic Bum • Kelly Slater • Demoness • Neversoft Eyeball • Doom Guy • X-Ray |