Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer
Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer is a 2002 surfing video game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision under the Activision O2 label. The game was endorsed by veteran surfer Kelly Slater and released for Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2002, and for Windows in 2003. To coincide with the game, Slater appeared as an unlockable character in the 2001 skateboarding video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, complete with surfboard.
Also recorded as Kelly Slater Pro Surfer 2003
Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer
- Date
- 2002
- Language
- Russian
- Genre
- surfing video game
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Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer is a 2002 surfing video game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision under the Activision O2 label. The game was endorsed by veteran surfer Kelly Slater and released for Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2002, and for Windows in 2003. To coincide with the game, Slater appeared as an unlockable character in the 2001 skateboarding video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, complete with surfboard.
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• Title — Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer • Developer — Treyarch HotGen (GBA) • Publisher — Activision • Platforms — Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Windows, Mac OS X • Released — Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox Windows, Mac OS X October 15, 2003 • Genre — Sports • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer
Playable surfers
Playable surfers
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Included in base game
Included in base game
• Kelly Slater • Lisa Andersen • Tom Carroll • Tom Curren • Nathan Fletcher • Donavon Frankenreiter • Bruce Irons • Rob Machado • Kalani Robb
Unlockable via career mode and cheat code
Unlockable via career mode and cheat code
• Tony Hawk • Travis Pastrana • "Tiki God" • "Surfreak"
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Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer is recorded as published in 2002.
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Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer(TM) Official Strategy Guide (2002) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
2002
Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer(TM) Official Strategy Guide digitised by Open Library.
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Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer received "generally favorable reviews" on all platforms except the Game Boy Advance version, which received "average" reviews, according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. Famitsu gave it a score of two sevens, one six, and one seven for a total of 27 out of 40. It was nominated for GameSpots annual "Best Alternative Sports Game on Xbox" award, which went to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4. It was also nominated for "Outstanding Original Sports Game" by the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers, but lost to Jet Set Radio Future.
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- 1.Cohen, Peter. E3: Beenox talks Mac game ports, original development. Macworld. May 15, 2003.
- 2.I. G. N. Staff. Activision Unearths Tony Hawk 4 Demo. IGN. 2002-09-16.
- 3.Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer Here October 14. Nintendo Australia. October 9, 2002.
- 4.Bramwell, Tom. What's New?. Eurogamer. October 18, 2002.
- 5.Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer. Behind The Voice Actors.
- 6.Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer for PC Reviews. Metacritic.
- 7.Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer for Xbox Reviews. Metacritic.
- 8.Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer for GameCube Reviews. Metacritic.
- 9.Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer for PlayStation 2 Reviews. Metacritic.
- 10.Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer for Game Boy Advance Reviews. Metacritic.
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- 12.IGN staff. Gaming Life in Japan. IGN. May 26, 2004.
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- 14.Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer (PS2). Game Informer. 114. 84. October 2002.
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- 17.Davis, Ryan. Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer Review (GC). GameSpot. September 18, 2002.
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- 19.Davis, Ryan. Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer Review (PC). GameSpot. November 25, 2003.
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- 21.Villoria, Gerald. GameSpy: Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer (PS2). GameSpy. October 13, 2002.
- 22.Steinberg, Scott. GameSpy: Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer (GCN). GameSpy. October 13, 2002.
- 23.Hopper, Steven. Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer - PC - Review. GameZone. November 29, 2003.
- 24.Surette, Tim. Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer - GC - Review. GameZone. October 10, 2002.
- 25.Valentino, Nick. Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer - XB - Review. GameZone. October 9, 2002.
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- 27.Perry, Douglass C. Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer (PS2, Xbox). IGN. September 18, 2002.
- 28.Perry, Douglass C. Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer Review (PC). IGN. November 24, 2003.
- 29.Perry, Douglass C. Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer (GCN). IGN. September 20, 2002.
- 30.Harris, Craig. Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer (GBA). IGN. October 15, 2002.
- 31.Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer (GC). Nintendo Power. 162. 224. November 2002.
- 32.Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer (GBA). Nintendo Power. 160. 168. September 2002.
- 33.Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer. Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. 148. October 2002.
- 34.Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer. Official Xbox Magazine. 120. November 2002.
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- 36.Ruby, Aaron. Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer Review (GC, PS2, Xbox). Entertainment Weekly. 675–676. 158. May 2025.
- 37.Reyes, Kimberly. Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer Review (PS2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance). Entertainment Weekly. 686. L2T 43. December 13, 2002.
- 38.GameSpot Staff. GameSpot s Best and Worst of 2002. GameSpot. December 30, 2002.
- 39.2002 Awards NAVGTR. NAVGTR National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers.
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