You have now made it to the end of Week 1 and have the chance to choose your very own sportsperson or explorer who you think has changed the world. There are no right or wrong choices for this activity, so find someone who interests you and tell us about them on your blog. It could be someone from your family, church, community or someone famous who you admire.Kelly Slater is the person I choose
Provide us with:
The name of the person
Kelly Slater
A description of the work they do/have doneKelly captured his first World Title in 1992 at the age of 20, and his last in 2011, at 39. Kelly is likely to be even more remembered for the wave pool technology that he and his team of engineers at Kelly Slater Wave Co
An explanation of how they/their work has had an impact on the lives of others
He has changed peoples lives by making them more happier because many people started surfing because of Kelly Slater.
Kia ora Jordyn
ReplyDeleteBen here from the SLJ commenting team.
Cool choice for your sportsperson! Kelly Slater is so amazing isn’t he, having such a long career and still winning titles at 39. I hope I’m still that fit when I’m that age haha.
Do you surf yourself Jordyn?
Keep up the great work!
Mā te wā,
Benjamin
Kia ora Jordyn,
ReplyDeleteFiona here from the SLJ team. I hope you are having a great summer so far!
Have you seen all the fun recent SLJ activities? You can check them out here
I think my favourite activities from last week were the ‘Building a Dam’ and the ‘Secret Code’ tasks. Yesterday Nanogirl posted another awesome activity, all about building super columns!
Let me know which activities you enjoy! I'm so excited to see more of your awesome mahi.
Mā te wā,
Fiona