{{Short description|Australian surfer}}

'''Kai Ellice-Flint''' (born 1996) is a professional longboard surfer and surfboard shaper. In 2025 he was crowned the World Surf League longboarding world champion, riding a board he shaped himself.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2025-11-07 |title=Aussie star wins surfing world title on board he shaped himself |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-07/surfing-kai-ellice-flint-wins-mens-longboard-title-el-salvador/105985338 |access-date=2025-12-03 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref>

== Early years == Ellice-Flint grew up in Avalon, Australia.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Small |first=Lucy |date=2025-12-01 |title=Dream Realized: Kai Ellice-Flint Talks Winning His First World Longboard Title |url=https://www.surfer.com/news/dream-realized-kai-ellice-flint-interview-first-world-longboard-title |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=Surfer.com}}</ref> He won the Australian under-18 longboard title at the Australian Longboard Titles in 2013.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Peninsula News online |url=https://peninsula.news/reader.aspx?Item=2013/0902/KaiP |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=peninsula.news}}</ref>

== Professional surfing career ==

=== World Longboard Tour === In 2023, Ellice-Flint won the second event of the Australian Longboard Qualifying Series.<ref name=":1" /> He met his coach CJ Nelson after being knocked out of the competition.<ref name=":0" /> The following year, he narrowly missed qualifying for the WLT.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Craig |first=Mitchell |date=2025-11-15 |title=Byron Bay's Kai Ellice-Flint stuns the surfing world after winning maiden title |url=https://timesnewsgroup.com.au/byroncoasttimes/sport/byron-bays-kai-ellice-flint-stuns-the-surfing-world-after-winning-maiden-title-on-professional-tour/ |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=Byron Coast Times |language=en-AU}}</ref>

In 2025, Ellice-Flint received a wildcard onto the WLT.<ref name=":3" /> He claimed his first major tour victory in August 2025 at the Lexus US Open of Surfing at Huntington Beach, defeating four-time world champion Taylor Jensen in the men's longboard final.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Craig |first=Mitchell |date=2025-07-30 |title=Byron Bay surfer claims first career win |url=https://timesnewsgroup.com.au/byroncoasttimes/news/byron-bay-surfer-claims-first-career-win/ |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=Byron Coast Times |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Byron Bay's Kai Ellice-Flint secures Lexus US Open of Surfing win |url=https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2025/07/30/byron-bays-kai-ellice-flint-secures-lexus-us-open-of-surfing-win/ |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=NBN News |language=en-AU}}</ref> Ellice-Flint won first place in the Gold Coast and second place in Noosa, making him the number two seed.<ref name=":0" /> At the 2025 finals in El Salvador, Ellice-Flint defeated the top seed Edouard Delpero in the decider. His victory made him the eighth Australian to win a world longboard title.<ref name=":0" />

== Titles ==

* 2025 World Longboard Champion<ref name=":0" /> * 2025 Mens US Open of Surfing Longboarding Champion<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /> * 2025 Noosa Festival of Surfing "Logger" Champion<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rivalland |first=Nathan |date=2025-03-29 |title=Ellice-Flint surfs to success at Noosa |url=https://timesnewsgroup.com.au/ballinatimes/sport/ellice-flint-surfs-to-success-at-noosa/ |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=Ballina Times |language=en-AU}}</ref> * 2025 New Zealand Singlefin Mingle Champion<ref>{{Cite web |title=World-Class Longboarding at the Single Fin Mingle |url=https://www.surfer.com/news/world-class-longboarding-single-fin-mingle |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250515104912/https://www.surfer.com/news/world-class-longboarding-single-fin-mingle |archive-date=2025-05-15 |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=www.surfer.com |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2025 Burleigh Heads Longboard Classic Champion<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-04 |title=The 2025 Gold Coast Open |url=https://www.wearefeelgoodinc.com.au/blogs/adventure/the-gold-coast-open |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=We Are Feel Good Inc. |language=en}}</ref> * 2013 Australian under 18s Longboarding Champion<ref name=":2" />

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