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. [1]
Ellice-Flint grew up in Avalon, Australia. [2] He won the Australian under-18 longboard title at the Australian Longboard Titles in 2013. [3]
In 2023, Ellice-Flint won the second event of the Australian Longboard Qualifying Series. [2] He met his coach CJ Nelson after being knocked out of the competition. [1] The following year, he narrowly missed qualifying for the WLT. [4]
In 2025, Ellice-Flint received a wildcard onto the WLT. [4] 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. [5] [6] Ellice-Flint won first place in the Gold Coast and second place in Noosa, making him the number two seed. [1] 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. [1]