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The planet's greatest surfer deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Michael Schumacher, Lance Armstrong and Tiger Woods Kelly Slater on his way to another world title. Photograph: Reuters Kelly Slater, who last week won his ninth world surfing championship, is one of surfing's more articulate sons. Interviewed by Drew Kampion, himself an eminence grise of surf journalism, Slater once said: "My belief is that heaven and hell are metaphorical terms for what you make of your life. In any instant, you have the ability to make your life total pleasure or total hell." The Floridian surfer's latest triumph consolidates an already unparalleled career in professional surfing, one which demonstrates both preternatural athleticism and an extraordinary ability, over countless instants, to make the right decision, in the right... [read full story]
