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Surfing great Kelly Slater has confirmed he is on the verge of retiring from competition, saying he will end his peerless career “pretty soon”.
The 11-time world champion, 52, told the Guardian last year he would call time on his career after the 2024 Olympics, if he qualified to represent the USA in Tahiti.
