On Day 3 of the Winter Olympics, America’s biggest victory might very well have come not on a frozen halfpipe in China, but in the warm waves of the Banzai Pipeline, thousands of miles away in Hawaii.
Surfing great Kelly Slater won another contest just short of his 50th birthday. Slater defeated a rider less than half his age to win one of the sport’s iconic events, the Billabong Pro Pipeline near the renowned reef off of Oʻahu.
Kelly Slater, the surfing great who turns 50 this week, defeated a rider less than half his age to win one of the sport s iconic events, the Billabong Pro Pipeline near the renowned reef off of Oahu.