Kelly Slater set to call time on surfing career and retire ‘pretty soon’ | Surfing

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.Griffin Colapinto and John John Florence have since claimed the two men’s spots on the US team, but Slater remains one to beat in the World Surf League, despite nursing an injured hip that needed major surgery last September.That was proved again on Tuesday morning when Slater won…