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King Kelly claims 11th world title

At 39 years old Slater, who originally hails from Cocoa Beach, Fla., has the distinction of being the youngest and oldest world champion in professional surfing. In a career that's spanned 20 years (1991 was his rookie season), he's won a record 48 tour events, over three million dollars in prize money, and now a seemingly impossible eleven world titles. His first title came in '92, and by '98 he had accrued a total of six. He then stepped away from competition for two years, returning to the tour in 2001 and winning his first "comeback" crown in 2005.

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