Kelly Slater wins freesurfing in Portugal

Uh, 540 airs one day, and stand-up barrels the next: Portugal sure was kind to Kelly Slater this year (outside of the ASP jersey). While Mick Fanning surfed into a world title race at Peniche and Kelly missed yet another opportunity to reel in Gabriel Medina’s lead, he commiserated the only way he knows how; surfing better waves, elsewhere. Along with Aritz Aranburu and Sebastien Zietz, the trio traded weighty drops and drew precise lines at The Cave, Portugal.