Slater Heading to Ninth World Title

Kelly Slater (USA) is only one event win away from a record ninth ASP World Title.
He beat Taj Burrow (AUS) 18.97 to 18.63, to claim his third Boost Mobile Pro title at Lower Trestles, California, despite Burrow having scored a 9.00 and 9.63 before the halfway mark in the final and thinking that he had the match sewn up. Slater however is a master at stealing a win right at the end and when Taj passed up on an unpromising wave with less than two minutes to go, Kelly did what he does best.

The next stop on the 2008 ASP World Tour begins on September 19, in Hossegor, France.