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Fans Applaud Surfer Kelly Slater After He Wins Tournament Days Before 50th Birthday: 'GOAT Of All Sports Legends'
Surfer Kelly Slater is being adulated as the "best ever" in the wake of winning the Billabong Pro Pipeline only days before his 50th birthday celebration.

On Saturday, Slater, who turns 50 on 11 February, denoted his eighth Pipe Masters win when he won the title in Hawaii against 24-year-old contender Seth Moniz, whose father recently went up against the riding legend. 안전놀이터

The accomplishment was particularly noteworthy considering it came almost 30 years after the surfer turned into the most youthful World Champion when he won his first World Title in 1992 at 20 years old, as per World Surf League (WSL).

While the success was Slater's eighth World Surf League Championship Tour on the Banzai Pipeline, it denoted the 56th generally visit win for the 11-time World Champion, the Associated Press reports.

Following the amazing presentation of physicality, fans and big names have cheered Slater for the accomplishment, with Matthew McConaughey sharing a photograph of himself and the surfer and expressing: "The GOAT @kellyslater still the best a couple of days before 50," while Chris Hemsworth composed on Instagram: "Congratulations @kellyslater, most noteworthy ever, what a motivation."

"This is one of the most crazy accomplishments in all of sports history. 49-year-old @kellyslater just won his eighth Pipeline crossing forty years. Absolutely INCREDIBLE!" someone else tweeted, while another person expressed: "At 50 years old Kelly Slater is rivaling folks a large portion of his age and winning. Such a fantastic competitor."

One fan shared photographs of Slater after the opposition, alongside various goat emoticons, and expressed: "Kelly Slater winning Pipeline 30 years after his first Pipeline win is one of the most noteworthy accomplishments in sports, not to mention surfing."

Following the success, Slater let WSL know that the accomplishment was the "best win of my life".

"I was out there simply telling myself, be at the time regardless of how much pressure there is, inhale," Slater said while pondering the opposition. "I said simply stay at the time, absorb it, regardless of whether he beats you, simply love everything. I submitted my life to this. To all of this. To the entirety of the grievousness and winning and this poop, you know, I've detested loads of it, however I enjoy this and this is the best success of my life."

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Slater called win the 'best success of my life' (AFP by means of Getty Images)

As well as turning into the most youthful at any point champion at 20, Slater likewise turned into the most seasoned World Champion when he brought home a title at 39 out of 2011, as per WSL.

Concerning what is next for the riding champion, Slater is allegedly considering retirement, with the AP revealing that the competitor has been talking with Tom Brady, who as of late reported his own retirement, about the chance.

"It would be intriguing if that occurred around the same time," told the AP of the chance of resigning that very week as the NFL star. "We'll perceive the way that goes. I'm thinking about whether I stop now or truly go all out this entire year, which would be, in my eyes, truly for the fans and bidding farewell to everyone after every one of the long periods of help they've given me."

Two World Surf League occasions are set to happen in Australia in April and May, as indicated by CNN, which noticed that it isn't evident whether Slater, who has not uncovered his inoculation status, will take an interest, as the nation expects competitors to be immunized.