World title race extended to Hawaii as Slater advances into round four at Santa Cruz

Contributed by Janos Palko

Sunday, November 4, 2012 7:05pm

A handful of shocking upsets marked the day Sunday at the Cold Water Classic in Santa Cruz, California, clarifying the overall world title picture just a bit.

The big news is that this year's title race will be decided in the final event of the season at Pipeline in Hawaii. By winning his round three heat over Dusty Payne, in which Payne very nearly stole the win with a lest second air-reverse, Kelly Slater assured that no matter how far Joel Parkinson goes in the contest, he will..