From: montage
September, 2010, -- Nearly 20-years to the day after his debut win as a pro at Trestles, 38-year old Kelly Slater celebrates by winning the Hurley Pro.
Yesterday, seventeen-year-old Australian Matt Banting won the Australian Open of Surfing for the second time.
With a flurry of fin-wafts and aerial variations, Banting was able to trump the entire field of both the pro junior and 6-star open men's divisions.
Florida's Evan Geiselman came within a hair of taking the men's title from Banting in a hotly contested final. In the end, Geiselman's 15.83 was bested by Banting's 16.83.
Banting's double-victory..