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“I was trying to get my third second (place) in a row,” he joked. “I wanted to keep the streak alive. Now, I guess, I'm keeping the dream alive for the Slater family.”

His triumph, worth $2,000 — which he donated to his brothers for the World Skin Cancer Foundation — took place behind the Hilton, just a stone's throw from Lori Wilson Park. That was the site of Slater's first contest as a little grom in Rich and Phil Salick's 1977 National Kidney Foundation event.

Slater edged out Melbourne Beach's Blake Jones and Kyle Garson in the closing seconds of the 30-minute heat.

Slater showing he still could rip 2 foot crap threw a front-side hack that had enough spray to sound a tsunami warning.

“I was trying to hold back,” Slater said, still kidding. “But it was cool to surf here and see my friends. It was all fun.”

Kyle Garson, of Melbourne Beach

Blake Jones, of Melbourne Beach

 Kelly Slater, of Cocoa Beach, competes in the final round of the Sean and Skippy Slater Invitational surf contest in Cocoa Beach.
 

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