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A day after clinching his 11th world crown, Kelly Slater was left hailing Brazilian teenager Gabriel Medina as the fresh face of surfing’s future.

Seventeen-year-old prodigy Medina ousted 39-year-old Slater then Taylor Knox before downing Australia’s Joel Parkinson in the final to win the Rip Curl Pro Search at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach on Monday.

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