OAHU, Hawaii — On Day 3 of the Winter Olympics, America’s biggest victory might very well have come not on a frozen halfpipe in China, but in the warm waves of the Banzai Pipeline, thousands of miles away in Hawaii. The win belonged to Kelly Slater, the surfing great who turns 50 this week…

Days before turning 50, surfing icon Kelly Slater wins Billabong Pro Pipeline — FOX 5 San Diego