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PHOTOS: Watch Your Favorite Surfers Carve Up Lower Trestles

Perennial Champ Kelly Slater took the prize at Lower Trestles Wednesday, but we were there shooting the quarter finals and semifinals. We came up with some great images.

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The final heat at the Hurley Pro Surf Competition was a nail-biter, but the matchups throughout the competition were sometimes equally intense.

Check out the slideshow for shots of some of the world's most famous and skilled surfers carving and catching air at one of the world's most famous surf breaks.

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