‘It feels like the end’: Kelly Slater bows out after missing World Surf Tour cut

• US surfer defeated by Griffin Colapinto at Margaret River Pro
• 52-year-old indicates he may apply for one-off wildcard for Fiji event

Kelly Slater's long and decorated career appears to finally be over after the 52-year-old - widely acknowledged as the greatest professional surfer of all time - missed the World Surf League's mid-season cut at Margaret River.

Defeat to fellow American Griffin Colapinto in the round of 32 in Western Australia could prove to be Slater's final act on the tour, bringing to an end a career spanning more than three decades at the very top.