LOCAL SURFER NAT YOUNG RODE INTO THE QUARTERFINALS OF THE 2014 BILLABONG RIO PRO. THE COMPETITION WAS HELD IN BRAZIL, AND WHILE THERE YOUNG COMPETED AGAINST SURFING LEGEND KELLY SLATER, BEFORE EVENTUALLY UN-MATCHING SLATER’S SCORE OF 7’S. THIS WAS THE 4TH STOP OF THE SURFING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TOUR, WHICH HAD YOUNG RANKED NUMBER 9 IN THE WORLD OF SURFING.
