Surf legend Slater ends his surfer career in 2019

Surf legend Kelly Slater will complete his brilliant career after the 2019 World Tour.

The 11-time World Champion has announced at the World Surf League Championship in Jeffreys Bay, where he made his comeback this week. Last year 's event

"My basic plan is to get me really healthy and get ready for the month of April next, and next year will my last year on tour. " -Old said during the Corona Open J-Bay broadcast.

Slater made his public plans just a day after Australian surf star Joel Parkinson announced that he was going to withdraw from the competition.

Slater said, "His position was really honest, he was full of excitement for where he was going and what he was doing."

Slater said the seriousness of his work. foot injury was initially difficult to swallow, but was "quite minor in the

" I have gone through all my career never to miss a single event at once injury, I've never had a long period of time."

"Having an injury at that time rather than I was 22 years old is a blessing," he said.

– AAP