Bells: Day 2 and freesurfing - video
The best hits from the second day of competiton and all the freesurfing in between.
The best hits from the second day of competiton and all the freesurfing in between.
Strengthening onshore winds built an impressive short range swell across the Torquay coast on Thursday.
Strengthening onshore winds built an impressive short range swell across the Torquay coast on Thursday.
Action at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach continued today with remaining heats of Men's Round 1 followed by Women’s Round 1.
Good news for the Rip Curl Pro: the surf forecast has just got a whole lot better.
It's Clay Marzo's latest offering to the surf world and it's worth your three minutes of attention.
AC/DC's Hell's Bells rang out over a mild morning with clean 3 foot sets running down Rincon reef for the first day of the Rip Curl Pro.
AC/DC's Hell's Bells rang out over a mild morning with clean 3 foot sets running down Rincon reef for the first day of the Rip Curl Pro.
This day was unlike anything I’ve ever seen before: Fifteen foot plus of Southern Ocean juice, hours from civilisation somewhere along the bottom of Australia and about five knots of crisp offshore.
Wildcard Mason Ho secured a win over defending event winner Mick Fanning in their Round 1 match-up today. Ho landed a clean, frontside aerial rotation to take out the defending the three-time World Champion in a close heat.
If you're like me the first thought that ran through your head after looking at the first shot of Gabriel Medina is 'did he land it?'
If you're like me the first thought that ran through your head after looking at the first shot of Gabriel Medina is 'did he land it?'
It was a slow old day at Shippies yesterday but when the sets hit Shippies did what Shippies does - throw as wide as it is tall.
It was a slow old day at Shippies yesterday but when the sets hit Shippies did what Shippies does - throw as wide as it is tall.