Small surf on offer today has prompted event organizers at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach to call a lay day for competition.
BELLS BEACH, Victoria/AUS (Wednesday, March 27, 2013) – The Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford has called a lay day for competition this morning with only small surf on offer at the primary venue of Bells Beach.
The second and third stops respectively on the 2013 men’s and women’s ASP World Championship Tours (WCT), the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach continues the hunt for the highly-coveted world surfing crowns and will commence competition in the coming days.
“Not much on offer out there this morning so we’ve called competition off for the day,” Rich Porta, ASP International Head Judge, said. “According to the charts, however, it looks like we’re in for some good-looking surf here in the coming days and we’ll be back tomorrow morning to reassess conditions.”
Coastalwatch, official forecasters for the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, are calling for: the first few days of the waiting period to be a little on the small side and a little inconsistent, but the Easter long weekend is shaping up as nothing short of excellent.
Event organizers will reconvene tomorrow morning at 7:30am to assess conditions for a possible 8am start.
The 2013 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach will be webcast LIVE via www.live.ripcurl.com and broadcast live on Fuel TV in Australia and Portugal, ESPN in Brazil and MCS Extreme in France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Switzerland and Africa. You can also watch the event live via the Rip Curl Pro iPhone app, available free in the iTunes App Store.
RIP CURL PRO BELLS BEACH ROUND 1 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: Gabriel Medina (BRA), Matt Wilkinson (AUS), Raoni Monteiro (BRA) Heat 2: Julian Wilson (AUS), Kai Otton (AUS), Patrick Gudauskas (USA) Heat 3: Taj Burrow (AUS), Kieren Perrow (AUS), Willian Cardoso (BRA) Heat 4: Mick Fanning (AUS), Sebastian Zietz (HAW), Oney Anwar (IDN) Heat 5: Joel Parkinson (AUS), Brett Simpson (USA), Jack Perry (AUS) Heat 6: Kelly Slater (USA), Adam Melling (AUS), Jacob Wilcox (AUS) Heat 7: Adriano de Souza (BRA), Alejo Muniz (BRA), Tiago Pires (PRT) Heat 8: Josh Kerr (AUS), Damien Hobgood (USA), Dusty Payne (HAW) Heat 9: Jeremy Flores (FRA), Travis Logie (ZAF), Nat Young (USA) Heat 10: Michel Bourez (PYF), Bede Durbidge (AUS), Filipe Toledo (BRA) Heat 11: Owen Wright (AUS), Adrian Buchan (AUS), Glenn Hall (IRL) Heat 12: Jordy Smith (ZAF), C.J. Hobgood (USA), Kolohe Andino (USA)
RIP CURL WOMEN’S PRO BELLS BEACH ROUND 1 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: Courtney Conlogue (USA), Laura Enever (AUS), Silvana Lima (BRA) Heat 2: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), Alana Blanchard (HAW), Sage Erickson (USA) Heat 3: Tyler Wright (AUS), Malia Manuel (HAW), Nikki Van Dijk (AUS) Heat 4: Carissa Moore (HAW), Paige Hareb (NZL), Sofia Mulanovich (PER) Heat 5: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), Bianca Buitendag (ZAF), Rebecca Woods (AUS) Heat 6: Coco Ho (HAW), Lakey Peterson (USA), Pauline Ado (FRA)
The Rip Curl Pro is presented by FORD with partners the Victorian Government, Momentum Energy, mophie, Tooheys Extra Dry, Jim Beam, Skullcandy, Red Bull, Telstra, Surf Coast Shire, Surfing Life Magazine, Fuel TV, Ozmosis, Nova, CO2 Australia, Coastalwatch Plus and co-managed by Surfing Victoria.
