Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach 2011 Day 2 commences...

“We have good-looking surf on offer this morning and have called the men’s on at 7:30am,” Rich Porta, ASP International Head Judge said. “We’ll have the women on standby, and we anticipate an excellent day of surfing. Good luck to all the competitors.”

Up first will be Adrian Buchan (AUS), 28, Alejo Muniz (BRA), 21, and Raoni Monteiro (BRA), 28, in Heat 1 of Round 1.

The Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by FORD will be webcast LIVE via www.live.ripcurl.com and broadcast live on Fuel TV in Australia and ESPN in Brazil.

The Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach presented Ford Fiesta is on standby today and will open up with Chelsea Hedges (AUS), 27, Sofia Mulanovich (PER), 27, and Rebecca Woods (BRA), 26, in Heat 1 of Round 1 when competition commences.

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Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach 2011 Lay Day called...

Day one approaches, but a lay day was called for the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford, second stop of the ASP 2011 World Title season offering one-to-two foot (0.5) metre surf.

“We went on hold until 10am this morning to see if the swell would fill in but as it hasn’t, we’ve called competition off for the day,” Rich Porta, ASP International Head Judge, said. “We’re looking at some fairly promising swell models that are projected to fill in over the coming days so we’ll be back tomorrow morning to see what Bells has to offer.”

Event organizers will reconvene at 7am tomorrow morning to assess conditions for a possible 7:30am start. When competition resumes, up first will be Adrian Buchan (AUS), 28, Alejo Muniz (BRA), 21, and Raoni Monteiro (BRA), 28, in Heat 1 of Round 1.

When the Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford Fiesta kicks off, up first will be Chelsea Hedges (AUS), 27, Sofia Mulanovich (PER), 27, and Rebecca Woods (BRA), 26, in Heat 1 of Round 1.

Coastalwatch, official surf forecasters for the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, are calling for a new 3-4 foot groundswell with clean mostly offshore to begin building on Wednesday. On Thursday, a stronger building trend with wave heights increasing throughout the day before peaking at 4-6 foot on Friday, gradually easing off into the weekend, but still 3-5 foot surf until mid-next week.

The Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by FORD will take place at Victoria’s pristine Bells Beach from April 19 – 30, 2011 and be webcast LIVE via www.live.ripcurl.com and broadcast live on Fuel TV in Australia and ESPN in Brazil.

RIPCURL PRO BELLS BEACHROUND 1 MATCH-UPS:

Heat 1: Adrian Buchan (AUS), Alejo Muniz (BRA), Raoni Monteiro (BRA)

Heat 2:Taj Burrow (AUS), Adam Melling (AUS), Josh Kerr (AUS)

Heat 3:Owen Wright (AUS), Heitor Alves (BRA), Bobby Martinez (USA)

Heat 4:Mick Fanning (AUS), Tiago Pires (PRT), Gabriel Medina (BRA)

Heat 5:Jordy Smith (ZAF), Dusty Payne (HAW), Stu Kennedy (AUS)

Heat 6:Kelly Slater (USA), Kai Otton (AUS), Adam Robertson (AUS)

Heat 7:Jeremy Flores (FRA), Taylor Knox (USA), Cory Lopez (USA)

Heat 8:Michel Bourez (PYF), Kieren Perrow (AUS), Gabe Kling (USA)

Heat 9:Damien Hobgood (USA), Matt Wilkinson (AUS), Daniel Ross (AUS)

Heat 10:Bede Durbidge (AUS), C.J. Hobgood (USA), Joel Parkinson (AUS)

Heat 11:Adriano de Souza (BRA), Chris Davidson (AUS), Julian Wilson (AUS)

Heat 12:Brett Simpson (USA), Jadson Andre (BRA), Patrick Gudauskas (USA)

RIP CURL WOMEN’S PRO BELLS BEACH ROUND 1 MATCH-UPS:

Heat 1:Chelsea Hedges (AUS), Sofia Mulanovich (PER), Rebecca Woods (AUS)

Heat 2:Silvana Lima (BRA), Laura Enever (AUS), Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS)

Heat 3:Carissa Moore (HAW), Jacqueline Silva (BRA), Bethany Hamilton (HAW)

Heat 4:Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), Courtney Conlogue (USA), Alana Blanchard (HAW)

Heat 5:Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), Paige Hareb (NZL), Melanie Bartels (HAW)

Heat 6:Coco Ho (HAW), Tyler Wright (AUS), Pauline Ado (FRA) 

Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach 2011 Official Trailer

Only two days....

The much anticipated launch of The West Coast Boardriders Event Number 1 is just two days away from commencement.
Founded  in March 2011 in Big Bay, West Coast Boardriders is a non profit organization with the intention to develop and grow surfing as a sport on the West Coast of Cape Town.
For more info visit...West Coast Boardriders

A dreamlike wave found in an Indonesian river is stunning surf world

A dreamlike wave found in an Indonesian river is stunning surf world

Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach prepares for 50-Year Celebration

Time is near and the stage is set, as Victoria prepares to shine for the 2011 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach. The event presented by Ford.

The second stop on the 2011 ASP World Title season, this April, will celebrate its 50-year anniversary.

The Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach 2011, running from April 19 through 30, will host the ASP Top 34 which is presented by Ford Ranger. As well as the ASP Top 17 in the Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford Fiesta.

“It’s going to be a very exciting Easter at Bells Beach this April, with some special events planned to celebrate the amazing half-century anniversary of the Rip Curl Pro and the Bells Beach Easter Rally,” Brooke Farris, Rip Curl International Event Manager, said. “This year’s event will really be a ‘gathering of the tribe’, with each of the world’s best ASP surfers keen to etch their name in the history books by winning the anniversary Bell and most of our former competitors and past champions in Torquay to re-live many of the amazing moments and stories they created over the past 50 years.”

The golden anniversary of professional surfing at Bells Beach will be marked this 2011 and the world’s best surfers will be there to honor this auspicious occasion, as well as battle it out for the World Title.

Kelly Slater , reigning 10-time ASP World Champion, has bagged four Bells titles (’94, ’06, ’08, ’10) and with a win at the opening event of the season on the Gold Coast, will have his sights on defending his title this at Victoria

“The Bells trophy is probably one of – if not the – most sought after trophies in professional surfing,” Slater said. “Anyone who has ever gotten a Bell has talked proudly of it. It’s like winning a World Title trophy.”

Mick Fanning (AUS), 29, former two-time ASP World Champion (’07, ’09), posted his first elite tour victory as a wildcard at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach in 2001.

“Fifty years at Bells is huge,” Fanning said. “It has so much history, from the first days with MP to MR to up until now. So many great surfers have won the Rip Curl Pro because it’s one of the hardest ones to win.”

The Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by FORD will take place at Victoria’s pristine Bells Beach from April 19 – 30, 2011 and be webcast LIVE via www.live.ripcurl.com and broadcast live on Fuel TV in Australia and ESPN in Brazil.

Surfboard repair/ding repair....

Regardless whether you a pro, intermediate or beginner surfer, you are going to ding your surfboard. For small minor dings, instead of dropping it off at your local surf shop for repairing, you could fix it yourself. After all, it could be costly and it could take days to be repaired. So I’ve posted a few tips on how to repair a surfboard and save money.

Step1
Clean the board. Make sure the fibreglass is wax free and perfectly clean. Make sure the ding is completely dry and clean as well (you could use a hair dryer to speed up the process). Take a knife or razor blade and trim the ding, cutting off broken edges of fibreglass and sand the immediate area with a rough sandpaper to ensure that the resin will bond. Tape the section off an area about 3cm around the ding to stop any resin from dripping onto other parts of the surfboard.

Step2
Cut a piece of fibreglass to cover the ding area, which will help secure the brittle resin and seal the repair from water entering the board.

Step3
Mix some resin and a few drops of catalyst. The more catalyst you add the faster it will harden. However, if you add to much catalyst into the mix it could heat up and become dangerous as it may catch on fire.

Step4
Then pour the resin into the ding, covering all the corners and make sure they are filled. Don’t fill it to overflowing. Then place the cloth over the ding. The cloth will absorb the resin and adhere to the ding.

Step 5
Wait for about 1-2 hours. The ding area should be completely covered and the resin totally hardened. Then sand the ding with dry sandpiper to get it flat, smooth and flush with the board.(be sure not to over-sand the board and re-open the ding). If you are a perfectionist, you can use an extra layer of gloss over the top to produce a nicer finish.