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Kangaroo Rescued From Riptide @ Yahoo! Video
I have no idea how a kangaroo got in the water, but it’s Australia! It’s bound to happen! Turns out, it got caught in a rip current at one point and you can’t help but pity the poor creature for not knowing that you gotta swim parallel [...]
2009 ASP World Tour rankings - after event 2: Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach
It’s still early in the 2009 season, but things have gotten a little more interesting following the completion of the 2009 Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach. The bloodshed at Bells rivaled that of the Gold Coast, with many of the top 10 falling in their very first heats at Bells. The new contest format [...]
Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach wraps up – Joel Parkinson wins another
All Australia was a buzz on Friday when Cooly kid, Joel Parkinson posted a big win in the final of the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach. Joel took out frothing local wildcard, Adam Robertson in an exciting heat, held in perfect Bells conditions.
On his way to the podium, Parko fought off an enormously talented [...]
Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach – Round 2 upsets continue with more top seed falling
After taking a lay day to wait for better conditions (and to allow all of the surfers a chance to recover from the Round 2 carnage on Tuesday), the 2009 Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach went back into action on Thursday. Unfortunately for the remaining Round 2 seeds, only one out of the four [...]
Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach – Shocking upsets in Round 2 – WTF?
Bells Beach was pumping and thumping on Tuesday for the beginning of Round 2 at the 2009 Rip Curl Pro, ushering in amazing performances and shocking upsets.
Nine-time World Champ, Kelly Slater’s Round 2 loss to Aussie Wildcard, Owen Wright was by far and away the biggest upset of the day. The reigning champ went [...]
Rip Curl Women’s Pro - Silvana Lima takes her first World Tour win
The Rip Curl Women’s Pro wrapped up on Easter Sunday in perfect chest to head high waves at Bells Beach in Victoria, Australia. Silvana Lima (BRA) took out two time and current World Champ and two time event winner, Steph Gilmore (AUS), handily defeating the champ, leaving Steph needing a near perfect score of 9.51 [...]
Rip Curl Women’s Pro at Bells Beach – Women’s World Champs rule the opening day
The Women’s World Tour hit the water on Wednesday in Victoria, Australia at the 2009 Rip Curl Women’s Pro at Bells Beach. The ladies ran through all of Round 1 in their first day of competition, using a 6 heat, 3 contestant per heat format, where the top two in each heat advance, and [...]
2009 World Qualifying Series rankings following the 6 Star Prime Drug Aware Pro
The biggest event this season to date, the 6 Star Prime Drug Aware Pro, wrapped up on Sunday at Margaret River, West Australia. Along with the world class conditions that accompanied the event, was a solid reshuffling of the rankings following the event. Once again, we’re still in the early days of the [...]
Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach – Dane Reynolds sent packing, Jordy Smith dominates
The World Tour went back into action on Tuesday in Victoria, Australia at the world famous Bells Beach. Making history, the event kicked off the new ASP World Tour contest format, employing single elimination, man-on-man heats from the first round of competition. This format change made every heat in the first round count [...]
Drug Aware Pro - Melanie Redman-Carr takes win number four
Former women’s World Tour surfer, Melanie Redman-Carr (AUS) took down a talented field of surfers to her fourth win at the 5 Star 2009 Drug Aware Pro at Margaret River, West Australia on Saturday.
Melanie began her campaign in Round 2, where she topped World Tour surfer, Amee Donohoe (AUS) and ousted Angie Koops (AUS) [...]
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