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The Rip Curl Pro, formerly the Bells Beach Surf Classic, is a WSL (formerly ASP) World Tour surfing competition held in and around Torquay, Victoria and sponsored by surf company Rip Curl. The event is based at Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia. The event winner is awarded the prestigious 'Bell' trophy. [1]
The beach is a world class surf beach and the site of the annual Rip Curl surfing contest. It was a filming location for Eat Pray Love, starring Julia Roberts. Suluban Beach is west of Padang-Padang Beach; access is through a cave, and the beach is usually quiet. It has a wide expanse of sand even at high tide.
Robert Kelly Slater (born February 11, 1972) is an American professional surfer, best known for being crowned World Surf League champion a record 11 times. [1] [7] Slater is widely regarded as the greatest professional surfer of all time, and holds 56 Championship Tour victories. [8] [9] He won the Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year ...
Rip Curl is an Australian designer, manufacturer, and retailer of surfing sportswear (also known as boardwear) and accompanying products, and a major athletic sponsor.Rip Curl has become one of the largest surfing companies in Australia, Europe, South America, North America and South Africa.
Rip Curl Search formerly known as Rip Curl Search or Rip Curl Pro Search, is a professional surfing competition of the WSL World Tour [1] which took place every year in October and November always in some places around the world, seeking to take the ASP World Tour to new locations and expand surfing. [2] The event was first founded in 2005 as ...
Doug Warbrick (born 30 December 1942) is an Australian businessman, founder of the Rip Curl brand and notable figure in the sport of surfing. [1] Warbrick is credited for bringing the longest running surf event in history, the Bells Beach Surf Classic, to the professional surfing circuit. [2] He is a founding member of the ASP World Tour, surf ...
The Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach 2019 was the second event of the Men's Championship Tour in the 2019 World Surf League. It took place from 17 to 27 April in Bells Beach, Victoria, and was contested by 36 surfers. [1]
SYDNEY -- Hot on the heels of a takeover offer for Billabong, Australian surf-wear maker Rip Curl has put itself up for sale. The company that was founded in 1969 close to Victoria's iconic Bells ...