Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
Remember last year when we were talking about the new ASP format that will bring the top 45 surfers in the world and make the competition look like a ROYAL RUMBLE? Well that time is near. Very near. The 2009 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by Snickers will go ...
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
As most of you know, when the Rip Curl Pro Search went down in Indonesia last week, it was initially threatened by an abandoned ship that washed up on the break before moving to some rocks near the beach.
Now, as befits such an artifact, it has been torched by an ...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Bruce Irons dominated the day at the Rip Curl Pro Search in Indonesia, knocking out current ASP World Champ Mick Fanning, Ben Dunn, Chris Ward then Freddy Patacchia in the finals
Irons scored a near-perfect 9.92 in the Semis, along with a 9.77 in the Quarter Finals to help seal the ...
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
Kelly Slater won't win his fifth event of the season in Indonesia after being ousted in the third round of the Rip Curl Pro Search by Tiago Pires. Slater held the lead for much of the heat until Pires scored a 9.17 followed soon by an 8.40, to defeat Slater ...
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
There were only six heats of action left at the Rip Curl Pro Search contest in Indonesia and all went down today in about four-foot waves meaning the scores weren't too high for the most part but good enough.
There weren't many upsets but Dane Reynolds' ouster at the hands of ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Bede Durbidge
Only 10 heats of the Rip Curl Pro Search's Round Two were held today in Indonesia but it was enough to see many of the bigger names advance. Taj Burrow was the first to take care of business, dismissing local wildcard Komang "Gogo" Suijay, 13.34 to 5.53. Bede ...
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
The Rip Curl Pro Search kicked off today in Indonesia and it didn't take long for the usual suspects to dominate the first round. Kelly Slater scored two huge waves in his heat, including a perfect 10, while Bruce and Andy Irons were close behind with top waves of a ...
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008
It's been a bad secret for weeks now but the Rip Curl Pro Search is scheduled to take place at Padang-Padang in Bali and a recent incident won't change things.
A ship was left abandoned by its crew and washed up right in the middle of the line-up where it threatened ...
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