Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 21, has claimed victory at the 2012 Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford Fiesta over Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 24, in offshore four-to-five foot (1.5 metre) waves at Bells Beach.
Welcome to the latest edition of VB and Surfing Australia News. And, the second for 2012!
(Wednesday 4th April 2012): NEW Minister for Sport, the Hon Kate Lundy was lucky enough to see many of our Australian surfing champions in action today, with the second stop on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour season, the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach continuing at Bells Beach.
(Tuesday 3rd April, 2012): Sixteen of the country’s most promising junior surfers were given the keys to take their surfing to new levels during Surfing Australia’s Camp Coastalwatch.
Boom Australian surfer Tyler Wrights says the future of female surfing in this country is in safe hands after putting a bunch of eager grommets through their paces at her Surfing Australia Pro Surfer Camp at Casuarina.
Sunny skies and picture perfect waves treated competitors and surf fans to an epic day of competition at the ASP Prime rated Telstra Drug Aware Pro today. The call was made to run a full day of the Men’s event to take advantage of the clean 5-6 foot (2 metre) surf on offer and reduce […]
The swell dropped to the 4 to 5 foot (2 metre) range for Day 3 of the Telstra Drug Aware Pro with pristine conditions on offer. The call was made by contest officials to run three Rounds of the Women’s event and cull the field down to just the eight Quarterfinalists.
Margaret River was pumping out 6-8 foot (2-2.5 metre) waves for day 2 of the 2012 Telstra Drug Aware Pro today. The world’s best surfers were put to the test with long lulls, strong winds and big waves to battle in the opening Round of the Men’s ASP Prime rated Telstra Drug Aware Pro.
NEWCASTLE, NSW/Australia (Sunday, March 18, 2012) – Willian Cardoso (BRA) takes home the coveted Mark Richards trophy after winning the Burton Toyota Pro over Filipe Toledo (BRA) at Newcastle’s Surfest today.
Something had to give. A stellar week of weather, waves and surfing, but it couldn’t last. Fortunately for competition, it wasn’t the waves that packed in, but a severe low pressure system caused the heavens to open.