Current season, competition or edition: Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach 2019 | |
| Sport | Surfing |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Most recent champion(s) | Men: John John Florence Women: Courtney Conlogue |
| Most titles | Men:Mick Fanning, Kelly Slater e Mark Richards 4 Women: Lisa Andersen 4 |
| Official website | [1], [2] |
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 song "Hells Bells" by AC/DC is played every morning before the first competition.[2]
History
The competition has been held annually at Easter time at Bells Beach, Victoria continuously since 1961,[3] becoming a professional competition and sponsored by Rip Curl in 1973.[4] The contest has had various sponsors over the years, including in 1984 Australian rock band, Australian Crawl.
The famous Bells trophy was designed and built by Bells Beach local Joe Sweeney. Winners of the Rip Curl Pro receive smaller replica Bells trophies to keep. Each year, Rip Curl founder Doug 'Claw' Warbrick presents the trophies to the winning athletes.[5]
The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.[6]
Results
Men
| Men | |||||||
| Year | Winner | Nation | Score | Runner-Up | Nation | Score | Prizemoney |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | John John Florence |  Hawaii | 14.30 | Filipe Toledo |  Brazil | 13.83 | $607,800 |
| 2018 | Italo Ferreira | Brazil | 15.66 | Mick Fanning | .svg.png){kind=small} Australia | 12.83 | $607,800 |
| 2017 | Jordy Smith |  South Africa | 18.90 | Caio Ibelli | Brazil | 17.46 | $579,000 |
| 2016 | Matt Wilkinson | Australia | 17.37 | Jordy Smith | South Africa | 14.16 | $551,000 |
| 2015 | Mick Fanning | Australia | 15.27 | Adriano De Souza | Brazil | 15.27 | $525,000 |
| 2014 | Mick Fanning | Australia | 16.83 | Taj Burrow | Australia | 13.26 | $450,000 |
| 2013 | Adriano De Souza | Brazil | 16.26 | Nat Young |  United States | 15.83 | $450,000 |
| 2012 | Mick Fanning | Australia | 18.80 | Kelly Slater | United States | 18.07 | $425,000 |
| 2011 | Joel Parkinson | Australia | 18.53 | Mick Fanning | Australia | 13.25 | $425,000 |
| 2010 | Kelly Slater | United States | 17.03 | Mick Fanning | Australia | 12.00 | $400,000 |
| 2009 | Joel Parkinson | Australia | 17.40 | Adam Robertson | Australia | 13.37 | $320,000 |
| 2008 | Kelly Slater | United States | 15.63 | Bede Durbidge | Australia | 15.16 | $320,000 |
| 2007 | Taj Burrow | Australia | 16.83 | Andy Irons | Hawaii | 14.73 | $300,000 |
| 2006 | Kelly Slater | United States | 15.44 | Joel Parkinson | Australia | 13.83 | $280,000 |
| 2005 | Trent Munro | Australia | 16.57 | Andy Irons | Hawaii | 15.07 | $270,000 |
| 2004 | Joel Parkinson | Australia | 17.13 | Taj Burrow | Australia | 14.04 | $250,000 |
| 2003 | Andy Irons | Hawaii | 17.57 | Joel Parkinson | Australia | 15.40 | $250,000 |
| 2002 | Andy Irons | Hawaii | 24.45 | Sunny Garcia | Hawaii | 22.65 | $250,000 |
| 2001 | Mick Fanning | Australia | 20.85 | Danny Wills | Australia | 19.15 | $250,000 |
| 2000 | Sunny Garcia | Hawaii | 23.05 | Flavio Padaratz | Brazil | 21.00 | $135,600 |
| 1999 | Shane Dorian | Hawaii | 24.75 | Sunny Garcia | Hawaii | 23.65 | $120,600 |
| 1998 | Mark Occhilupo | Australia | 24.25 | Shane Dorian | Hawaii | 19.80 | $120,600 |
| 1997 | Matt Hoy | Australia | 26.50 | Damien Hardman | Australia | 21.80 | $120,600 |
| 1996 | Sunny Garcia | Hawaii | 30.80 | Todd Prestage | Australia | 29.15 | $105,000 |
| 1995 | Sunny Garcia | Hawaii | 34.70 | John Shimooka | Hawaii | 33.00 | $105,000 |
| 1994 | Kelly Slater | United States | 29.70 | Martin Potter | Australia | 28.30 | $105,000 |
| 1993 | Damien Hardman | Australia | 22.00 | Barton Lynch | Australia | 20.00 | $100,000 |
| 1992 | Richie Collins | United States | 30.00 | Martin Potter | South Africa | 27.00 | $100,000 |
| 1991 | Barton Lynch | Australia | 71.80 | Damien Hardman | Australia | 68.80 | $125,000 |
| 1990 | Tom Curren |  California | 111.3 | Dave Macaulay | Australia | 100.8 | $92,500 |
| 1989 | Martin Potter | South Africa | 123.5 | Damien Hardman | Australia | 113.3 | $66,500 |
| 1988 | Damien Hardman | Australia | 126.6 | Tom Carroll | Australia | 114.1 | $42,000 |
| 1987 | Nick Wood | Australia | 3 | Richard Marsh | Australia | 2 | $35,000 |
| 1986 | Tom Carroll | Australia | 5 | Tom Curren | California | 0 | $30,000 |
| 1985 | Tom Curren | California | 2 | Richard Cram | Australia | 1 | $25,000 |
| 1984 | Cheyne Horan | Australia | 2 | Tom Carroll | Australia | 0 | $25,000 |
| 1983 | Joe Engel | Australia | Wes Laine | United States | |||
| 1982 | Mark Richards | Australia | Tom Carroll | Australia | $20,000 | ||
| 1981 | Simon Anderson | Australia | 3 | Cheyne Horan | Australia | 2 | $16,000 |
| 1980 | Mark Richards | Australia | Wayne Bartholomew | Australia | $15,100 | ||
| 1979 | Mark Richards | Australia | Wayne Bartholomew | Australia | $11,200 | ||
| 1978 | Mark Richards | Australia | Wayne Bartholomew | Australia | $14,450 | ||
| 1977 | Simon Anderson | Australia | Peter Drouyn | Australia | $9,500 | ||
| 1976 | Jeff Hakman | Hawaii | Ian Cairns | Australia | $6,000 | ||
| 1975 | Michael Peterson | Australia | Shaun Tomson | South Africa | |||
| 1974 | Michael Peterson | Australia | Peter Drouyn | Australia | |||
| 1973 | Michael Peterson | Australia | Midget Farrelly | Australia | |||
| 1972 | Terry Fitzgerald | Australia | Peter Drouyn | Australia | |||
| 1971 | Paul Neilsen | Australia | Peter Drouyn | Australia | |||
| 1970 | Nat Young | Australia | Ted Spencer | Australia | |||
| 1969 | Ted Spencer | Australia | Frank Latta | Australia | |||
| 1968 | Ted Spencer | Australia | Keith Paull | Australia | |||
| 1967 | Nat Young | Australia | Peter Drouyn | Australia | |||
| 1966 | Nat Young | Australia | |||||
| 1965 | Robert Conneely | Australia | Nat Young | Australia | |||
| 1964 | Mick Dooley | Australia | |||||
| 1963 | Doug Andrew | Australia | |||||
| 1962 | Glynn Ritchie | Australia | |||||
| 1961 | George "Ming" Smith | Australia | £1 ($2) | ||||
Women
| Women | |||||||
| Year | Winner | Nation | Score | Runner-Up | Nation | Score | Prizemoney |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Courtney Conlogue | United States | 15.83 | Malia Manuel | Hawaii | 14.84 | $420,800 |
| 2018 | Stephanie Gilmore | Australia | 14.17 | Tatiana Weston-Webb | Hawaii | 13.94 | $298,900 |
| 2017 | Courtney Conlogue | United States | 17.00 | Stephanie Gilmore | Australia | 16.33 | $289,500 |
| 2016 | Courtney Conlogue | United States | 16.53 (9.03) | Sally Fitzgibbons | Australia | 16.43 (8.33) | $275,500 |
| 2015 | Carissa Moore | Hawaii | 14.00 | Stephanie Gilmore | Australia | 13.27 | $262,500 |
| 2014 | Carissa Moore | Hawaii | 15.73 | Tyler Wright | Australia | 14.10 | $250,000 |
| 2013 | Carissa Moore | Hawaii | 11.00 | Tyler Wright | Australia | 6.94 | $120,000 |
| 2012 | Sally Fitzgibbons | Australia | 10.76 | Stephanie Gilmore | Australia | 10.33 | $110,000 |
| 2011 | Sally Fitzgibbons | Australia | 16.77 | Carissa Moore | Hawaii | 15.40 | $110,000 |
| 2010 | Stephanie Gilmore | Australia | 14.67 | Sofia Mulanovich |  Peru | 10.00 | $100,000 |
| 2009 | Silvana Lima | Brazil | 17.34 | Stephanie Gilmore | Australia | 13.06 | $90,000 |
| 2008 | Stephanie Gilmore | Australia | 16.50 | Sofia Mulanovich | Peru | 16.17 | $85,000 |
| 2007 | Stephanie Gilmore | Australia | 16.50 | Sofia Mulanovich | Peru | 11.93 | $80,000 |
| 2005 | Sofia Mulanovich | Peru | 15.83 | Serena Brooke | Australia | 11.83 | $65,000 |
| 2000 | Megan Abubo | Hawaii | 18.90 | Rochelle Ballard | Hawaii | 18.75 | $30,000 |
| 1999 | Layne Beachley | Australia | 21.25 | Sandie Dryden | Australia | 17.40 | $30,000 |
| 1998 | Layne Beachley | Australia | 24.50 | Prue Jeffries | Australia | 21.90 | $30,000 |
| 1997 | Lisa Andersen | United States | 26.00 | Pam Burridge | Australia | 23.65 | $35,000 |
| 1996 | Pauline Menczer | Australia | 22.30 | Lisa Andersen | United States | 22.25 | $25,000 |
| 1995 | Lisa Andersen | United States | 27.10 | Pauline Menczer | Australia | 26.30 | $25,000 |
| 1994 | Layne Beachley | Australia | 20.67 | Lisa Andersen | United States | 13.16 | $25,000 |
| 1993 | Pauline Menczer | Australia | 19.7 | Wendy Botha | Australia | 16.3 | $25,000 |
| 1992 | Lisa Andersen | United States | 23.2 | Neridah Falconer | 22.6 | $20,000 | |
| 1991 | Pauline Menczer | Australia | 90.8 | Michele Donoghoe | 88.3 | $20,000 | |
| 1990 | Lisa Andersen | United States | 111.5 | Kim Mearig | 98 | $20,000 | |
| 1989 | Wendy Botha | Australia | 120.8 | Toni Sawyer | 104.5 | $15,000 | |
| 1988 | Kim Mearig | 115.9 | Freida Zamba | 113.5 | $13,500 | ||
See also
- Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast
- Margaret River Pro
References
- ^ ASP World Tour Schedule (accessed 28 April 2011)
- ^ Wilson, Peter (3 April 2010). "Gilmore wins Rip Curl Women's Pro". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2011.
- ^ Surf Coast Shire Archived 31 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ https://www.ripcurl.com.au/company/history/rip-curl-pro.html
- ^ https://www.torquayhistoricalsociety.com.au/bells-beach/
- ^ https://www.surfingaustralia.com/SurfingVictoria/news/20RCPpostponed
- ^ Source
Bibliography
- Mark Richards: A Surfing Legend, authorised biography by David Knox, 1992, ISBN 0-207-17489-X
- The Ol' Girl, Tracks magazine, March 2006 (listing men's winners 1973 to 2005)
- Kelly Slater Wins 2006 Rip Curl Pro, by Nick Carroll at Surfing Magazine.