Bells Beach, a history: Australian Crawl, brawls and a brooding beast

Wright on track at Bells Beach

An Australian surfing great powered through her heat at Bells Beach on Friday to qualify for the round-of-16.

Australia’s women’s surfers lead local charge before bell tolls on WSL season

The Bells Beach Rip Curl Pro begins the World Surf League’s three-stop tour of Australia that will decide which surfers face a dreaded mid-season ‘cut’Every morning of competition at the Bells Beach Rip Curl Pro, the longest running surfing event in the world, begins with AC/DC. Hells Bells by the iconic Australian rockers booms through speakers around the contest site on the Victorian surf coast. The bell tolls slowly, before the guitar riff gr…

Bells Beach, a history: Australian Crawl, brawls and a brooding beast

The world’s longest-running surf contest was once sponsored by a rock band and is held at an icy cold break that surfing greats love to hate.