The round 2 of the RIP CURL PRO 2009 BELLS BEACH. The second event of the world ASP Tournament (Word Surf Circuit) in the year 2009. This rounds have seen in the competition the best man surfer in the world, from Kelly Slater to the actual first in the world Joel Parkinson and the young Owen Wright.
Photo 1, 2, 4, 5 (Blue t-shirt):
Jordy Smith (ZAF) winning with a score of 13.00 vs Damien Hobgood (USA) 12.17.
Photo 3 (Yellow):
Damien Hobgood (USA) who get a score of 12.17 vs Jordy Smith (ZAF) 13.00.
Photo 6, 7, 8 (Blue):
Adam Robertson (AUS) winning his heat with a score of 16.10 vs Bede Durbidge (AUS) 15.84.
Photo 9, 11 (Yellow)
Kelly Slater (37), in yellow t-shirt is the none time world champion; world champion in charge thanks his last title in 2008, at the age of 36. He’s the youngest surfer who ever won a world championship (he was 20), oldest one (the last year 36),only surfer to score a 'Perfect 20' heat total (Tahiti, 2005), most elite tour wins in pro surfing history (39): he’s a living legend and the winner of RIP CURL PRO BELLS BEACH 2008. Today was his first heat and he had to defend the title vs the young OWEN WRIGHT (19 years old), that show his ability scoring a 7.67 in his second wave of the day and a 6.83 in his forth one. Kelly had a 7.00 getting in a not so perfect little barrel in his second wave but wasn’t able to reach an higher score than 6.83 in his fourth wave.
Photo 10, 12:
OWEN WRIGHT (19 years old), that show his ability scoring a 7.67 in his second wave of the day and a 6.83 in his forth one.
See also: http://www.demotix.com/news/rip-curl-pro-bells-beach-2009-young-owen-wright-said-no-legend-kelly-slater
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