Bells Beach Rip Curl Pro Day 1 – Lay Day

A lay day has been called for the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford, the second stop of the 2011 ASP World Title season, with only small one-to-two foot (0.5 metre) surf on offer this morning and an increase in swell predicted at the iconic break.

Brazilian surfer Jacqueline Silva (BRA), 31, long-time ASP Women’s World Tour campaigner, was involved in a head-on collision this morning in front of Torquay Police Station while driving to the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach. Silva was transported to hospital where she is being treated for injuries and monitored for the next 12 hours. Her status in regards to competing in the Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach is uncertain at this point. Our thoughts are with her and we wish her a speedy recovery. We will report further on her status as information becomes available.

World no.3 Laura Enever (North Narrabeen, Aus) said she was happy a lay-day had been called with an increase in swell predicted for Bells Beach.

The tour rookie added that she was shocked to hear that fellow world tour competitor Jacqueline Silva had been involved in a car crash.

Despite the small conditions ten time world champion Kelly Slater (USA) managed to shred apart a peeling right hander yesterday afternoon. The four time Rip Curl Pro bells Beach champion will not be underestimating his round one opponent Rip Curl Pro Trials winner Adam Robertson (Vic). Twenty-eight year-old Robertson is a proven performer at Bells Beach having finished runner-up to Joel Parkinson (Aus) in 2009.

Event organizers will reconvene at 7am tomorrow morning to assess conditions for a possible 7:30am start.

When the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford Ranger kicks off, up first will be Adrian Buchan (AUS), 28, Alejo Muniz (BRA), 21, and Raoni Monteiro (BRA), 28, in Heat 1 of Round 1.

When the Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford Fiesta kicks off, up first will be Chelsea Hedges (AUS), 27, Sofia Mulanovich (PER), 27, and Rebecca Woods (BRA), 26, in Heat 1 of Round 1.

Coastalwatch, official surf forecasters for the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, are calling for a new 3-4 foot groundswell with clean mostly offshore to begin building on Wednesday. On Thursday, a stronger building trend with wave heights increasing throughout the day before peaking at 4-6 foot on Friday, gradually easing off into the weekend, but still 3-5 foot surf until mid-next week.

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RIP CURL PRO BELLS BEACH ROUND 1 MATCH-UPS:

• Heat 1: Adrian Buchan (AUS), Alejo Muniz (BRA), Raoni Monteiro (BRA)
• Heat 2: Taj Burrow (AUS), Adam Melling (AUS), Josh Kerr (AUS)
• Heat 3: Owen Wright (AUS), Heitor Alves (BRA), Bobby Martinez (USA)
• Heat 4: Mick Fanning (AUS), Tiago Pires (PRT), Gabriel Medina (BRA)
• Heat 5: Jordy Smith (ZAF), Dusty Payne (HAW), Stu Kennedy (AUS)
• Heat 6: Kelly Slater (USA), Kai Otton (AUS), Adam Robertson (AUS)
• Heat 7: Jeremy Flores (FRA), Taylor Knox (USA), Cory Lopez (USA)
• Heat 8: Michel Bourez (PYF), Kieren Perrow (AUS), Gabe Kling (USA)
• Heat 9: Damien Hobgood (USA), Matt Wilkinson (AUS), Daniel Ross (AUS)
• Heat 10: Bede Durbidge (AUS), C.J. Hobgood (USA), Joel Parkinson (AUS)
• Heat 11: Adriano de Souza (BRA), Chris Davidson (AUS), Julian Wilson (AUS)
• Heat 12: Brett Simpson (USA), Jadson Andre (BRA), Patrick Gudauskas (USA)

RIP CURL WOMEN’S PRO BELLS BEACH ROUND 1 MATCH-UPS:

• Heat 1: Chelsea Hedges (AUS), Sofia Mulanovich (PER), Rebecca Woods (AUS)
• Heat 2: Silvana Lima (BRA), Laura Enever (AUS), Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS)
• Heat 3: Carissa Moore (HAW), Jacqueline Silva (BRA), Bethany Hamilton (HAW)
• Heat 4: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), Courtney Conlogue (USA), Alana Blanchard (HAW)
• Heat 5: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), Paige Hareb (NZL), Melanie Bartels (HAW)
• Heat 6: Coco Ho (HAW), Tyler Wright (AUS), Pauline Ado (FRA)

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