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Rip Curl Pro
presented. by Snickers

Rip Curl Women’s Pro
presented by Ford Fiesta

ASP World Tour events # 2
Bells Beach, Victoriam, Australia
18 - 29 MArch 2008

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Rip Curl Pro pres. by Snickers Calls Lay Day; Swell on the Horizon

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 18 March, 2008 : - - Bells Beach, Australia –  Event organizers at the 2008 Rip Curl Pro presented by Snickers have called competition off for the day, allowing the ASP Top 45 another day to prepare for battle at Bells Beach.

Event No. 2 of 11 on the 2008 ASP World Tour, the Rip Curl Pro boasts a waiting period that begins today, Mar. 18, 2008 and runs through Mar. 29, 2008.  Event organizers monitored the increasing swell on offer throughout the morning, but inconsistent competition prompted them to call competition off for the afternoon.

Running in conjunction with the Rip Curl Pro will be event No. 2 of 8 on the 2008 ASP Women’s World Tour, the Rip Curl Women’s Pro presented by Ford Fiesta.  The Rip Curl Women’s Pro begins its waiting period tomorrow, Wednesday, Mar. 19, 2008 and runs through Mar. 24, 2008.

Both the Rip Curl Pro pres. by Snickers and the Rip Curl Women’s Pro pres. by Ford Fiesta will be webcast LIVE . Another call on competition status will be made tomorrow at 7:30am.

For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com

Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Round 1 Match-Ups:
Heat 1: Bobby Martinez (USA), Luke Munro (AUS), Royden Bryson (ZAF)
Heat 2: Dean Morrison (AUS), Dayyan Neve (AUS), Travis Logie (ZAF)
Heat 3: Jeremy Flores (FRA), Bruce Irons (HAW), Tiago Pires (PRT)
Heat 4: Pancho Sullivan (HAW), Neco Padaratz (BRA), Jihad Khodr (BRA)
Heat 5: Andy Irons (HAW), Jordy Smith (ZAF), Chris Ward (USA)
Heat 6: Bede Durbidge (AUS), Tim Reyes (USA), Daniel Ross (AUS)
Heat 7: Joel Parkinson (AUS), Ben Dunn (AUS), Nic Muscroft (AUS)
Heat 8: Mick Fanning (AUS), Adrian Buchan (AUS), Stuart Kennedy (AUS)
Heat 9: Taj Burrow (AUS), Leonardo Neves (BRA), Nathan Hedge (AUS)
Heat 10: Kelly Slater (USA), Adriano de Souza (BRA), Troy Brooks (AUS)
Heat 11: C.J. Hobgood (USA), Dane Reynolds (USA), Daniel Wills (AUS)
Heat 12: Kai Otton (AUS), Jay Thompson (AUS), Ricky Basnett (ZAF)
Heat 13: Tom Whitaker (AUS), Ben Bourgeois (USA), Fredrick Patacchia (HAW)
Heat 14: Taylor Knox (USA), Michael Campbell (AUS), Mikael Picon (FRA)
Heat 15: Damien Hobgood (USA), Kieren Perrow (AUS), Heitor Alves (BRA)
Heat 16: Luke Stedman (AUS), Roy Powers (HAW), Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA)

Rip Curl Women’s Pro pres. by Ford Fiesta Round 1 Match-Ups:
Heat 1: Layne Beachley (AUS), Julia De La Rosa (PER), Nicola Atherton (AUS)
Heat 2: Samantha Cornish (AUS), Megan Abubo (HAW), Claire Bevilacqua (AUS)
Heat 3: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), Jacqueline Silva (BRA), Alana Blanchard (HAW)
Heat 4: Sofia Mulanovich (AUS), Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS), Karina Petroni (USA)
Heat 5: Silvana Lima (BRA), Rosanne Hodge (ZAF), Melanie Redman-Carr (AUS)
Heat 6: Amee Donohoe (AUS), Rebecca Woods (AUS), Serena Brooke (AUS) 

Previous reports:
# 1 : ASP World Tour surfers amp up for Rip Curl Pro at Bells
# 2 : Slater ready to ring the bell at Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach.
# 3 : Coming soon
# 4 : Coming soon  

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