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Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach: Final Day Photos

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Thu, Mar 27 2008 12:00 am | 0 Comments

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Until he hit the wall in his quarterfinal heat against Slater, AI looked like the guy to beat in the chunky rights.

Don't look now but Bede Durbidge is #2 on the ASP World Championship Tour ratings.

After a bad start at Snapper, Bobby Martinez used his superb backside attack to march into the semis at Bells and lept up to #8 in the ratings.

By far the most exciting surfer to watch during the entire event was WCT rookie Dane Reynolds. He finished a respectable 5th and now sits at a rookie-leading 11th place in the ratings.

Damien Hobgood almost had Slater in their round four heat, but lost to the eventual champion by less than a point.

For the second event in a row, Joel Parkinson was knocked out by his mate and fellow Gold Coast resident, Bede Durbidge.

5th place finisher Mick Fanning lost out to Bobby Martinez and now sits in 3rd place in the WCT ratings.

After a somewhat slow start, Taj Burrow came on strong late in the event and ripped his way to 3rd place.

Kelly Slater en route to winning his third Bells trophy and taking a commanding early season lead in the tour ratings.

Kelly's knockout blow in the finals came in the form of a section-clearing double grab air.

2008 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach finalists Bede Durbidge and a Kelly Slater, with his face painted like an Aborigine, pose with the famed Bells trophy.

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