| Kelly Slater controls the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach 2012 |
| Thursday, 05 April 2012 08:18 |
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Clean four-to-six foot (1.5–2 metre) waves pumped Bells Bowl for another day of splendid surfing performances. The shocker? Taj Burrow is out of the 51st Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach after being defeated in Round 3 by his fellow Australian Kai Otton.
"I had a blast," Parkinson said. "I wish that heat went for an hour. Freddy (Patacchia) was saying it was the best Bells he's ever surfed in a heat. I've had it a lot better, but it was solid and pumping and I had so much fun." Stroking into a wave with seconds left, the iconic Floridian wrenched a number of solid outside turns before punctuating with a massive air reverse on the final section. "Nic got cleaned up by 20 waves and the sets stopped when he got out and then he broke his board and I didn't capitalize on those sets. I hadn't finished a good one midway through the heat and then he came back really well". "I never had any great waves overall. Luckily I got one with about 8 seconds left. I had the carve to start and it went a little dead until the end. The lip launched me perfectly in the air and had a good cushion to land on. I thought it'd be close either way". "We just traded off waves and Raoni surfed good. With someone like him, who can posts 9s, it's still a little nerve wracking and I'm happy to make it through that round. It's a crucial one to get through." RIP CURL PRO BELLS BEACH ROUND 4 RESULTS: |










