//80// Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach / Billabong XXL / Kustom Air Strike /

Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach

April 7th - 18th 2009, Bells Beach, Australia
Welcome to an action packed 80th episode of shralp surf! We start off with the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach. Not many changes on the winner front as Parko also took out the second stop on this year’s Dream Tour. Kelly lost to a wildcard again, this time to Owen Wright and collected his second 17th in a row. Very unusual. Also unusual was the new format, which was applied for the first time and which allows the contest to be run in three days. No more loser’s round. Sudden death. Some prefer it, many don’t like it. It seems that this will be a much discussed topic over the next few weeks and months.
Music: Atomsplit / Americanized (music.podshow.com)

Billabong XXL

The Winners
Ladies and Gentlemen, these are the winners of the Billabong Global Big Wave Awards: Greg Long won the Ride of the Year with this wave surfed at Dungeons, Cape Town, South Africa. Second place went to Ryan Hipwood for this freakish stunt at Shipstern’s. Grant Baker won Best Overall Performance and Biggest Wave with this monster surfed at Tafelberg Reef, a spot just offshore of Dungeons. The Best Wipeout went to Ross Clarke-Jones on this wave at Pedra Blanca, the best Tube went to Mark Healey for this wave surfed at a spot called Yetis on the west coast of the United States and Best Female Overall Performance went once more to Maya Gabeira. To finish off, check out a stoked and 50.000 US $ richer Dusty Payne. That’s it for this episode of shralp surf! hope you liked it, we’ll be back in two weeks time.
Music: Steriogram / Own Way Home (music.podshow.com)

Kustom Air Strike

Dusty Payne wins US $ 50.000
Music: Dirty Rig / Suck It (music.podshow.com)