She’s only 21 but with a win already this year and the No.1 ranking it’s easy to get excited about Molly Picklum’s chances of glory at Bells Beach. The 21-year-old from the NSW central coast is ...

As one of Australia’s most famous surf spots, Bells Beach is monolithic, a staple of the sport. But its reputation is complex, both riddled with praise and paradox. Despite its rich history, Bells has ...

The Rip Curl Pro Bells runs April 18-28. We’ll be doing regular forecasts. Stay tuned. Bells Beach has been one of Australia’s best-known surf zones for over 60 years, and for excellent reason.

A cold June morning at Bells Beach, and the corduroy swell is rolling in. A few dirty cumulus clouds shuffle south towards Antarctica, but otherwise the sky is cobalt blue. Standing on the clifftop, ...

BELLS BEACH, Victoria, Australia -- The World Surf League (WSL) paddles into its 2026 Championship Tour season at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, marking a historic return for one of the sport’s most ...

Ethan Ewing now has his own Bells Beach trophy to keep next to his bed, right alongside the one his mother won 40 years ago. An all-Australian final beckons in the women's competition at Bells Beach ...

Three-time World Longboard Champion Soleil Errico has claimed a hat-trick at Bells over the weekend, winning the event every year since its inception. Australian Max Weston won the men’s division, ...

Bells Beach celebrates 50 years, with the 2011 contest hailing new champions for both men and women. Fifty years after its inception, the contest at Bells Beach, Australia, remains one of the ...

The swells start in Antarctica. The whole bloody thing started when someone decided to fix up a dirt road out the back of Torquay. For two years in the mid-1980s, Australian Crawl even became the ...

Bells Beach shifted from an Easter surf celebration to a scene of heartbreak as Moroccan surfing star Ramzi Boukhiam suffered a serious knee injury during the first round of the Rip Curl Pro on ...