Fanning wins Bells!!!!!
Can’t even believe that air reverse kelly did. That was like a bodyboarding air reverse!
MICK FANNING WINS 2012 RIP CURL PRO BELLS BEACH
Torquay, AUSTRALIA (April 6th, 2012) - In off-shore three-to-five foot waves, Dragon’s Mick Fanning today triumphed over Kelly Slater to win the 2012 Bells Beach Rip Curl Pro. Fanning and Slater kept the intensity high in an epic final that some are calling the best in event history, exchanging massive scores and the lead several times throughout. Kelly fought back from Mick’s early major score postings with an incredible full-rotation aerial, scoring a Perfect 10. In the end, however, Mick’s consistently solid rides proved too strong, posting an overall score of 18.80 over Kelly’s 18.07 in event No. 2 of the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour.
“I’m so pumped,” Fanning said. “I’m really at a loss for words. It doesn’t get any sweeter. The crowd’s been amazing with the whole amphitheater and the history that comes with it. I always picture this event and have had some seconds over the years, so to get this one, I’m so pumped.”
Today’s win is Fanning’s 14th elite tour win and his first win at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach since 2001. Mick has been part of the Dragon family for over ten years and last year launched his signature sunglass, the Mick Fanning Shield.
Along with Mick Fanning, Dragon’s surf team family includes ASP standouts, Owen Wright, Brett Simpson, Ace Buchan and Taylor Knox, as well as next generation surfers Evan Geiselman, Noa Deane and Beau Foster.