Bells Beach

The Surfer's Journal Great Waves

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Documentaries 23 mins 1998
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In the episode, we expose Bells Beach's long, generous, slightly archaic surf break in the Australian state of Victoria. Since 1962, its Easter competition or country soul event has been a yearly retreat from the hustle and chaos of the world tour.

Peter Drouyn, Barton Lynch, Mark Richards

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Synopsis In the episode, we expose Bells Beach's long, generous, slightly archaic surf break in the Australian state of Victoria. Since 1962, its Easter competition or "country soul event" has been a yearly retreat from the hustle and chaos of the world tour.

Bells first came to the attention of Australia surfers, and later to surfers everywhere, as a rugged Down Under big-wave break. The water was cold, and the waves were powerful. It was an adventure spot, a full day's drive away from Sydney. Surf discoveries in remote corners of South and Western Australia would eventually make Bells seem rather tame, however, and the short surfboards, introduced in the late 1960s, were better suited to steeper, hollower waves than those on offer at Bells.

Yet, as four-time world champion surfer Mark Richards says, "Bells has the atmosphere. It has the charisma a lot of other places would like to have, but don't have." The Bells contest has attracted the greatest names in surfing, and featured some historic wave-riding duels.
Athletes Peter Drouyn, Barton Lynch, Mark Richards, Cheyne Horan, Wayne Lynch, Peter Townend, Terry Fitzgerald, Damien Hardman, Tom Carroll, Mark Occhilupo
Genres Surfing Documentaries
Studio Opper Sports Productions
Rating not rated
Runtime 23 mins
Language English | Stereo
Captions English, English
Download SD | 640x480 (276.40 MB)
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