Make or Break You Bells Weather: WSL Rip Curl Pro

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On April 1st the Rip Curl Pro Bells will kickstart with 12 days of elite surfing. The sport event has been celebrated since 1962. Top athletes from around the world congregate in Australia Bells Beach Victoria as the World Seuf League WSL continues to increase its audience positioning the sport through innovative new broadcast reaching millions around the World. While WSL gains millions of viewers worldwide and lights become even brighter than ever it is easy to confuse the WSL tour with raw competition. But nothing is further from the truth. Bells Beach is stage which provides possibility for improvements of self and a quest.

In the water, what rules and dominates becomes the main character. Bells weather will make or break surfers. The 2015 ranking is just warming up in the yearly season. Bells Rip Curl Pro is described by international press as one of “the most coveted titles on WSL Tour”.

WSL communicated March 12th that the “Chase Begins” for Bells Rip Curl Pro. Surfer Magazine released an “all you need to know” data on the event. The Who, When, Where, What and When. WSL Top 34 Elite Men and Top 17 Elite Women plus 3 wildcards will take to competing in the legendary waves of Bells.

“Every year since 1962, the world's best surfers have travelled from the far reaches of the globe to compete for one of the most coveted trophies on offer. The Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious events on the surfing calendar. This year marks the 53rd year of competition at Bells Beach making it the longest running competition worldwide,” press reported on the oldest surf contest on the WSL World Tour. WSL has scheduled events in the most mystical surf locations of the world.

Leaving the future events aside Bells waves await.

WSL describes waves as fast, long, rising to up to six feet, influenced by high tides, reef running and hollow. WSL promises to webcast, live broadcast the event in high definition with cameras both on ground and inside water cams” world-wide online. WSL says just “Tune Up”.

“Anything goes: It can be cold and rainy and, after a long surf in the chilly water, you may find yourself looking for cover. It's a different world down in Torquay when it comes to weather and you need to pack for everything -- including unseasonable heat. Be prepared for any environment,” WSL warns.

Weather Zone Australia seized the opportunity to issue weather reports for the event forecasting weather predictions. The media assures that large swells are expected at Bells beach. Models indicate 6 to 8 foot groundswells “breaking on the horizon”.

“Large, complex low pressure system located over the Southern Ocean is forecast to generate a fresh west-southwesterly groundswell for the Surf Coast this weekend. This system is expected to produce surf peaking at around 6-8 foot,” Weather Zone Australia reported detailing day by day outcasts for waves, swells, winds and water wall natural production for the “world's best surfers” to ride out. .

Surf Magazine which has covered the event for years has previously described the waves generated at Bells as having the “power to make some surfers look like they’re still surfing in 1985. No matter what plan you have for it, it can dismantle your reasoning totally, confuse you totally, screw up your plan and throw it back in your face.

The Rank remains posted on WSL, open to changes. At Bells the weather and the waves and the mystical long playing historical event become main players which will leave their mark on this year´s Elite surfers. Bells weather will make or break them out.

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