Carissa Moore (HAW), 20, has claimed the 2013 Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford over Tyler Wright (AUS), 19, in clean three-to-five foot (1 – 1.5 metre) waves today in front of a capacity crowd at Bells Beach. Today’s win vaults the young Hawaiian back into the lead on the ASP Women’s World Championship Tour (WCT) ratings for the first time in over a year.
“To win Bells is a dream,†Moore said. “As a little kid, you always looked forward to   … More
Carissa Moore (HAW) has claimed the 2013 Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford over Tyler Wright (AUS), in clean three to five foot (1 – 1.5 metre) waves today in front of a capacity crowd at Bells Beach. Moore opened the final with a 9.57 and then survived a twenty-five minute lull as both competitors anxiously waited for the ocean to cooperate. With two minutes remaining Moore secured a back up score of 5.83 with a combined heat total of (15.40) to be crowned the 2013 Rip Curl Women’s Pro Champion.