So basically to sum up what is going on with Kelly Slater right now is… Yes he has made up his mind to compete in the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach. See the thing is, Kelly wasn’t going to compete at first and withdrew from the event late last week. As expected, many were bummed on Slater’s decision.

Kelly then got online and noticed how bummed people were and in his own words, he had this to say about the situation, ”A combination of things influenced my decision to come to Bells. I had called ASP Tour Manager Renato Hickel to ask to be officially taken out of the event and that is when he asked me if I had seen the swell forecast.”  

So the swell looks good, Slater is happy, what more could you want? It’s on!

Here are the round 1 matchups:

Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Round 1 Match-Ups:

Heat 1: Bobby Martinez (USA), Luke Munro (AUS), Royden Bryson (ZAF) 

Heat 2: Dean Morrison (AUS), Dayyan Neve (AUS), Travis Logie (ZAF) 

Heat 3: Jeremy Flores (FRA), Bruce Irons (HAW), Tiago Pires (PRT) 

Heat 4: Pancho Sullivan (HAW), Neco Padaratz (BRA), Jihad Khodr (BRA) 

Heat 5: Andy Irons (HAW), Jordy Smith (ZAF), Chris Ward (USA) 

Heat 6: Bede Durbidge (AUS), Tim Reyes (USA), Daniel Ross (AUS) 

Heat 7: Joel Parkinson (AUS), Ben Dunn (AUS), Nic Muscroft (AUS) 

Heat 8: Mick Fanning (AUS), Adrian Buchan (AUS), Stuart Kennedy (AUS) 

Heat 9: Taj Burrow (AUS), Leonardo Neves (BRA), Nathan Hedge (AUS) 

Heat 10: Kelly Slater (USA), Adriano de Souza (BRA), Troy Brooks (AUS) 

Heat 11: C.J. Hobgood (USA), Dane Reynolds (USA), Daniel Wills (AUS) 

Heat 12: Kai Otton (AUS), Jay Thompson (AUS), Ricky Basnett (ZAF) 

Heat 13: Tom Whitaker (AUS), Ben Bourgeois (USA), Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 

Heat 14: Taylor Knox (USA), Michael Campbell (AUS), Mikael Picon (FRA) 

Heat 15: Damien Hobgood (USA), Kieren Perrow (AUS), Heitor Alves (BRA) 

Heat 16: Luke Stedman (AUS), Roy Powers (HAW), Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA) 

For more go to aspworldtour.com  

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