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Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Press Conference Webcast LIVE Today at Noon

BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Monday, March 29, 2010) – The press launch for the second stop on the 2010 ASP World Tour, the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, will be webcast LIVE today from noon to 1:30pm local time.

The second stop on the 2010 ASP World Tour and ASP Women’s World Tour, the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach will pit the world’s best surfers against one another with some of the planet’s most iconic righthanders providing the background.

Today’s Official Rip Curl Pro Press Launch will feature an array of champions, providing journalists from around the globe the ability to cover the event inside and out without actually attending.

OFFICIAL RIP CURL PRO PRESS LAUNCH
WHEN: 12pm – 1:30pm Monday, March 29, 2010
WHERE: On-Site at Bells Beach
WHO: Mick Fanning, Kelly Slater, Steph Gilmore, Taj Burrow, Joel Parkinson, Silvana Lima, Andy Irons and Owen Wright
LIVE: www.live.ripcurl.com

For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com

RIP CURL PRO BELLS BEACH ROUND 1 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: Dane Reynolds (USA), Andy Irons (HAW), Nate Yeomans (USA)
Heat 2: Damien Hobgood (USA), Luke Stedman (AUS), Matt Wilkinson (AUS)
Heat 3: Bobby Martinez (USA), Jeremy Flores (FRA), Tanner Gudauskas (USA)
Heat 4: C.J. Hobgood (USA), Tiago Pires (PRT), Travis Logie (ZAF)
Heat 5: Kelly Slater (USA), Mick Campbell (AUS), Marco Polo (BRA)
Heat 6: Adriano de Souza (BRA), Kekoa Bacalso (HAW), Blake Thornton (AUS)
Heat 7: Taj Burrow (AUS), Daniel Ross (AUS), Neco Padaratz (BRA)
Heat 8: Mick Fanning (AUS), Kai Otton (AUS), TBA
Heat 9: Joel Parkinson (AUS), Chris Davidson (AUS), TBA
Heat 10: Bede Durbidge (AUS), Adrian Buchan (AUS), TBA
Heat 11: Jordy Smith (ZAF), Patrick Gudauskas (USA), Jay Thompson (AUS)
Heat 12: Taylor Knox (USA), Michel Bourez (PYF), Adam Melling (AUS)
Heat 13: Tom Whitaker (AUS), Jadson Andre (BRA), Brett Simpson (AUS)
Heat 14: Kieren Perrow (AUS), Ben Dunn (AUS), Dusty Payne (HAW)
Heat 15: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW), Owen Wright (AUS), Drew Courtney (AUS)
Heat 16: Dean Morrison (AUS), Luke Munro (AUS), Roy Powers (HAW)

RIP CURL WOMEN’S PRO BELLS BEACH ROUND 1 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), Rebecca Woods (AUS), Carissa Moore (HAW)
Heat 2: Coco Ho (HAW), Paige Hareb (NZL), Lee Ann Curren (FRA)
Heat 3: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), Bruna Schmitz (BRA), TBA
Heat 4: Silvana Lima (BRA), Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS), Nikita Robb (ZAF)
Heat 5: Sofia Mulanovich (PER), Rosanne Hodge (ZAF), Claire Bevilacqua (AUS)
Heat 6: Melanie Bartels (HAW), Chelsea Hedges (AUS), Amee Donohoe (AUS)