Bells Beach Surf Classic

The Bells Beach Surf Classic is a surfing competition which has been held annually at Easter time at Bells Beach, Victoria continuously since 1961, becoming a professional competition in 1973.

The contest has had various sponsors over the years, including in 1984 Australian rock band, Australian Crawl. The trophy is in the form of a bell, for the name of the beach.

Winners

Year	Men's	Women's
1973	Michael Peterson
1974	Michael Peterson
1975	Michael Peterson
1976	Jeff Hakman
1977	Simon Anderson	Margo Oberg
1978	Mark Richards	Margo Oberg
1979	Mark Richards	Lynne Boyer
1980	Mark Richards	Margo Oberg
1981	Simon Anderson
1982	Mark Richards (total 4)	Debbie Beacham
1983	Joe Engel
1984	Cheyne Horan	Freida Zamba
1985	Tom Curren	Freida Zamba
1986	Tom Carroll	Jodie Cooper
1987	Nick Wood	Kim Mearig
1988	Damien Hardman
1989	Martin Potter	Wendy Botha
1990	Tom Curren	Lisa Anderson
1991	Barton Lynch	Pauline Menczer
1992	Richie Collins	Lisa Anderson
1993	Damien Hardman	Pauline Menczer
1994	Kelly Slater	Layne Beachley
1995	Sunny Garcia	Lisa Anderson
1996	Sunny Garcia	Pauline Menczer
1997	Matt Hoy	Lisa Anderson
1998	Mark Occhilupo	Layne Beachley
1999	Shane Dorian	Layne Beachley
2000	Sunny Garcia	Megan Abubo
2001	Mick Fanning
2002	Andy Irons
2003	Andy Irons
2004	Joel Parkinson
2005	Trent Munro	Sofia Mulanovich
2006	Kelly Slater
2007	Taj Burrow	Stephanie Gilmore
2008	Kelly Slater	Stephanie Gilmore
2009	Joel Parkinson	Silvana Lima
2010	Kelly Slater	Stephanie Gilmore
2011	Joel Parkinson	Sally Fitzgibbons

References

• Mark Richards: A Surfing Legend, authorised biography by David Knox, 1992, ISBN 0-207-17489-X
• The Ol' Girl, Tracks magazine, March 2006 (listing men's winners 1973 to 2005)
• Kelly Slater Wins 2006 Rip Curl Pro, by Nick Carroll at Surfing magazine.