All the Highlights from the Rip Curl Rottnest Search Event Tuesday May 25, 2021 Staff
Well, the first-ever WSL Rip Curl Rottnest Search event is done and dusted. The results are in the books, the jerseys are hanging up to dry, and the competitors are resting their aching shoulders. Sally Fitzgibbons and Gabriel Medina walked away victorious.
It was, overall, a successful event. The waves were there, the surfing was on-point, and everything ran relatively smoothly. Which, in the current climate of surf contests, is saying a lot. The event had it all. Sally Fitzgibbons returned to form, World Champions battled it out, and rookie Morgan Cibilic made it all the way to the final. That was something he didn’t expect at all.
Gabriel Medina and Sally Fitzgibbons win 2021 Rip Curl Rottnest Search
May 25, 2021 |
Surfing
Gabriel Medina and Sally Fitzgibbons have taken out the 2021 Rip Curl Rottnest Search in Western Australia.
The fifth stop on the 2021 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT) concluded in four-to-six-foot waves at Rottnest Island.
Medina used his forehand power and rail-to-rail surfing skills to annihilate the firing left-handers pumping down the line at the famous Australian surf break.
The two-time world champion ended up defeating rookie Morgan Cibilic, who only caught two waves in the final. Rottnest Island was a new special place for me, and I loved it. We had great waves the whole time, and I was able to surf the way I want, expressed Gabriel Medina.
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So just like that the year’s half done.
Margies was number four on the CT calendar. It was a great event with an ending that was both tragic and anti-climactic. Tragic for the Macaulay family, and by extension for most of the attendees, whose spirits were clearly fractured by the family’s sudden loss. Anti-climactic, because of injury and competitive errors by some of the great male surfers in the draw, who were thus absent, or in Jack Robinson’s case, 400 metres away surfing Box for other cameras entirely.
Mar 1, 2021
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Today, the World Surf League (WSL) and Rip Curl together announced the three-year partnership of the
Rip Curl WSL Finals, the new one-day competition that will decide the men’s and women’s World Surfing Champions.
The inaugural Rip Curl WSL Finals will take place in San Clemente, Calif. at Lower Trestles. At the conclusion of the regular season, the top five men and top five women on the Championship Tour (CT) rankings will head to Orange County for this one-day, winner-take-all shot at the World Title.
Often referred to as one of the most high-performance waves in the world, there is nowhere to hide at Lowers. To win there requires a unique combination of technical mastery and explosive innovation. The Rip Curl WSL Finals waiting period will run from September 8 – 17, 2021, a choice time of year for solid Southern Hemisphere swells to light up the cobblestone point.
Feb 16, 2021
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Today, the World Surf League (WSL) confirmed the updated schedule for the Championship Tour (CT) Australian leg, announcing the three upcoming events in North Narrabeen (NSW), Margaret River (WA), and Rottnest Island (WA). The WSL also announced the cancellation of the 2021 Corona Open Gold Coast pres. by Billabong and the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach.
Australian Leg of 2021 WSL Championship Tour : All tour stops and dates subject to change due to applicable COVID-19 related restrictions, including global travel restric
tions.
Rip Curl Narrabeen Classic pres. by Corona: April 16 – 26
Boost Mobile Margaret River Pro pres. by Corona: May 2-12