Rip Curl Blog
The Rip Curl Cup Padang Padang Kicks Off With Perfect Conditions And Stellar Tube Riding Performances
The long-awaited Rip Curl Cup Padang Padang 2024 officially kicked off yesterday as the Indian Ocean finally delivered the perfect swell conditions to run. With a solid 4-6 foot swell out of the southwest, contest director Nick Chong gave the green light to start the event.
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Countdown to Rip Curl Cup Begins, Mick Fanning Makes His Padang Padang Picks
A highlight reel from the past 12 months of surfing, featuring some of the deepest Fijian pits you’ve seen in a while...
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Padang Delivers The Goods For Rd 1 & 2 Of Rip Curl Cup Trials
32 of Indonesia’s best local surfers are competing for the final 4 spots in the @wsl Main Event.
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Seven World Titles, Three World Champions, One Wall: The MadSteez Mural
Mick Fanning, Gabriel Medina and Tyler Wright discuss how it feels to be immortalised by MadSteez on the biggest wall in Torquay.
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Rip Curl Cup Finals Set For Thursday; Semifinalists Brace For Swell Of The Decade
The world wants to see Bethany Hamilton tearing up the Surf Ranch, and the WSL knows it…The World SuraSemifinalists Josh Kerr, Jacob Willcox, Mega Semadhi and Jack Robinson give us their thoughts on the upcoming Finals Day Swell Of The Decade headed to Padang on Thursday, July 19th.f League has just announced that Bethany Hamilton has scored the wildcard into the...
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Don’t Call It a “Lay Day”
Josh Kerr, Jacob Willcox, Gearoid McDaid and Jack Robinson keep the adrenaline high at a nearby slab while waiting for a HUGE Finals Day swell heading to Padang for Thursday.
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Rip Curl Cup On High Alert For Sunday, July 15th Start At Padang
The 2018 Rip Curl Cup is officially on “High Alert” to be held on Sunday, July 15th at Padang Padang, Bali, Indonesia. With an impressive SW swell currently tracking towards Bali, event directors have changed the official event status from Red (Standby) to Yellow (High Alert), and surfers are now on call for a potential Sunday, 7AM local Bali start time to run the one-day WSL specialty event.
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Meet The Wildcards
Meet the four local surfers looking to shake up the Rip Curl Cup
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It’s On “Ween” It’s On: MADSTEEZ
Welcome to the “ween-o’verse” of Rip Curl Cup artist Mark Paul Deren, aka MADSTEEZ
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Rip Curl Cup Surfers Gather in Bali as Potential Contest Swell Looms
An A-list of tuberiding specialists gathered at Padang Padang beach on Sunday for the opening ceremony of the Rip Curl Cup 2018. And a potential “green light” swell could be arriving not far on their heels.
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Rip Curl Cup Opening Ceremony This Sunday, July 1st in Bali
The world’s best tube riders are ready to gather at Bali’s most hallowed wave on Sunday, July 1st for the Rip Curl Cup Opening Ceremony. All are welcome to attend the traditional festivities at Padang Padang to bless the event with good waves and pray for the safety of the competing athletes.
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