Sport
‘We did everything we could’: League boss details battle to save ‘Wimbledon of surfing’ – The Age
Organisers of the Rip Curl Pro surfing event say the Andrews government ‘underestimated the significance of Bells Beach’ to Victorians.
From a World Surf League perspective, Bells Beach is sacred to us, its been running over 50 years and ringing the bell is in many ways the Wimbledon of surfing, he said.
We love that event and we desperately wanted Bells to be the first opening event of the Australian leg, but it wasnt possible and that wasnt a decision that was in our control.
We were
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