Sometimes the narrowest of margins determine who's the champ ... and who's the chump.
Nick Carroll reports on Mick Fanning's emotional Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach win.
Class might be out for the Easter break ... but the kids that crowded Bells Beach were given a lesson in new-school surfing on day two of the Rip Curl Pro.
Just before they flew down to Bells, a few of the big names enjoyed the best that Burleigh and the Southern Gold Coast had to offer.
Kelly Slater, Bede Durbidge, Josh Kerr and more shot by Andrew Shield.
The reigning Rip Curl Pro champ Joel Parkinson is hoping to add a fourth Bells bell to his collection. But first he has to get past a couple of Aussie mates in Round One.
And who does Parko think will be his toughest opponents at Bells?
Skipped school a while back and met up with Soli and Tai, surf was doggers everywhere. This is what we ended up with.Shot with Canon 7d, Edited on an iPhone with 'iMovie' and '8mm'Song: Lay it down- The rubens