Rip Curl Blog
Padang Padang Awakens For Rip Curl Cup Warm-Up Session
A healthy dose of Indian Ocean swell saw the mythical wave at Padang Padang roar to life on Friday afternoon for the Rip Curl Cup Warm-Up presented by Samudera Indonesia, a three-hour surfing exhibition featuring 18 of the 24 invited surfers in this year’s Ultimate Tuberiding Contest at Padang Padang.
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The Rip Curl Cup Padang Padang is on!
The 2019 Rip Curl Cup at Padang Padang has been called ON for today, Monday, July 22nd!
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Benji Brand Wins 2019 Rip Curl Cup In Best Padang Padang Barrels Of The Year
Benji Brand received a personal invitation from Mick Fanning to compete in the 2019 Rip Curl Cup at Padang Padang - and on the best day of the year thus far at The Balinese Pipeline, Brand did not disappoint.
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The Rip Curl Cup Padang Padang Is On!
The 2019 Rip Curl Cup at Padang Padang has been called ON for today, Monday, July 22nd. A powerful southwest swell has hit the southern coast of Bali and the waves at Padang Padang have officially reached the world-class caliber required to run Asia's most prestigious tube riding shootout.
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Meet 2019 Rip Curl Cup artist – and competitor – Lee Wilson
Meet 2019 Rip Curl Cup artist – and competitor – Lee Wilson
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Rip Curl Cup On High Alert For Monday, July 22nd Start At Padang Padang
The 2019 Rip Curl Cup is officially on “High Alert” to be held on Monday, July 22nd at Padang Padang. 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 Monday, 6:30 AM (local Bali time) start to run the WSL specialty event.
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16 Invitees Announced At Rip Curl Cup Opening Ceremony At Padang Padang
Rip Curl has officially announced the 16 surfers invited to compete in the 2019 Rip Curl Cup at Padang Padang. The announcement was made on Sunday at the Opening Ceremony, held at Padang Padang beach in front of a crowd of several hundred fans gathered from all over the world to join in blessing the event with good waves, a safe competition, and officially christen the start of the holding period to the one of a kind tube riding invitational.
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Perfect Padang Padang Rewards Four Local Winners Of Rip Curl Cup Trials
Local Kuta surfer Raditya Rondi put on a tuberiding clinic in picture perfect 6-foot Padang Padang barrels on Friday, topping a field of 16 of Bali's best local surfers on Day 2 of the Trials of the 2019 Rip Curl Cup Padang Padang Invitational.
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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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