After an early loss on the Gold Coast, the two-time, reigning World Champ bounced back Friday at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach.
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The WSL commentary crew goes over day one action from Winkipop.
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After an early loss on the Gold Coast, the two-time, reigning World Champ bounced back Friday at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach.
The WSL commentary crew goes over day one action from Winkipop.
The South African earned a last-minute 7.30 to put him in the lead against Patrick Gudauskas and Caio Ibelli.
The Australian earned an 6.83 despite a lull in conditions to take the Round 1 win against Conner Coffin and Ezekiel Lau.
The youngest rookie on Tour just took down Brazilian wunderkind Filipe Toledo in Round 1 of the Rip Curl Pro at Winkipop.