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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.youtube.com\\/embed\\/P0-kr61-hUI?enablejsapi=1\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"360\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\\/iframe&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;h2&gt;Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach: Day 1 Highlights&lt;\\/h2&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Day 1 at Bells. It\\u2019s like a broken record; &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/surf.transworld.net\\/tag\\/kelly-slater\\/\\\"&gt;Kelly Slater&lt;\\/a&gt; nabs the highest heat total of the day, &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/surf.transworld.net\\/tag\\/joel-parkinson\\/\\\"&gt;Parko&lt;\\/a&gt; surfs like a bar of soap in a bathtub and smashes his opponents, and &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/surf.transworld.net\\/tag\\/mick-fanning\\/\\\"&gt;Mick Fanning&lt;\\/a&gt; puts in a workmanlike effort to dispatch of less-experienced competitors. Despite the usual storyboard, there were some upsets and surprises on day 1 at Bells: Injury replacement surfer Willian \\u201cKung Fu Panda\\u201d Cardoso from Brazil used his tree trunk like legs to power past Taj Burrow and a shaky looking Kieren Perrow, and Kolohe Andino beat veterans Jordy Smith and CJ Hobgood in very Lowers-like surf.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;While day 1 was pretty dull surf wise, there is substantial swell on the way that will ensure an action packed Easter weekend full of ripping from stop #2 on the men\\u2019s World Championship Tour. And now that we\\u2019ve got the no-loser round out of the way, it\\u2019s time for the business end of the event to kick in. Tears will be shed, boards will be punched, and claims will be made. Stay tuned to out twitter and instagram account to get the heads up when competition kick off.&lt;strong&gt;\\u2014JC&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;figure id=\\\"attachment_1000159016\\\" style=\\\"width: 640px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2013\\/03\\/Joel-Parkinson1.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"size-full wp-image-1000159016\\\" title=\\\"Joel Parkinson\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2013\\/03\\/Joel-Parkinson1.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Joel Parkinson\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"360\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\"&gt;Joel Parkinson on day 1 of the 2013 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach. Photo: ASP&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;em&gt; Event No. 2 of 10 2013 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT)&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;em&gt; Bells Beach, Victoria Australia&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;em&gt; March 27 -April 7, 2013&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Perennial ASP World Title Threats Dominate Opening Day of Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;BELLS BEACH, Victoria\\/AUS (Friday, March 29, 2013) \\u2013 The ASP Top 34 returned to battle today as the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford completed Round 1 of competition in clean three-to-four foot (1 metre) waves at Bells Beach. Stop No. 2 of 10 on the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach recommences the hunt for this year\\u2019s world surfing crown and the perennial threats were in blistering form on opening day.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Kelly Slater (USA), 41, 11-time ASP World Champion, posted an emphatic victory over a lethal Adam Melling (AUS), 28, and wildcard Jacob Willcox (AUS), 15, in Round 1 of competition this afternoon. Slater\\u2019s commanding display at Rincon point netted him the day\\u2019s high heat total of an 18.07 out of a possible 20, including a near-perfect 9.70 on his final wave of the heat.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cI switched my equipment back to the Weirdo Ripper which I rode in the early rounds on the Gold Coast and it seemed to work really well in those slopey Rincon waves,\\u201d Slater said. \\u201cI drifted in towards the end of the heat and that wave (9.70) wasn\\u2019t very big, but it looked like it was going to run a bit better and it just allowed for a good amount of turns.\\u201d Following a Runner-Up finish in 2012, Slater is back with a vengeance this season, collecting a win at the opening event on the Gold Coast and announcing his intentions for the year ahead.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cI\\u2019m committed to the tour this year,\\u201d Slater said. \\u201cI think in the past, I\\u2019ve been of two minds \\u2013 wanting to compete but also wanting to chase swells around the world and that\\u2019s why I\\u2019ve been hesitant to commit before. This year though, I\\u2019m committed and focused on the tour. When I stop competing in a few years, I can chase the swells then.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Joel Parkinson (AUS), 31, reigning ASP World Champion, has collected three Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach victories (2004, 2009, 2011) throughout his storied career and the stylish natural-footer continued his impressive run at the iconic break in Round 1 this morning. \\u201cBells is comfortable place for me,\\u201d Parkinson said. \\u201cIt has so much history and I\\u2019ve been surfing the waves, Rincon and the Bowl and Winki, my whole life. I love coming back here to compete and feel very at home. Kelly (Slater) set the pace at the first stop on the Goldy, but there are a lot of crew right in the mix.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Parkinson was joined by Gold Coast stablemate and two-time ASP World Champion (2007, 2009) Mick Fanning (AUS), 31, today as back-to-back Round 1 victors with Fanning slicing through the morning conditions and directly into Round 3.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Julian Wilson (AUS), 24, current ASP WCT No. 5, survived a hard-fought battle with Kai Otton (AUS), 33, and Patrick Gudauskas (USA), 27, to punctuate this morning\\u2019s action. \\u201cVery happy to get through a heat out at Bells,\\u201d Wilson said. \\u201cI had a bit of success here in my junior career, but lost in Round 2 the last few years. So yeah, I\\u2019m into Round 3 and that\\u2019s already the best result of my professional career here.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Long considered one of the premiere surfers on the planet, Wilson\\u2019s start to the 2013 season has positioned the young Sunshine Coaster in the hunt for the 2013 ASP World Title. \\u201cA Top 5 finish this year would be great but the World Title is the goal,\\u201d Wilson said. \\u201cI had a pretty good start on the Gold Coast and hopefully I can back it up at Bells and keep the momentum up. The waves are pretty fun and I think today may be the smallest we get it through the window so hopefully we get to finish up in the Bells Bowl.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;While the top seeds dominated the opening day proceedings, rookies Nat Young (USA), 21, and Filipe Toledo (BRA), 17, collected dynamic Round 1 victories of their own with Young posting a dramatic last-minute win with his searing backhand surfing and Toledo flying across and over the rippable Rincon righthanders to advance directly into Round 3.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Kolohe Andino (USA), 19, ASP Dream Tour sophomore, punctuated the day\\u2019s affairs with a high-flying exhibition against Jordy Smith (ZAF), 25, and C.J. Hobgood (USA), 33. Andino opened up the heat with a full-rotation aerial for a 9.57 and took a commanding 17.14 heat total to finish out the day. \\u201cIt\\u2019s a weird dynamic on this tour as they\\u2019re all your favorite surfers and you want to beat them,\\u201d Andino said. \\u201cJordy (Smith) is one of my favorite surfers and CJ (Hobgood) is so deadly. I\\u2019m having fun though. I feel like my surfing has improved a lot from last year. Hopefully we get good waves for the rest of the event.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;When men\\u2019s competition resumes, up first will be Taj Burrow (AUS), 34, up against Jacob Willcox (AUS), 15, in the opening heat of Round 2. Event organizers will reconvene tomorrow at 7:30am to assess conditions for a possible 8am start.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The 2013 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach will be webcast LIVE via &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.live.ripcurl.com\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;www.live.ripcurl.com&lt;\\/a&gt; and broadcast live on Fuel TV in Australia and Portugal, ESPN in Brazil and MCS Extreme in France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Switzerland and Africa. You can also watch the event live via the Rip Curl Pro iPhone app, available free in the iTunes App Store.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;CoastalWatch, official forecasters for the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, have called for: A mid period SW swell maintains three foot surf at Bells on Friday and eases into Saturday. A stronger increase in long period SW groundswell arrives over the Easter long weekend. This is likely to be followed by another strong SSW groundswell around Wednesday 4 April. For more information, log onto &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.aspworldtour.com\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;www.aspworldtour.com&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RIP CURL PRO BELLS BEACH ROUND 1 RESULTS:&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 1: Raoni Monteiro (BRA) 13.60, Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 13.33, Gabriel Medina (BRA) 11.17&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 2: Julian Wilson (AUS) 14.64, Kai Otton (AUS) 14.43, Patrick Gudauskas (USA) 12.83&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 3: Willian Cardoso (BRA) 15.06, Taj Burrow (AUS) 11.33, Kieren Perrow (AUS) 8.16&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 4: Mick Fanning (AUS) 14.83, Sebastian Zietz (HAW) 12.34, Oney Anwar (IDN) 7.60&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 5: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 16.20, Brett Simpson (USA) 10.20, Jack Perry (AUS) 8.87&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 6: Kelly Slater (USA) 18.03, Adam Melling (AUS) 15.50, Jacob Willcox (AUS) 10.17&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 7: Alejo Muniz (BRA) 16.33, Adriano de Souza (BRA) 13.60, Tiago Pires (PRT) 11.10&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 8: Josh Kerr (AUS) 15.06, Dusty Payne (HAW) 14.20, Damien Hobgood (USA) 13.87&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 9: Nat Young (USA) 16.43, Jeremy Flores (FRA) 15.90, Travis Logie (ZAF) 12.20&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 10: Filipe Toledo (BRA) 15.47, Michel Bourez (PYF) 13.67, Bede Durbidge (AUS) 12.23&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 11: Adrian Buchan (AUS) 17.26, Glenn Hall (IRL) 13.77, Owen Wright (AUS) 13.73&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 12: Kolohe Andino (USA) 17.14, C.J. Hobgood (USA) 13.90, Jordy Smith (ZAF) 12.76&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The Rip Curl Pro is presented by FORD with partners the Victorian Government, Momentum Energy, mophie, Tooheys Extra Dry, Jim Beam, Skullcandy, Red Bull, Telstra, Surf Coast Shire, Surfing Life Magazine, Fuel TV, Ozmosis, Nova, CO2 Australia, Coastalwatch Plus and co-managed by Surfing Victoria.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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