Rip Curl: Kelly Slater scored a perfect 10 for this incredible 360 air in the Final, but it wasn't enough.
Rip Curl: Slater attempted a few hail mary airs in the dying minutes of the Final, but it wasn't enough to surpass Mick
Rip Curl: Fanning put the exclamation point on his 9.1 first wave score of the Final with this frontside grab air on the inside shore break section
Rip Curl: Mick Fanning pulls his trademark lightning fast cutback en route to his second Rip Curl Pro Bells title
Rip Curl: The Bell Tolls For Mick!
Rip Curl: Mick Fanning overcomes 11-time world champ Kelly Slater to claim the 2012 Rip Curl Pro.
Rip Curl: Mick Fanning overcomes 11-time world champ Kelly Slater to claim the 2012 Rip Curl Pro.
Rip Curl: Mick Fanning overcomes 11-time world champ Kelly Slater to claim the 2012 Rip Curl Pro.
Rip Curl: These guys can claim 6 Rip Curl Pro Bells between them (4 for Slater and 2 for Mick).
Rip Curl: Kelly gives Mick a victory shower.
Rip Curl: You've got to win it to ring it, and Mick Fanning nearly broke the Bell he rang it so hard.
Rip Curl: Mick Fanning exults after clinching the 2012 Rip Curl Pro Bells title.
Rip Curl: Mick Fanning surfed one of the greatest heats of his life in the Final of the 2012 Rip Curl Pro
Rip Curl: Mick Fanning is carried up the beach after defeating Kelly Slater in the Final in front of a standing-room-only crowd
Rip Curl: A very happy Mick Fanning celebrates his second Bells title. His first was back in 2001
Rip Curl: These guys can claim 6 Rip Curl Pro Bells between them (4 for Slater and 2 for Mick).
Rip Curl: Mick Fanning celebrates the win with his wife.
Rip Curl: Mick Fanning overcomes 11-time world champ Kelly Slater to claim the 2012 Rip Curl Pro.
Rip Curl: Mick Fanning overcomes 11-time world champ Kelly Slater to claim the 2012 Rip Curl Pro.
Rip Curl: Mick Fanning overcomes 11-time world champ Kelly Slater to claim the 2012 Rip Curl Pro.
Rip Curl: Mick Fanning exults after clinching the 2012 Rip Curl Pro Bells title.
Rip Curl: Mick Fanning exults after clinching the 2012 Rip Curl Pro Bells title.
Rip Curl: The crowds enjoyed sunny conditions for the Final