Rip Curl: At first light, we knew we would be running some heats at Bells.
Rip Curl: Carissa Moore was all smiles after her freesurf this morning.
Rip Curl: Moody Winki
Rip Curl: Alana Blanchard slashed her way to an upset victory over current world champ Stephanie Gilmore and Sage Erickson in Round 1.
Rip Curl: Courtney Conlogue
Rip Curl: Stephanie Gilmore looked sharp but finished third and will have to surf in Round 2.
Rip Curl: Silvana Lima was on fire in her Round 1 victory.
Rip Curl: Wildcard Nikki van Dijk scored a huge upset victiory over world No. 1 Tyler Wright in Round 1.
Rip Curl: Tyler Wright will have to surf in Round 2 after narrowly losing out to Nikki van Dijk in Round 1.
Rip Curl: Sally Fitzgibbons all smiles in her round 1 heat.
Rip Curl: Sally Fitzgibbons
Rip Curl: Carissa Moore had the highest round 1 heat score of the day.
Rip Curl: The lovely Carrisa Moore.
Rip Curl: Alana Blanchard.
Rip Curl: Alana Blanchard.
Rip Curl: Carissa Moore.
Rip Curl: Carissa Moore.
Rip Curl: Nikki Van Dijk
Rip Curl: Nikki Van Dijk
Rip Curl: Pauline Ado
Rip Curl: Rebecca Woods
Rip Curl: Sally Fitzgibbons and her fan club.
Rip Curl: Sally Fitzgibbons
Rip Curl: Sally Fitzgibbons
Rip Curl: Sally Fitzgibbons
Rip Curl: Stephanie Gilmore
Rip Curl: Stephanie Gilmore
Rip Curl: Tyler Wright