Ride the wave on the Seven Network this weekend, when stop four of the World Surf League (WSL) Rip Curl Pro arrives at Australia’s home of surfing, Bells Beach, live and free from this Sunday at 7.30am AEDT on 7plus.
After a highly decorated career which spanned 17 years, three-time World Champion Mick Fanning will return to the waves at Bells Beach this weekend after receiving the event wildcard, following his retirement at the 2018 Rip Curl Pro.
In a bonus for Aussie surfing fans, Australian seven-time World Champion Stephanie Gilmore will also feature in the women’s events at Bells Beach, against fellow local surfers Isabella Nichols, Sally Fitzgibbons, Bronte Macaulay, India Robinson and Tyler Wright. Australian up-and-coming surfing star Molly Picklum will also hit the waves and is looking to be Australia’s best chance at taking out the women’s event.
Following the sport’s triumphant debut at last year’s Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, all of the WSL’s live contests and highlights shows across the 2022 season – including Bells Beach – will be broadcast across the Seven Network and live-streamed on 7plus, Australia’s #1 commercial free-to-air BVOD platform.
The upcoming WSL events broadcast on Seven and 7plus are:
• Rip Curl Pro, Bells Beach: 10 April to 20 April (Stop #4, Championship Tour)
• Margaret River Pro, Margaret River: 24 April to 4 May (Stop #5, Championship Tour)
• Boost Mobile Gold Coast Pro, Gold Coast: 7 May to 15 May (Stop #1, Challenger Series)
• GWM Sydney Surf Pro, Manly Beach: 17 May to 27 May (Stop #2, Challenger Series)
Live coverage on 7plus will include all stops of the world’s premier surfing competition, the WSL Championship Tour, along with the Challenger Series, the Rip Curl WSL Finals and select Australian-based Qualifying Series events, while the deal also sees Seven broadcast the Rip Curl WSL Finals on free-to-air television as well as 11 hour-long highlights of Championship Tour events.
Bells Beach is one highlight of a jam-packed year of surfing that will continue all the way through to December, with the last stop of the Challenger Series at Haleiwa, Hawaii.
