[nurse] Do you have any history of concussion?
[Owen] I've had a severe concussion and a TBI,
left frontal temporal lobe.
[nurse] Follow my finger.
Dizzy?
- [Owen] There was dizziness, yeah. - We're gonna do up and down, okay?
Okay. So, now what would you rate the dizziness?
Probably twice the first one.
I'm still a bit dizzy.
I'm Owen Wright and I'm a pro surfer.
In 2015 I was actually going for a World Title.
[nurse] Hold your thumb out in front of you.
And move your head right-left, right-left, right-left.
[Owen] Heading into Pipe, I was training pretty hard.
A huge set came at, like, 15 feet, and it just knocked the life out of me.
[reporter 1] Owen Wright. He suffered an injury yesterday, was hospitalized.
[Owen] A blood vessel popped in my brain.
My brain scan, they said, looked like a blast victim at war.
I had this feeling that I would come back to tour.
I couldn't even barely walk the length of a house
and I was still holding on to that hope.
[Tyler] My brother's brain injury,
it was a very emotionally challenging time for him.
[Turpel] Tyler Wright is your 2016 world champion.
[Owen] When Tyler won the World Title I was still really in a bad way,
but I got so spurred on by that.
A whole year I worked to get back to my best.
[Turpel] It's the final for the Quiksilver Pro.
[commentator] Owen Wright is back.
[Turpel] We weren't sure if we'd see him come back. Now, to see him make a Final.
How is it that after... [stammers] ...you know, 13, 14 months
of hardly being able to surf, comes back and he's surfing like this?
[Turpel] Owen Wright, your new world number one.
One of the best comeback stories we could ever imagine.
World champ, Tyler Wright, the first to embrace her big brother.
Two months ago, we didn't know we were doing this.
[cheering, whistling]
[Owen] It couldn't have gone any better,
but the doctor said it's the worst thing that could've happened to me.
My brain was just stretched to the limits and I was getting huge side effects.
[crowd cheering]
Since then I've had an absolute shocker from the tour.
[ticking]
- Fuck. - [nurse] If you get too dizzy, just stop.
[Owen] I just wanna get back my winning form again.
I'm 32. I've been doing it for 12 years.
It's been my whole life.
It's everything and I don't wanna lose that.
[King] For a long time, he was one of the best.
But if you hit those pinnacles and those dizzying heights,
then it's a fucking steep cliff on the other side.
[Blakey] Welcome to the 59th edition
of the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach.
[Turpel] The longest-running surf event in the entire world.
[King] For us, as Australians, Bells Beach is a mecca.
It brought Australians from the West Coast,
from Queensland, from everywhere.
It wasn't called a contest then, it was called a gathering.
[Gilmore] It's the birthplace for professional surfing.
When you look at the list of winners, it's the most iconic world champions.
Surfers that have paved the way through the history of our sport.
[Blakey] It's an event like no other.
There's so much history, so much prestige with this event.
Bells Beach is like the surfing Colosseum.
This wave that peels right into the beach.
Everyone lines the cliffs and you can hear the crowd.
[cheering]
It's pretty awesome.
[trumpet blowing]
[Hodge] Coming into Bells Beach,
Tyler Wright at seventh has half an eye on the WSL top five.
Owen Wright's 31st on the leaderboard.
He must perform well at Bells to shore up his spot on the Championship Tour.
[Turpel] This mid-season cut that we've been going on about,
now we can kind of feel it.
I mean, this is stop four. The cut's happening at stop five.
Going from 34 men on tour to 22.
On the women's side, top 17, we're going to the top ten.
[Hughes] There is so much pressure now, it's really do-or-die.
[Tyler] There's gonna be some of the greatest surfers cut
halfway through the year.
That's the whole thing about it, is to make that sort of intensity in your face.
[Owen] I'm dead last, coming into Bells.
If I don't make it here, like, it's done. I'm off tour.
[King] This cut, for him, it's really hard not to feel that pressure,
but Owen's natural ability and his skill, that's World Title level.
I think he has what it takes to win.
[Owen] There's specific competitions that I wanna win,
and Bells would be, like, the number one on the list.
[Turpel] The official press conference for the 2022 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach.
- [applause] - Two-time world champ, Tyler Wright.
Uh, so many great memories watching you surf here on the bowl
on some big Finals days over the years.
Talk about your energy that you put into winning this event.
I've never won here, but, I-I don't know, I'd love that. [chuckles]
Um, you know, it's been, uh, an interesting few years,
but this has definitely been the first event that I've felt comfortable and--
and almost surfing like myself again, which is kinda nice. [chuckles]
[Tyler] I feel good.
This is the first year
where I feel like I've been able to focus a lot more of my energy on surfing.
[reporter 1] Is it more about the surfing for you now
and not the competition?
Um, no, I'm-- I'm competitive as they get.
[Hodge] It's crazy that we've never seen one of the Wrights win Bells.
[Tyler] Winning Bells would be amazing.
I've been going to Bells since I was eight or nine.
Numerous adventures through those younger years.
So Bells is really special.
[reporter 2] What would it feel like for you to win the Bell?
Honestly, it's the only trophy I want. It's the only trophy I wanna win.
[Owen] Who remembers the van in the car park at Bells?
[friend 1] Oh.
[Tyler] Oh, my God. It was wild. [chuckles]
- [friend 2] Is that the brown one? - [Tyler] Yeah.
- Yeah, the brown one. - [Owen] Yeah, the Toyota Coaster.
We would cook our dinner on the ground in these, like, cookers.
And our mate ran past, dirt flicked up, went over the food.
We were like, "Aw, it's ruined."
And Dad was like, "Nah, that's just bush pepper."
We still ate it.
[laughing]
We've been coming to Bells since forever. [chuckles]
We were five kids,
so my dad had to pile us all into a van and we'd drive ten hours.
And we'd sleep in the competition car park.
[Dad] We traveled up last night.
Slept inside the van, head to toe.
[Owen] In the back of the van, it would be decked out,
where there'd be two levels where you'd slide in like sardines.
[Mikey] I think it was me, Dad and Tyler on the top row.
You and Kirby underneath.
And Dad was like-- had enough 'cause I was kicking him.
So he kind of bumped me and I fell out, kicked Owen on the way down,
hit the bottom step, landed on the floor.
- That was Mike and I's first concussion. - [Tyler] Yeah. [chuckles]
[Dad] There's Tyler.
[Mom] Her balance is incredible, isn't it?
[Mom] Their dad was a really good surfer.
He taught them how to surf when they were at least four.
And I don't think surfing's a safe sport by any means.
[Tyler] We're really good at pushing each other over the edge.
[Owen] Look at Tyler. The amount of times we were like,
"Come on, stop crying. Get where it's been. It's time to go."
[Tyler] When you're just kids, you just look up to your older siblings so much.
[announcer 1] The winner, Owen Wright.
[Tyler] And you're just like, "I just wanna do what they're doing."
[announcer 2] The champion is Tyler Wright.
- [cheering] - [Tyler] "I just gotta keep up."
You're gonna have, uh, more trophies than your brother, Owen, soon, hey?
- What-- Is he getting jealous? - Yeah.
[Owen] We are the most competitive family in the world.
When I was 18 I was trying to make the tour
and she'd already won a world tour event at 14.
- [crowd cheering] - All my mates were kinda giving me shit.
It's like, "Oh, your younger sister's outperformed you.
She finished higher than ya."
So I feel like I've been chasing her my whole life.
When did we tell Dad, "Nah, we don't want your bus here anymore," like... [laughs]
- [Tyler] We rallied together. - When was that moment?
- We had to rally, hey? - [Tyler] We conspired for like--
You know, he never stopped sleeping in his car, coming down.
[Tyler] Yeah, he-- he slept in that van.
Even though we were all like, "Hey, come stay in our Airbnb."
- All three of us have Airbnbs. - [Tyler] Yes, or stay in our house.
And he would just go, "No, no, no, I'm sleeping in my van."
[laughing]
[Dad] So what have we got here?
Three 6'3"s and a couple 6'4"s.
[Owen] My dad's been a massive part in my life,
but he's got a really bad health issue.
My dad got diagnosed with semantic dementia.
And his condition is just getting rapidly worse.
To win Bells would mean so much to my dad.
So, yeah.
Full-on.
[Owen] What shirt you got on today, buddy?
Daddy's shirt.
[Owen] That says Ow-lympian. [chuckles]
Last year, I became Australia's first surfing Olympic medalist,
as a bronze medalist.
Put a big yellow nose on me, didn't ya?
- And I put lipstick. [chuckles] - Oh, and lipstick on me. [chuckles]
I showed performances and felt the form.
So coming into Bells, I know my skills are good enough to win the event.
Are you ready?
We going down for a surf?
[baby] Great stuff.
[Owen] Family, for me, is everything, but it's hard to balance all of it.
Trying to take care of my kids, take care of my dad.
I moved in with him. He helped me through my brain injury.
So now I live with him. I'm his carer.
It's full-on.
[Owen] Go to the beach? Let's go.
It's all on the line.
I sit up at night going, "I could fall off tour."
I don't know what I would exactly do
because this is how I make a living.
I really need to make this for my kids, for my wife,
you know, for myself.
It's my whole life.
- How you feeling going into this? - Today?
- Yeah. - Yeah, good.
[child] Why is there all dots in my toes? Like when you move it feels kind of funny.
Oh, pins and needles?
Pins and needles there!
Pins and needles!
Is there actually stings in there?
There's nothing in there, mate.
What's in my toes then?
- Nothing. - [chuckles] Just a feeling.
It's just, like, a tickly feeling.
[child] It's so ticklish.
Go, Dad.
[announcer] And if you're up in the car park area near the main stage
- now is your opportunity to have... - [Owen] There it is.
- ...your photo taken with the famous bell. - [Owen] What do you reckon, Vali?
[official] That's the line here, guys.
We're gonna wait for everyone. No drama.
[Owen] The trophy is a bell.
So that's the sweet thing, is Bells Beach, and you've just got this bell to ring.
[announcer] If you can get your name on that trophy,
it's something really special.
- [bell clanging] - [crowd cheering]
To pick up this giant bell. Like, it's so heavy. [laughs]
And you get to ring it really loud.
- [bell clangs] - And you definitely get the goose bumps.
[crowd cheering]
You gotta win it to ring it. And if you're not a surfer, it's kind of, like,
"What the hell is going on with Bells, man? That's such a weird concept."
- [Kita] Can we sneak him in? - Hey, Flano?
- Vali wants one. Could I get in? - [Kita] Yeah, he said, "Yeah."
[person 1] Ready, guys?
[Owen] I've wanted to ring the bell since I was a wildcard at Bells, when I was 17.
My whole life's history is hearing about Bells and ringing the bell.
Realistically, it's not bigger than a World Title,
but, look, for me it was just equally as big.
Do you want to go?
You wanna touch it?
Vali, my son, he's like, "Dad, I want you to win the bell."
So I'm like, "Well, if I win, you can ring it."
[Turpel] What a beautiful morning
on the opening day of the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach.
Mikey Wright said he was moving on from competition last year,
now as a wild card taking on Filipe Toledo.
Mikey Wright looking aggressive and stylish.
[Hughes] Mikey is literally one of the best free surfers in the world.
[Blakey] Tyler Wright, the two-time world champion, absolutely ripping.
It is incredible to have three family members
at the forefront of a professional sport.
There's no doubt that they feed off each other's energy and push one another.
[crowd cheering]
[gasps] Guess what. Auntie Ty-Ty won.
[Hughes] Tyler, with the highest heat total of the women's side.
So impressive.
- [crowd cheering, applauding] - [whistling]
Here he is. Ooh.
- Not bad. - Yeah, not bad, hey.
Little spicy tomato soup.
[Blakey] Griffin Colapinto has just had his first CT win.
He wants to get another victory here at Bells Beach.
[Colapinto] This season's been insane for me so far.
After winning Portugal, I feel, like, totally in the zone.
I'm feeling confident.
[Blakey] Colapinto is up against Owen Wright.
And there is, uh, a spot in the round of 16 up for grabs.
[Owen] Going into this event, I feel a bit lost,
not having my dad here with me.
[baby mumbles]
- [Owen] Hey, baby. - [Kita] She wants to wax.
[Owen] I could always lean on him for that leadership, that direction.
And that strong guidance is missing.
Since he got diagnosed, I lost every first-round heat.
I can't get further than that.
[stammers] I haven't-- I haven't been able to do it.
[Kennedy] Owen's fighting to keep his job as a professional surfer
to support his family and preserve his paycheck by staying on the CT.
- [baby coos] - See you, babe.
[Kennedy] Griffin, young, fierce competitor
who doesn't have the same kind of pressure as Owen Wright, he's surfing incredible.
Hey, Owen.
You wanna get the ones-- Not the stretched wobbly ones,
just the one that's got that little corner, yeah?
Yeah.
[Colapinto] I have a big advantage having a win under my belt.
And so now I just-- I wanna be able to harness that.
- [fan] Good luck. - Thanks, brother. Yeah.
[Lovett] Griffin Colapinto, trying to carry on
with that unbelievable form that he showed in Portugal.
Victory there has just zoomed him into the top seven.
[Blakey] Owen Wright, way down the back end of the ratings,
so far below that mid-year cut line.
- He's, like, below the cut... - [Vali] Mom!
...so he really needs to make this heat and a lot more heats.
[Blakey] Owen's been close in this contest a whole bunch of times.
He has quarterfinaled here five times in the past.
Hasn't been to the semis before.
This would be a good year to do it for him.
As a veteran, you never know how many more chances you're gonna get
to go after the most iconic trophy in the sport.
[Kita] I feel so sick. A lot's on the line.
Bring it on. Let's roll.
[Blakey] And the heat is on.
Griffin. Let's see what the 23-year-old can do.
Attacks the section.
[Blakey] Owen Wright's gonna swoop on this one.
Great turn to get started.
This wave shuts down.
- Oh, no. - [fan 1] He's fine.
[Ahrendt] Let's watch it.
Black, think it's a nice turn. I just don't see a big turn on red's.
[Blakey] A 3.67 from Owen Wright.
- Griffin Colapinto attacks the lip. - [fan 2] Whoo.
- [Blakey] Solid finish. - [fan 3] Whoo.
Griffin Colapinto drops a 5.67. He likes his chances here at Bells Beach.
[announcer, indistinct]
Come on, Owen.
[supporters chattering]
Oh, look.
[Blakey] Owen.
Nice backhand jam.
A changeup in the approach this time, going to the carve.
He drives up into the final section. A lot of lumps to deal with.
Oh, shit.
[Owen] Brain injuries, they're full-on, and they take time.
But I know surfing so well that it's inbuilt.
So that's the confidence I have with me now.
[Blakey] Griffin Colapinto, big carve to get started.
Steep section here
for this young Californian trying to hold off Owen Wright here,
who's desperate for a big result.
[Lovett] And he finishes it beautifully.
Flush.
[Owen] I know I can still be one of the best in the world,
and I'm not coming to just make a heat, I'm coming to win the event.
[Blakey] Score's come through. 6.67.
Just over four minutes to go.
Owen needs a 6.18 to get into the lead.
[Kita sighs] Come on.
[Blakey] Owen on the outside now.
Da...
[Blakey] Digging in on that first section.
- [Blakey] Gets a backhand going. - [Lovett] Whoa.
[Blakey] Owen surfing well under extreme pressure.
You wanna time this last hit perfectly.
[crowd cheering]
[Blakey] He's gonna finish right on the beach.
[cheering, applauding]
[whistling]
[Kita] Everyone knows how crucial this is.
Okay. Let me breathe.
[Lovett] Now, look at the score for Owen Wright.
[Blakey] Five seconds remaining.
[Lovett] Five, four, three, two, one.
- [horn honks] - [cheering]
[applauding]
[Blakey] Griffin Colapinto falls to Owen Wright.
[Lovett] Great surfing in a clutch situation.
- [crowd cheering] - Stoked to see the Big O move through.
Fuck. That was solid.
[King] With his head injury,
there's no way he should be performing the way that he is.
It's phenomenal though.
[sighs] Oh, it's-- it's crazy.
[reporter] Owen Wright, coming through with the win there.
- How are you feeling? - A bit emotional. [chuckles]
Ha... [sighs] Haven't passed that round for a while, so it was good
and, uh, yeah, I felt every bit amount of that pressure
and-- and dug deep and got that score.
- Dada. - Do you wanna say hi to Dada?
[Kita] Kiss. Aw.
[chuckles]
Good job, babe.
[whimpering]
[announcer] ...makes it through the back end. [indistinct]
You got this, babe.
- Yeah. [sniffs] - You got this, babe.
[Owen] I haven't felt that form since my dad got that diagnosis.
[sighs]
So, yeah, it was a big moment for me.
I've gone through a fair bit in the last few years.
But sometimes those things create a certain strength in you
that can produce something like a World Title.
Um, and then I have, like, my sister winning the World Title twice,
and she's just been, like,
in my family, this pinnacle when it comes to winning.
- [Vali chuckles] - [Tyler imitates roar]
And she makes me realize how important it is to be able to deal with pressure
- and really stay focused. - [chuckles]
That's what it takes to win a World Title. I wanna do that.
That's the goal.
[Tyler] You can surf Bells today.
[Baker] Just surf for fun?
- [Tyler] Yeah. [chuckles] Just for fun. - [Baker] Just for fun, not surf-- No.
- [Tyler] Not for tour. [chuckles] - [Baker] Not competitively.
- [Baker] Did you wanna surf? - [Tyler] Nope.
[Baker scoffs]
[Tyler] Don't give me those high eyebrows.
[Tyler] Last year, Bells was canceled, so Newcastle became our next spot.
Went into a café and that's where I met Lilli.
- When the tour was in town... - [chuckles]
...and my boss picked me up because they needed help.
And he's like, "Oh, Lil, there's someone I want you to meet."
Like, telling me all about Tyler,
telling me all of her stats and everything,
and I'm like, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever."
Like, as if a surfer girl's gonna be interested in me.
Meanwhile, I wanted to be pestered by her.
[both chuckle]
[Tyler] We got engaged.
My beautiful custom black diamond ring she designed for me.
An extra special Christmas surprise.
Got myself a wife for Christmas, so... [chuckles]
[Tyler] With my dad's illness,
he doesn't know what's going on much of the time.
But when I tell him about my fiancée, he's like... [exhales sharply] ...you know,
you can see that he's like-- He's got photos of us on his fridge.
- Which is pretty special. - [both chuckling]
The last few years have been crazy, so every day seems pretty lucky to me
that I get to spend with Lilli.
Did you maybe wanna surf? No?
[Baker] We can play in the sand and stuff while Auntie Ty goes for a surf.
[Tyler] Something that I've thought about a lot lately
is what it actually takes to win.
I've simplified everything that I do 'cause life is complicated.
[Baker] Auntie Ty to carry you.
All right, let's go.
[Tyler] It feels really, really nice to be where I am today. I feel good.
Part of it is just being healthy. Part of it is just being in love.
- I love you. - Love you.
[Tyler] As I've gotten older, I've gotten ownership over my career and my life.
It's just mine and I like surfing, and I really enjoy competing.
- [beeps] - Head judge, radio check.
All right. Finals day.
[Turpel] What a beautiful sight to see. A gorgeous sunrise.
We will be crowning our champion today.
Who's gonna ring that bell?
[announcer 1] Got Conlogue and Tyler Wright
in the women's first semifinal.
[crowd cheering]
[Blakey] Courtney, a three-times Bells champion.
[Turpel] And she's looking for a fourth.
And she's won the last four meetings against Tyler.
[Kennedy] Courtney Conlogue's consistency at Bells is incredible.
Her surfing absolutely suits that wave. She's definitely got the edge.
For Tyler Wright, it's going to be difficult.
She's a little bit nervous. She's been playing it down,
how important it is for her.
- [Farris] Yeah. - [Baker] Like, she's been doing that
to keep it in, keep it quiet, keep it together, keep focused.
It is very special for her.
[announcer 2] Five, four, three, two, one.
[buzzer sounds]
[Tyler] Bells is one of those events that's really hard to win.
It's a gnarly wave you have to respect.
I need to be hyperfocused and in the moment.
It's-- It's right now.
[Turpel] Tyler, big open-face wall.
But Courtney's in motion.
Courtney slaps the finish.
Red with the best. It's a low seven.
[Turpel] For Tyler Wright, 5.83. 7.5 for Courtney Conlogue.
[Turpel] She wins that exchange.
Tyler.
Whoo!
- [Turpel] Her best wave so far. - Wow.
[Turpel] A 6.9. Conlogue ready to sink into this one.
[Bartholomew] This is Courtney at her finest.
[Turpel] Conlogue looking for the lead change with 10:30 to go.
Courtney Conlogue, a 6.4. Tyler now needs a 7.01.
- [announcer 2, on speakers] 7.01... - She can do that.
[Owen] My nickname for Tyler is Stumpy.
Her surfing is solid, her personality is solid.
She's a force to be reckoned with.
If she's doing something, you can't move her.
[Turpel] Beautiful layback carve for Tyler.
[Farris] Yes.
[Turpel] Here comes the end section. Can she pull it off?
- [Farris] Yes! - [crowd cheering, applauding]
[fans whistling]
[Turpel] Scores are in from Tyler.
It is her best score of the heat. A 7.33 and the lead.
[Baker] Oh, yeah! [grunts]
[Turpel] Tyler Wright takes the big win and she's into the final.
Right, I'm gonna mosey on and get ready.
[Blakey] Coming up in quarterfinals, Owen Wright.
He's done so well already in this contest.
[Bartholomew] He needed to. It's a renewed Owen Wright
that we're seeing here, and the results are coming.
[Owen] I'm trying to get into the right headspace.
I'm trying to put the cut to the side.
For me, I'm going for the win. That's where I'm going.
[King] With his head injury, it's a freaking miracle that he's still here.
He couldn't pick a harder or crazier sport.
It's just amazing at how much he's adapted.
I've learned a lot from him because, obviously,
it's similar with-- with the-- with the head injury.
Owen's given me some cheat codes in recovery
that he's figured out for himself.
It's all right.
[Fiona] I worry about the head injury every day.
[Fiona] Come here. Oops, oops, oops.
But they're adults, so you just have to be there in the background,
- support them and do what you do. - I'll be back, I'll be back!
- Which one? - [Owen sighs]
Do you reckon we could just, like--
If you feel the good one, the other good one is here.
[Handley] This one just needs some softener.
[Owen] Yeah.
Vali, should we quickly go say good luck to Dad?
- [Owen's friend] He's gone. - [Kita] He's already gone? All right.
[sighs]
[Blakey] On his way out, now you're gonna make a bit of noise.
I'm on the toilet
and he ringed me!
- He ringed you? - Yeah.
-"Bring sand paper." - [Kita chuckles]
- [Kita] Are you for real? - Yeah.
And then I'm driving and he just went, "Where are you?"
I said, "I'm three minutes away," and he goes,
"You gotta sand the rails down."
- I went like this. - [Kita chuckles]
"Way better!"
- I feel like I'm in the F1, - [family and friends chuckling]
changing tires,
and changing suspension.
[Owen's friend] Go, you silly wombat.
- [Blakey] Ethan Ewing on site. - [fans cheering]
The front-running Australian on the leaderboard at the moment.
He is explosive.
[Kennedy] Ethan Ewing's a new title-hopeful for Australia.
His surfing has been incredible throughout the event.
He's been touted as a new Bells specialist.
[Lovett] Certainly gonna be an amazing matchup.
Wow, these two guys have just been in such fine form all event.
[Tyler] There's Daddy.
Go Dad.
[Blakey] Owen's had big finishes in the past,
- but maybe this is his year, mate. - [Lovett] It could be his year.
[horn honks]
[Lovett] Ethan Ewing straight into it.
[Blakey] He just stole that wave off Owen.
[Lovett] Super-aggressive start from the youngster.
[Blakey] He's fired up.
[Lovett] Here's the big fella, mate. Looking to answer back.
- This is a-- - [fans groan]
[Lovett] A little too ambitious on that one.
Ethan Ewing has the edge on Owen Wright at the moment.
But Owen having a look at one now.
Big attack on the bowl.
But behind him, Ethan Ewing,
opportunity to put a big backup number on the board.
- [fans cheering] - [announcer 1] Blammo.
Big finish there for Ethan Ewing.
[announcer 2] So, both boys really starting to work up into this heat.
[Blakey] Just under 15 minutes to go.
[Owen] The cup is overflowing with the emotion of what this means to me.
If I make it through this, there's big things to come.
Like finally ringing that bell. I want to make my dad proud.
[Lovett] Owen drops in. Here he goes.
[fans cheering]
[Blakey] That'll be his best ride.
[family, friends cheering]
Ethan's got on at the back too though.
[Blakey] Ethan's getting the opportunity...
- [Lovett chuckles] - ...to steal that spotlight back.
[Lovett] Just slicing and filleting this wave to pieces.
- Aw. - [Blakey] Ethan's dropped the bomb.
An 8.83.
[Blakey] You'd have to say that's all she wrote for poor O.
[horn honks]
Tough sport, surfing, hey?
[Fiona] Make sure you go and say well done to Dad.
- [Kita] Aw. - Good work, Dad. What a great result.
Proud of you. That's what you gotta say.
- [Kita] I feel for him. - Ah, one hundred.
- [Kita] He wanted the Bell so bad. - I know. I know.
[fan] Great going. Yeah. Thought you'd be touching the bell.
[Owen] Thanks, babe. Yeah.
[announcer speaking indistinctly]
- Onwards and upwards. - [friend] That's good.
- You looked really good. - Team spirit.
- Unlucky. - Aw, I'm super stoked.
No, you should be really stoked. It was really cool to see you.
- One mistake. Then... - [Tyler] Yeah. Yeah.
...I chose to get in the heat
when I should've just let him get 15 points in front. [chuckles]
- Then start. You know? - Yeah. Start. Yeah. [chuckles]
- Sit. - [Vali roars]
- But, hindsight... - It's hard to do that.
- ...it's just like... Yeah. Yeah. - It's always 20/20. Yeah. Yeah.
[Tyler] This is a really grueling, stressful process.
And quite frankly I want the very best for my brother,
whether that's on the surfing stage or not.
[Owen] Oh, yeah.
Thanks.
[Hughes] It's the women's final.
Tyler Wright, Carissa Moore battling it out for the Bell.
[Guerrero] There's so many people.
The whole beach just absolutely packed full to see who's gonna be the champ.
[Tyler] When you come up against a competitor like Carissa,
who's schooled me a million times,
there's always anxiety, there's always nerves.
She's an absolutely incredible competitor.
[fans cheering]
- It's so exciting. - [Farris] Let's go.
[Hughes] And the heat is now underway. Carissa Moore looking for her fourth Bell.
Tyler Wright looking for her first.
Her brother, Owen, he's looked for the Bell for,
you know, many, many years and has fallen short.
Tyler...
tailslide to start off.
- [fan 1] Come on, finish. - Finish, finish.
[Owen] Yeah!
- [whistles] - Whoo-hoo!
[whistles]
Whoo-hoo. I'm so stoked.
[Lovett] Awesome opening blow from Tyler Wright.
[Hughes] Carissa Moore not gonna go down easy though.
Powerful slash to start things off.
But makes the mistake on the finish.
Tyler opens up on an 8.93.
Yes, Ty. Come on.
[groans]
- [fans cheering] - Yeah!
[Lovett] This could be the fight-back wave from Carissa Moore.
[fans groaning]
That would've been a big ole score.
[Mikey] Ah, paddle battle.
Just stay in front of her, Ty. Stay in front of her.
[Guerrero] Look at this paddle battle that's happening right now for priority.
[Ahrendt] Paddle battles can decide whole heats.
If both surfers finish a long wave in a similar position,
whoever gets back out first is gonna get priority.
So it's a huge moment. Especially when it's towards the end of a heat.
[Tyler] When you're in paddle battles,
it's just about strength and psychological resilience.
Pain is not really something that stops me.
[Hughes] Carissa now taking the inside section on Tyler.
[Tyler] All those years I spent chasing my brothers
is the reason I am a competitive little asshole. I love it.
- Ah, Tyler's smashing it. - Tyler has gotten her right here.
- Go Tyler. - That's a head to toe.
[Tyler] When it comes to competing, I wanna win. Fuck, yes. Bring it on.
- [announcer 1] Priority is red, black. - Yeah.
[Mikey] She got it.
[announcer 2] So priority is with Tyler Wright.
[Lovett] Tyler will get priority and a commanding position.
[Hughes] Carissa Moore has to let Tyler go on this one.
- Oh, my God. Yes. Do everything. - Everything.
- [announcer 3] Off she goes... - [Owen] Do it all.
- Ah. - Yes. Another big one.
- [Mikey groans] Yes, Tyler. Come on. - Yes.
[Hughes] She's looking like she's having so much fun out there.
[Lovett] She is just producing some of the most amazing surfing.
Oh, my gosh. Yeah!
[Lovett] She's mastered everything that this wave can dish out.
- Yeah, Ty, yeah! - [cheering]
[fans cheering]
[announcer 2] Last of red: 8-point ride, 8--
She's gonna ring the bell, man. She's getting close.
I bet you're gonna get to ring it if she does.
I bet she'll let you.
[announcer 3] Five seconds to the close.
[Baker] Holy shit.
Oh, my goodness.
[announcer 1] Women's final. That's that.
- Five, four, three, two, one. - Aw, Fi.
[sobbing]
Whoo! [cheering]
[fans cheering, whistling]
Come on. Oh, Fi!
- I love you. [kisses] - I love you.
[Hughes] A victory lap in front of a home crowd here in Australia.
[fans cheering]
Yeah!
[shouting]
[mouthing words] Fuck, yeah!
[mouthing words] Fucking come on!
[Tyler] Winning Bells, it's incomparable to anything I've ever done.
I've won World Titles, but they don't even come close.
My dad would be so proud.
[Tyler] Oh, my God. [breathes heavily]
It just meant the world to have my fiancée there and have my family there.
I had put my absolute heart, soul and mind into that win.
And it was the first event in four years where I felt like I'd surfed like myself.
And that was the most powerful thing that I have felt in my career.
Your champion of the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach,
- Tyler Wright. - [fans cheering]
[Owen] Damn, like I was going to Bells going,
"Yeah, I'm going to win Bells. I wanna ring the bell."
My son, his auntie's winning the Bell, and I'm just there going,
"Aw, go and ring your auntie's bell.
Your dad didn't win it. Wasn't good enough."
[fans cheering]
It was such a cool moment. We were just so happy for Tyler.
It's just, like, so awesome.
- You fucking deserve this so much. - [Tyler] Thank you.
- Cheer up. - [Tyler chuckles]
- I've got a Bells. I've got a bell. - You've got a bell.
[interviewer] What's your current position on the World Tour?
To get the update.
[inhales deeply] I'm on the climb. [sighs]
Twenty-third.
Yeah.
I'm stoked 'cause I've got a fighting chance.
NEXT TIME
[announcer] He's done Australia proud.
Put your hands together for Morgan Cibilic!
[crowd cheering]
[Turpel] After a great first season, last year's rookies, Jack Robinson...
[Bemrose] This is your fucking time.
[Turpel] ...and Morgan Cibilic are back.
Now, surfers need to survive the mid-season cut.
[Cibilic] I just wanna prove to myself and to everyone
that I can do it again and it wasn't just a fluke.
[Turpel] Robinson building some speed.
[Robinson] You have to be on your game, but I'm on a mission to win.
This is it.