Rip Curl Search

Rip Curl Search formerly known as Rip Curl Search or Rip Curl Pro Search, is a professional surfing competition of the WSL World Tour^[1] which took place every year in October and November always in some places around the world, seeking to take the ASP World Tour to new locations and expand surfing.^[2] The event was first founded in 2005 as Rip Curl Search.^[3]

Rip Curl Search

Current season, competition or edition: Rip Curl Searchl 2011
Sport	Surfing
Country	International
Most recent champion(s)	Gabriel Medina (men) Stephanie Gilmore (women)
Most titles	Mick Fanning, Andy Irons (2 Titles) (men) Stephanie Gilmore, Coco Ho (1 Title) (women)
Official website

Dispute Locations

During the years the Rip Curl Search passed through some places in the world. This is a list of where events took place.

Year	Date	Event	Location
2005[4]	June 23 – July 4	Rip Curl Search	St. Leu, Reunion Island, France
2006[5][6]	June 20 – July 1	Rip Curl Search	Barra de la Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico
2007[7][8]	June 20 – July 1	Rip Curl Search	Arica, Ex Isla Alacran, Chile
2008[9]	July 30 – August 10	Rip Curl Pro Search Bali	Uluwatu, Bali, Indonesia
2009[10]	October 19–28	Rip Curl Search	Supertubos, Peniche, Portugal
2010[11][12]	October 30 – November 10	Rip Curl Search	Middles Beach, Isabela, Puerto Rico
2011[13][14]	November 1–7	Rip Curl Search	San Francisco, California, United States

Naming

Since the birth of this competition it had 2 different names.

Name	Years
Rip Curl Search	2005–2007
Rip Curl Pro Search	2008
Rip Curl Search	2009–2011

Winners

Men's
Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Score
2011[15]	Gabriel Medina	16.50	Joel Parkinson	10.90
2010[16]	Kelly Slater	18.77	Bede Durbidge	14.43
2009[17]	Mick Fanning (2)	12.67	Bede Durbidge	9.87
2008[18]	Bruce Irons	17.66	Freddy Patacchia Jr.	11.16
2007[19]	Andy Irons (2)	16.84	Damien Hobgood	8.67
2006[20]	Andy Irons	16.86	Taylor Knox	11.33
2005[21]	Mick Fanning	17.10	Phillip MacDonald	5.30

Women's
Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Score
2010[22]	Stephanie Gilmore	13.80	Carissa Moore	11.10
2009[23][24]	Coco Ho	15.83	Chelsea Hedges	9.37

See also

• World Surf League
• Supertubos