{"id":109694,"date":"2025-09-19T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/?p=109694"},"modified":"2025-09-17T17:13:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T07:13:01","slug":"worlds-best-surfers-welcomed-to-bells-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/worlds-best-surfers-welcomed-to-bells-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"World&#8217;s best surfers welcomed to Bells Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE World Surf League (WSL) has thanked its local, national and global partners and athletes at an event in Torquay this week to launch the 2025 Bells Beach Longboard Classic.<\/p>\n<p>More than 60 people attended the annual Athletes and Partners Function on Tuesday this week at the Australian National Surfing Museum.<\/p>\n<style id=\"bwg-style-0\">    #bwg_container1_0 #bwg_container2_0 .bwg-container-0.bwg-standard-thumbnails {      width: 1254px;              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Photos: PETER MARSHALL<br \/><\/span><\/div>      <\/div>            <div class=\"bwg-item\">        <a class=\"bwg-a  bwg_lightbox\"  data-image-id=\"13360\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/photo-gallery\/imported_from_media_libray\/B07K9468-SamBleakley_42921.jpg?bwg=1758093117\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">                <div class=\"bwg-item0 \">          <div class=\"bwg-item1 \">            <div class=\"bwg-item2\">              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy bwg_standart_thumb_img_0 \"                   data-id=\"13360\"                   data-width=\"500.00\"                   data-height=\"333.00\"                   data-src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/photo-gallery\/imported_from_media_libray\/thumb\/B07K9468-SamBleakley_42921.jpg?bwg=1758093117\"                   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class=\"bwg-thumb-description bwg_thumb_description_0\"><span>Surf Coast Shire mayor Mike Bodsworth addresses the room.<br \/><\/span><\/div>      <\/div>            <div class=\"bwg-item\">        <a class=\"bwg-a  bwg_lightbox\"  data-image-id=\"13358\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/photo-gallery\/imported_from_media_libray\/B07K9449-crowd-LongB_43017.jpg?bwg=1758093117\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">                <div class=\"bwg-item0 \">          <div class=\"bwg-item1 \">            <div class=\"bwg-item2\">              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy bwg_standart_thumb_img_0 \"                   data-id=\"13358\"                   data-width=\"500.00\"                   data-height=\"333.00\"                   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