{"id":129212,"date":"2026-04-03T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/?p=129212"},"modified":"2026-04-01T22:13:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T11:13:57","slug":"picklum-targets-first-bells-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/swell-magazine\/picklum-targets-first-bells-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Picklum targets first Bells victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>REIGNING World Surf League women&#8217;s world champion Molly Picklum has set her sights this year on securing her first-ever victory at the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/MollyPicklum_25Bells_37123.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Molly Picklum is hoping to secure her first-ever win at Bells Beach this Easter. Photo: Ed Sloane\/World Surf League<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old will open her Championship Tour campaign at Bells Beach determined to translate her trademark power surfing into success at a venue that has proven challenging in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh off her maiden world title in 2025 at Cloudbreak in Fiji, Picklum enters the new season with momentum &#8211; and added expectation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m obviously super excited,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I have had some good results here in the past but then I&#8217;ve also had some devastating losses here as well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m excited, nervous and all-in-all, I&#8217;m just happy to be back competing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite her title-winning season, Bells proved a stumbling block for Picklum in 2025, delivering her lowest result of the year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s no lie that I struggle at this wave,&#8221; she said. &#8220;But more than ever, I&#8217;m so accepting of that and willing to try and win.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_118563\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118563\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-118563\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/Your-paragraph-text-_06070_tn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-118563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Molly Picklum celebrated her world title win at Rip Curl HQ in Torquay last September. Photo: Nyah Barnes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, yes, it&#8217;s a weakness of mine, but anyone who knows me knows that I love to chase a weakness and make it into a strength, so let&#8217;s see what we can do this year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She likened the Bells event to &#8220;running a marathon&#8221;, pointing to the many variables that shape one of the tour&#8217;s most demanding stops.<\/p>\n<p>Picklum expects a strong field this Easter, with returning champions Stephanie Gilmore and Carissa Moore among the key threats.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Having Steph back is epic- she&#8217;s just such a queen of our sport,&#8221; Picklum said. &#8220;She represents surfing so well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Steph or Carissa are some of the most winning women at this wave, so they will obviously be a threat. We also have Tya [Zebrowski] too, coming through as a rookie, and there&#8217;s a lot of noise around her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/20250902193085872071_06130.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Molly Picklum after winning the 2025 World Surf League finals at Cloudbreak, Fiji. Photo: Cait Miers\/World Surf League<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Picklum said the depth of the women&#8217;s field continued to lift the level of competition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Female surfing is in such an incredible spot at the moment,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It does make it more competitive, but I love being challenged.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Championship Tour began at Bells Beach on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>REIGNING World Surf League women&#8217;s world champion Molly Picklum has set her sights this year on securing her first-ever victory at the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach. &nbsp; The 23-year-old will open her Championship Tour campaign at Bells Beach determined to translate her trademark power surfing into success at a venue that has proven [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/swell-magazine\/picklum-targets-first-bells-victory\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":129213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-129212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-swell-magazine"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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