SUPER SKINS AT BELLS captures a pretty unique chapter of competitive surfing at Bells Beach — a skins-style contest where the surfers went wave-for-wave, with $5,000 on the line for each wave.

Featuring a stacked crew including Mark “Occy” Occhilupo, Luke Egan, Kelly Slater, Tom Carroll, Barton Lynch, Damien Hardman, Todd Prestage, Munga Barry, Sunny Garcia, Matt Hoy and many more.

The format was simple: go for broke. No conservative heat surfing, no hanging back — just some of the best surfers of the era taking on Bells and trying to win each wave outright.

Originally released through Classic Surf Stories / Classic Surf Company, with Rip Curl and SDS – Surf Dive ’n’ Ski featured on the original release.

Another piece of Australian surf history preserved from the archive. 🤙

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