Californian pair claim their first WSL Rip Curl Pro titlesGriffin Colapinto and Johanne Defay beaten in finals
Rookie Cole Houshmand and teenage sensation Caitlin Simmers have made it a southern Californian double, winning their maiden Rip Curl Pro titles on a dramatic finals day at Bells Beach.
Houshmand beat his close friend and San Clemente neighbour Griffin Colapinto 13.50-12.80 in the men’s final. Colapinto came into the fourth stop of the 2024 World Surf League season sitting atop the rankings, having won the previous event in Portugal.