Six times Association of Surfing Professionals world champion Kelly Slater from Cocoa Beach, Florida surfs but fails to advance out of round three of the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach on April 14, 2001. [Slater was beaten in a tense dual against reigning ASP world champion Sunny Garcia from Hawaii. ]The Rip Curl Pro, Australia's richest professionals surfing event with US$250,000 in prize money. (EDITORIAL USE ONLY)