Surfer girls....
The 2009 Rip Curl Women’s Pro was held over the Easter Weekend at Bells Beach. Saturday morning was cold, plenty of sea spray to coat my lens with, (I didn’t have a cleaning cloth), but the waves were okay, not huge, but good enough for a contest. These are some of the women that competed…. unfortunately I didn’t see the eventual winner Silvan Lima while we were there, but we did see Layne Beachley get knocked out of the competition by young Sally Fitzgibbons… this quite possibly was the last time that Layne will compete here as she announced her retirement recently
1 ~ this is what it’s all about
2 ~ the temporary grandstand starts to fill
3 ~ Alana Blanchard heads in for a practice… 
4 ~ as does Layne Beachley 
5 ~ see ….here she is
6 ~ Rebecca Woods… 
7 ~ ..and Chelsea Hedges also have a practice run
8 ~ thats enough for Alana Blanchard
9 ~ and one last check for Layne Beachley
10 ~ the crowd waits now for the Heats
11 ~ Rebecca Woods is eager
12 ~ Paige Hareb looks determined
13 ~ Jessi Miley-Dyer looks a tad nervous
14 ~ Amee Donohoe jumps right in
15 ~ Jacqueline Silva waits
16 ~ Nikki Van Dijk looks cold (it was by the way) 
17 ~ Sally Fitzgibbons just wants to beat Layne ….
18 ~ ...and Layne Beachley is just….
19 ~ ...happy to be there
20 ~ now she’s getting serious…
21 ~ ....see !
22 ~ but so is Sally Fitzgibbons
23 ~ and Coco Ho…. what a great name
Cathy Middleton
Fantastic shots Lisa!!!! It looks absolutly freezing!! You did well to get all their names too. Brilliant.
Lisa Kenny replied
thanks Cathy…. getting their names was the hard part ~ I had to google heaps of pictures to make sure i got the right names….
Jared Revell
Great stuff LK !!
Again, if I had to choose, 3, 16 & 20 are my favs.
Wonderful work, even with a sprayed lens :-) !
Garth Smith
I love 7 & 16
John Robb
Great work Lisa
geoff curtis
Fantastic work Lisa…...#8 looks like she’s posing !
vonderzenn
Fantastic. Which lens did you use?
Lisa Kenny replied
the big one Margaret …the 100-400 …... a bit longer would have been better for the surfing shots…even a clean one would have been better ;))
Di Schoe
Awesome,, love every one of them!
John Conway
think the Addy should have sent you down to take their shots, top work
Judi Corrigan
What I wouldn’t have given to be there. Some great action shots Lisa.
Magee
Another wonderful compilation of fab shots Lisa!! Loved them all!! Thank you again for sharing!! :-))
Jane Keats
That’s it, I’m not missing this next year, what great shots you got Lisa!! Thanks! :o)
Neil Boucher
What a great set Lisa!
Paul Moore
natural action..! great work.
AlMiller
Lisa Awesome collection you surfing shots are great its hard to capture surfers at the right moment but you have done a great job. They are all fantastic
Sharon Hammond
Luv no: 18 & 22. You’ve got this PJ biz nailed
Peter Redmond
Wow… I never realised all the surfer girls looked that hot!!! :-)
I’ll be there next year…
retsilla
again….you’ve captured the cut and thrust of an event. great work! great skills.
darrylfowler
super shots…
Thomas Sielaff
Awesome, Awesome, AWESOME!
Helen Green
Fantastic photos of the day
kittbagg
Forgot a cleaning cloth when going to the beach….. big oops. But then again better that than the big zoom!
Well done on a great set of pictures especially the action shots especially #22
Ruth Durose
You’ve done it again Lisa – fabulous work. I think the surfer girls in these shots would be very happy with the way you’ve captured them.