Bede Durbidge (born 23 February 1983) is an Australian professional surfer competing on the World Surf League World Tour. Durbo, Bej and The White Fijian are his nicknames.

Life

Bede Durbidge was born in

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and grew up in Point Lookout, on

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. He began in the Australasian Junior Series, and after four years in the World Qualifying Series joined the World Championship Tour in 2005. As a professional, his strongest achievement is winning the Boost Mobile Pro in

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, San Clemente, California. Only five waves was enough for him to defeat the seven-time champion Kelly Slater. He later came in second in the

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of 2007. His best season was 2008, where he finished the ASP world tour as the runner-up overall. He retired from the World Surf League in 2017, after 13 seasons, including three career victories and three years where he was ranked in the Top 5 (2007-2009). He plans to be the lead coach for Australia's elite surf team program in preparation for the

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in Tokyo, Japan.

Victories

Outside of the ASP World Tour: *2007: Vans

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- France *2003: Rip Curl Newquay Board Masters,

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- England

World Championship Tour Rankings

* 2005: 29th (3,612 points) * 2006: 15th (4,539 points) * 2007: 5th (5,774 points) *

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

: 2nd (6,780 points) * 2009: 3rd (6,468 points) * 2010: 6th (39,000 points) * 2011: 16th (26,000 points) *

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

: 20th (16,250 points) *

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

: 21st (16,200 points) *

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

: 16th (28,450 points) * 2015: 12th (31,700 points) *

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

: 38th (5,750 points) *

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

: 24th (20,200 points) Bede Durbidge
on World Surf League

Personal life

His wife, Tarryn, became a social media sensation from the gourmet lunches she made for their daughter Willow. Durbidge is co-owner of Balter Brewing Company with Joel Parkinson, Josh Kerr and

Mick Fanning Michael Eugene Fanning (born 13 June 1981) is an Australian professional surfer who was crowned champion of the Association of Surfing Professionals/World Surf League (ASP/WSL)'s World Tour in 2007, 2009 and 2013. In 2015, he survived a shark ...

References

External links

*
Bede Durbidge
on World Surf League
Official site of Bede Durbidge in Mt. WoodgeeDurbidge, Bede
on the ''Encyclopedia of Surfing''

on LesSports.info {{DEFAULTSORT:Durbidge, Bede Australian surfers World Surf League surfers 1983 births Living people Sportsmen from Queensland Sportspeople from Brisbane People from Redland City