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
Brisbane
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,
Queensland
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and grew up in
Point Lookout, on
North Stradbroke Island
North Stradbroke Island (Janday language, Jandai: ''Minjerribah''), colloquially ''Straddie'' or ''North Straddie'', is an island that lies within Moreton Bay in the Australian state of Queensland, southeast of the centre of Brisbane. Original ...
. 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
Trestles,
San Clemente, California
San Clemente (; Spanish for " St. Clement" ) is a coastal city in southern Orange County, California, United States. It was named in 1925 after the Spanish colonial island (which was named after a Pope from the first century). Located in the ...
. Only five waves was enough for him to defeat the seven-time champion
Kelly Slater
Robert Kelly Slater (born February 11, 1972) is an American professional surfer who has been crowned World Surf League champion a record 11 times. He is widely regarded as the greatest professional surfer of all time, and holds 56 Championship T ...
. He later came in second in the
Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast 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
2020 Summer Olympics
The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...
in Tokyo, Japan.
Victories
Outside of the ASP World Tour:
*2007: Vans
Triple Crown of Surfing
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The Triple Crown was founded by former ...
[Vans Triple Crown of Surfing: Past Champions](_blank)
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*2004: , Lacanau - France
*2003: Rip Curl Newquay Board Masters, Newquay
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- England
World Championship Tour Rankings
* 2005
2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
: 29th (3,612 points)
* 2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
: 15th (4,539 points)
* 2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
* January 1
**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
: 5th (5,774 points)
* 2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
: 2nd (6,780 points)
* 2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
: 3rd (6,468 points)
* 2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
: 6th (39,000 points)
* 2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
: 16th (26,000 points)
* 2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
: 20th (16,250 points)
* 2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
: 21st (16,200 points)
* 2014
The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
: 16th (28,450 points)
* 2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
: 12th (31,700 points)
* 2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
: 38th (5,750 points)
* 2017
2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
: 24th (20,200 points)
[Bede Durbidge](_blank)
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
Joel Parkinson (born 10 April 1981) is an Australian surfer who competed in the World Surf League (WSL). After twelve years competing at the elite level on the ASP World Championship Tour, a stretch that saw him win eleven elite ASP World Title ...
, 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
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Official site of Bede Durbidge in Mt. Woodgee
Durbidge, Bede
on the ''Encyclopedia of Surfing''
on LesSports.info
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Australian surfers
World Surf League surfers
1983 births
Living people
Sportsmen from Queensland
Sportspeople from Brisbane
People from Redland City
Australian company founders
Drink company founders
21st-century Australian sportsmen