
Australian surfer Ethan Ewing's title defence at the Rip Curl Pro has come to a luckless end as the ocean went flat at Bells Beach in his quarter-final loss to Cole Houshmand.
American Houshmand got off to a flying start, pinching what turned out to be the only excellent wave off Ewing in their Easter Sunday quarter-final and earning a 9.07 score from the judges.