‘Bells’ is much more than a powerful narrative about the world’s longest running board riding event, it is a fundamental part of Australian surfing history. Visitors of Bells Beach often overlook this history due to the inadequacies of the current facilities. ‘Windy as Bell’ celebrates this past while accommodating the diverse user groups that Bells attracts. The design draws on the common coastal typologies of the bunker, the pavilion and the tower and how they relate to their environment. These are manipulated and affected by the local wind conditions of the site in a similar manner to how the ocean’s surface reacts to offshore and onshore winds. This relationship with the ever-changing conditions of the sea harmoniously ties the building with how surfers engage the water. The proposal has been considered in both event and non-event mode. In event mode, the design eliminates the need for transportable containers and heavy machinery and instead provides an onsite solution where a system of fibreglass panels manufactured by local surfboard shapers from resin waste can be used to infill permanent framing elements around the site. During non-event times, these spaces frame the natural amphitheatre that is Bells.