Surfing
Kelly Slater is 52 with a baby on the way and a dead man holding his hip together
The greatest surfer of all time concedes he is likely competing in Australia for the final time as a new chapter looms in his personal and professional life.
- by Dan Walsh
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Pinned and pretzeled: Underwater wrestling regime behind Picklum’s title tilt
Australia’s brightest surfing star Molly Picklum returns home as world No.1 and in more demand than ever.
- by Dan Walsh
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Joel Taylor: from horror surf injury to world champion | Developing the DNA-editing tool transforming the world | What’s it like to be a sociopath?
At 21, Joel was paralysed below the waist by freak surf. At 43, he’s a world champ
After a six-metre wave left the young pro bodyboarder a paraplegic, he avoided the beach for almost 20 years. Then, last November ...
- by Tim Elliott
Having a swell time: Taylor at the ISA Championships
Joel Taylor winning the 2023 International Surfing Association World Para Surfing Championships last November. Video by Caleb Graham
‘I’ve got seven screws in my head’: Tyler Wright reveals suffocation condition
The two-time world champion and Paris 2024 Olympian has baffled doctors with her ability to compete at the highest level despite managing a significant problem with her airways.
- by Dan Walsh
Five years after equal pay, Gen Next are smashing surfing’s glass ceiling and monster waves
Women’s surfing events were once cancelled in favour of bikini contests. Now, thanks to the sport’s pioneers, champions of the future are taking on the world’s heaviest waves, and dominating them.
- by Dan Walsh
Alley oop! Watch Aussie surfer Jack Robinson’s high-flying move in Portugal
The world No.2 pulled off a stunning move that gave him the best score of the day at the latest World Surf League event.
- by Melissa Woods
Popular Australian surfer dies off Indonesian coast
Gunther Henry Kitzler, 56, was surfing with two friends at a renowned hotspot off East Java when he was swept away.
- by Zach Hope
Sally Fitzgibbons just won an Olympics qualifier. So why hasn’t she qualified?
The Australian veteran has won a record fourth World Surfing Games title. But a convoluted qualifying process means surfers from Germany, Israel and China will take on Teahupo’o instead.
- by Dan Walsh
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Picklum dominates in Hawaii to reclaim world No.1 mantle
It was an all-Australian affair at Sunset Beach, with Molly Picklum and Jack Robinson taking out the women’s and men’s title on Thursday.
- by Billie Eder and Dan Walsh