The World Surf League has provisionally suspended a men’s Championship Tour competitor after receiving serious allegations concerning a private gathering in Tahiti in August. Published reports citing ...

Few figures in surfing have achieved the cult status of Gerry Lopez. Framed beneath the beguiling arch of Pipeline, Gerry was the supple-limbed virtuoso who choreographed a timeless act from two ...

The World Surfing Conservation Conference, held on the Gold Coast earlier this year, pulled together invited speakers from around the globe, each sharing insights from their own protected breaks. It ...

When I first met Larry Bertlemann 49 years ago he was still a teenager – only just – but he was already a phenomenon, cover boy (there were no cover girls, yet) on every major surf magazine around the ...

“I cannot believe it; I’m the world champion… I made it hard for myself, but I’m so stoked to bring it back to Australia,” said an elated Molly Picklum last week, who could barely talk in between her ...

Molly Picklum had quite the turbulent 2022; she was a victim of last year’s reintroduction to the Mid-Year-Cut in her rookie season. After dealing with the self-doubt that comes with the Cut, she ...

Dad and daughter duo Josh and Sierra Kerr continued their fairytale run through the QS 5,000 in Nias as Lagundri Bay continued to throw up world class stand up tubes. The conditions over the past few ...

Chris Friend competed in the Carve Pro at Maroubra yesterday, toiling away in the two footers alongside dozens of other WQS hopefuls. Like the other competitors, Chris had to look at a heat schedule ...

Cloudbreak needs no introduction. It’s often labelled as the best wave in the world, and for good reason. I remember Joel Parkinson telling me once that it’s one of the few waves where the section can ...

Heath Joske stood up in a conference room in Stavanger, Norway, with a piece of paper shaking in his hand. Beside him on stage, the corporate directors of Equinor, a multinational oil company, and in ...

Ten thousand cigarette butts. That’s what it took to build a surfboard that actually rips, and to start a campaign that has since changed the law in one of California’s most famous surf towns. The ...

News services are reporting a fatal shark attack on the Gold Coast. According to reports, the man died after being bitten on the leg while bodyboarding at Greenmount. The incident follows the fatal ...