Portrait of 12 year old Byron Bay surfer Leihani Zoric.

The 12-year-old rising star with her sights set on surfing greatness

Indigenous Australian surfer Leihani Zoric is tipped to shine at this year’s Seas the Day festival in northern NSW.

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He paddled toward Mick Fanning when a shark attacked. At 36,he’s making a comeback

Julian Wilson,who famously went to the aid of his mate Mick Fanning when a great white shark attacked,is making a professional comeback after four years off the tour.

  • Dan Walsh
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The sandstorms,collisions and rainbow controversy of surfing’s desert debut

A squillion-dollar tub and a backdrop of the Arabian desert,man-made mountains and a man-made wave set the scene for pro-surfing’s first event in the Middle East.

  • Dan Walsh
A multi-million dollar deal has taken the world's best surfers to a man-made wave in Abu Dhabi on the edge of the Arabian desert.
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Pro surfing debuts in the UAE desert

A multi-million dollar deal has taken the world's best surfers to a man-made wave in Abu Dhabi on the edge of the Arabian desert.

Tyler Wright has wrestled with competing in the UAE.

How Tyler Wright became reluctant poster girl for surfing’s uncomfortable frontier

The WSL’s only openly gay surfer has wrestled with competing in Abu Dhabi – where pro surfing has signed a multimillion-dollar deal to stage an event in the desert.

  • Dan Walsh
Tyler Wright nails a barrel at Pipeline.

Tyler Wright’s injuries have left her ‘scared to love surfing’ but she’s just made Pipeline history

The veteran Australian bounced back from concussion and equilibrium issues to claim her first WCT victory in almost two years.

  • Dan Walsh
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Heat waves:Why the longest drought in Australian surfing could end in 2025

A return to one of the world’s heaviest waves,injuries and sabbaticals could finally end a 12-year Brazilian stranglehold on pro-surfing’s most coveted prize.

  • Dan Walsh
Former World Champion surfer Stephanie Gilmore at 13th Beach Barwon Heads,Victoria.

GOAT Stephanie Gilmore and reigning champ Florence won’t surf in 2025

Australian surfing’s golden girl has called off a planned comeback to the world tour along with one of the biggest names in men’s surfing.

  • Dan Walsh
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Shark hysteria only diverts attention from the real danger at our beaches

“Nanny state” wokeism versus Trumpy libertarian defiance. Shark safety is making waves in the surf community.

  • Malcolm Knox
Quicksilver founder Alan Green in 2006.

Surfing world pays tribute after death of Quiksilver founder Alan Green

The surfwear pioneer started the global business at the age of 22 out of a cheaply rented house in Torquay.

  • Angus Delaney