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Health insurance
When Brett scalped himself on a remote island, a Learjet flew him to hospital
Drinking too much overseas can void your travel insurance. Being forgetful about your luggage may also mean you won’t get covered. And if you like extreme sports, or a cruise, check the fine print.
- by Julie Power
Latest
Former pro surfer and Pirates of the Caribbean actor killed in shark attack
Tamayo Perry is believed to be the first high-profile surfer to die from a shark attack after his death in Hawaii aged 49.
- by Mark Thiessen
From mush to monsters: Why finals move could deliver an Australian world title
Professional surfing’s winner-takes-all, one-day finals event will shift from the crowded beaches of California to one of the world’s most iconic waves next year.
- by Dan Walsh
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Crime
Man charged with murder over northern beaches surfer’s death
Three months after surfer Guy Haymes died from his head injuries, a Greenacre man has been charged with his murder.
- by Harriet Alexander and Jessica McSweeney
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Margaret River
Search for missing surfer near Margaret River suspended
Surfers Point Prevelly remains closed on Saturday after the search for a 40-year-old missing surfer was suspended.
- by Claire Ottaviano
Barrels, blood and a president on a jet ski: Inside one of Teahupo’o’s greatest days
Kelly Slater, 52, started with a nine-point ride, and that was just the beginning as the world’s best surfers enjoyed epic three-metre waves at one of the world’s heaviest breaks.
- by Dan Walsh
The first perfect 10 by a woman at Teahupo'o
History was made in incredible conditions at Teahupo'o as Brazil's Tatiana Weston-Webb scored the first ever perfect 10 by a woman in the Tahiti Pro.
‘This is women’s surfing’: A perfect 10 as history made at Teahupo’o
Women were banished from Teahupo’o for 15 years because it was deemed too dangerous. In heaving, two-metre waves on Thursday, the women dominated like never before.
- by Dan Walsh
‘Eight-storey building onto a four-foot reef’: Why Teahupo’o is so perfect ... and terrifying
Five surfers have died at the iconic and infamous Tahitian break, venue for the Olympic competition in July, which translates as “place of skulls” in the local Polynesian dialect.
- by Dan Walsh
Riding a wave of popularity, surfing comes to Sydney’s west
There was a surge of new surfers during the pandemic and a man-made facility at Sydney Olympic Park could draw even more people to the sport.
- by Chris Barrett
Woman arrested in connection with missing Perth brothers in Mexico
Family and friends haven’t heard from Jake and Callum Robinson since Saturday, with the pair failing to check in to their Airbnb.
- by Heather McNeill and Marta Pascual Juanola
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