Surfing
‘National disrepute’: Equal prizemoney advocate denied entry in surf competition
Lucy Small has been denied entry to the 2025 Noosa Festival of Surfing for comments made to the media that organisers say were false.
- Frances Howe
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‘Massive hole in my leg’: Aussie surfer hospitalised in big-wave wipeout as reggae singer claims victory
North Narrabeen’s Laura Enever scored a dream invite to the Eddie Aikau in Hawaii – but her first heat ended in agony after she suffered a frightening injury.
- Dan Walsh
Surfer bitten by shark at beach south of Mandurah
The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is investigating a “shark bite incident” that was reported around 5.40am at Pyramids Beach in Dawesville.
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‘I kooked it’: Surfing legend Tom Carroll shaken, and embarrassed, after head injury
Carroll made his name surfing monster waves off Hawaii, but it was a much smaller swell closer to home that upended the former world champion.
- Catherine Naylor and Riley Walter
Australia’s first female surfing champion stood her own with the blokes
“One guy dropped in on me, I got him by his wetsuit and pushed him into the rocks.”
- Emily Brugman
The 15-year-old who could break a 120-year-old Olympic record
She starred on a skateboard at the Paris Games, but Ruby Trew is just as at home on a surfboard. And she hopes to compete in both sports at Los Angeles in 2028.
- Cindy Yin
Enever is tiny and ‘scared of adulting’. Her alter ego surfs monster world-record waves
One of the world’s biggest big-wave surfing names is its smallest exponent, with trumpet-playing and an all-conquering alter ego driving her into moving mountains of water.
- Dan Walsh
Fanning unfiltered: Life after death, family tragedy and attending his own wake
One of Australia’s greatest surfers is the last of four brothers at the age of just 43. This is how he and his family have ridden the waves of pain and come out the other end.
- Dan Walsh
Laura Enever wipes out at Shipsterns, then tames wild waves
The newly crowned big wave surfer of the year takes on the infamous Tasmanian break and survives her worst ever wipeout.
These iconic images are so powerful they create ‘false memories’ in some people
John Witzig’s photographs are a unique and evocative record of the golden era of Australian surfing.
- Malcolm Knox
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