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Near-perfect Picklum pipped but pleased at Trestles

Australian Molly Picklum had one of the waves of the season on the way to the Trestles Pro final to solidify a top-five spot in the World Surf League.

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Air time as Aussie rookie surfer stuns Brazilian great

Jack Robinson, Ethan Ewing and rookie Joel Vaughan are into the quarters at Lower Trestles, while Molly Picklum has made the final four of the WSL competition.

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Top Australian shines on opening day at Trestles

World No.3 Molly Picklum and fellow Australian surfer Jack Robinson won their round-one heats on the opening day of the Trestles Pro in California.

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Surfers wait on Margs waves while Slater makes big call

The World Surf League event at Margaret River is on hold until Monday, while 11-time world champion Kelly Slater says he's not done yet.

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‘It sucks, man’: World Surf League’s dreaded cut claims its final unlucky victims

The controversial feature, added in 2022, will disappear after the Margaret River Pro. Few surfers on the elite tour are sad to see it go

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Leading Aussies head swell of Margaret River Pro shocks

Ethan Ewing and Jack Robinson have bowed out in the round of 32 at the Margaret River Pro, joining a host of big names who were a casualty of the huge swell.

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Robinson chasing record at Margaret River surfing

Jack Robinson has bounced back to form with a dominant opening heat, looking to set a new record at the Margaret River Pro which is his home surf break.

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Pro Surfer Caroline Marks Makes SI Swimsuit Debut

Marks won a gold medal at the Paris Olympics.

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Fitzgibbons, Wilson fall short in Gold Coast Pro final

Australian veterans Sally Fitzgibbons and Julian Wilson have had to settle for runner-up trophies in the Gold Coast Pro in an epic day of finals action.

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Wilson wows top-ranked Ferreira in surfing comeback

Men's wildcards Julian Wilson and Morgan Cibilic will fly the Australian flag in the Gold Coast Pro after Wilson's boilover win against No.1 Italo Ferreira.

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Gilmore beats world champ in surf duel of generations

Australian surfing icon Stephanie Gilmore has beaten reigning world champion Caity Simmers to reach the quarter-finals at the Gold Coast Pro.

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Golden ticket proves elusive for Aussie surfer Robinson

Jack Robinson's hopes of backing up his Bells Beach success with victory on the Gold Coast are over after he bombed out in the second round.

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Aussie surfers get boost in new-look World Surf League

The World Surf League has unveiled its 2026 calendar with the one-day finals cut and a trio of of Australian events opening the season, starting at Bells Beach.

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Aussie surf legend still driven to take on the world

Stephanie Gilmore says while she's achieved plenty in her surfing career she still has the hunger to test herself against her younger rivals and keep improving.

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World champion makes return for Gold Coast surf event

Eight-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore will make a one-off return to the World Surf League's event on the Gold Coast where she gun for a seventh title.

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‘Best day of my life’, ‘surreal and special’: Australian victories at Bells Beach mean more to local surfers

Isabella Nichols and Jack Robinson realised life-long dreams with their wins at the iconic Victorian surf spot

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Aussie surfers ring up stunning title double at Bells

Surfers Jack Robinson and Isabella Nichols have made it a double title triumph for Australia in the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach.

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'Surf dog' Smith relishing Bells Beach after big win

Eight years after South African surfer Jordy Smith won the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach, he's returned to his happy place off a long overdue win in El Salvador.

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Ewing's wait goes on, another lay day at Bells Beach

Organisers have called a second-straight lay day for the World Surf League's Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach.

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Australia’s women’s surfers lead local charge before bell tolls on WSL season

The Bells Beach Rip Curl Pro begins the World Surf League’s three-stop tour of Australia that will decide which surfers face a dreaded mid-season ‘cut’

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Aussie Nichols misses perfect end after surf sacrifice

Queenslander Isabella Nichols, who missed her sister's wedding while surfing for glory, lost in the final of the Surf City El Salvador Pro event.

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Aussie surfer storms into semi on twin's wedding day

Isabella Nichols is two wins away from her first World Surf League title since 2022, but multiple lay days mean the Australian is missing her sister's wedding.

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Aussies advance in El Salvador as busy end awaits

Australian surfers Ethan Ewing and George Pittar are four victories away from winning the World Surf League's El Salvador event.

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Aussie surfing septet made to wait in El Salvador

Inconsistent and broken swell meant WSL surfing at Punta Roca, El Salvador, was called off without any of the seven remaining Australians taking to the waves.

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'Bittersweet' Nichols surfs away from sister's wedding

Isabella Nichols has gained a boilover victory in the World Surf League's El Salvador leg, but her joy was tempered as she may now miss her sister's wedding.

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