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Aussie surfers make strong start at World Games

The Australian team, including Sally Fitzgibbons, have opened the World Surfing Games in Puerto Rico in style as they look for extra Paris Olympic quota spots.

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Aussies Picklum and Robinson clinch Sunset surf titles

Molly Picklum has defended her Sunset Beach crown, going to the top of the World Surf League rankings, while fellow Aussie Jack Robinson won the men's event.

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Ethan Ewing to take on the GOAT Slater at Sunset Beach

A total of five Australians have made it through to the third round of the men's Sunset Beach surf event in Hawaii, but Callum Robson was eliminated.

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Lack of swell leaves Sunset Beach surfers sidelined

Competition has been called off for a second day at the World Surf League's Hurley Pro Sunset Beach in Hawaii.

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World surf champion Toledo to take year off competition

After winning back-to-back surf world titles, Filipe Toledo has announced he's joining Stephanie Gilmore and Carissa Moore in taking a year away from the tour.

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Picklum soars as big names fall at Banzai Pipeline

The women's competition at the World Surf League's season-opener in Hawaii has reached the quarter-final stage, with Molly Picklum the last Australian standing.

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Surf improving at Pipe Pro but comp postponed again

After initial hopes the World Surf League's Pipe Pro could restart, organisers have delayed again with conditions at the Hawaiian break not lifting as expected.

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Aussie teenager surfs her way to world junior title

Sierra Kerr is the latest Australian to make their mark on the global sporting stage after the teen won the world junior surfing championship in California.

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Fitzgibbons' Games path opened after shock call-up

She fell victim to the World Surf League's mid-season cut but Sally Fitzgibbons still has a chance to ride the waves for Australia at this year's Olympic Games.

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Olympic surfing to be held in Tahiti as planned as opponents agree to new plans

Next year's Olympic surfing competition will be held on Tahiti's Teahupo'o beach as planned, the leader of French Polynesia said, declaring and end to a row between organisers, authorities and environmental groups who opposed the construction of a new judging tower that could threaten coral.

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From bricklaying to Bells Beach: Australian surfer Jackson Baker plots return to the WSL

Since being cut after a narrow loss, the 26-year-old is determined to win back his spot – for himself and in memory of his mum

The Guardian - AU

Thirteen Aussies to challenge for 2024 world surf title

The World Surf League has confirmed the competitors who will challenge for 2024's elite Championship Tour, with 13 Australians making the cut.

AAP

Emotions flow as Fitzgibbons seals WSL top tour return

Three-time world title runner-up Sally Fitzgibbons has won back her spot on the World Surf League's top tour after dominating the second-tier Challenger Series.

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Caroline Marks: ‘I wasn’t sure if I’d ever find happiness again in my surfing and in myself’

The newly minted world surfing champion opens up about the weight of expectations, what she learned from stepping away from the tour and her unfinished business at next year’s Olympics

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Ewing gets Olympic break despite J-Bay disappointment

Ethan Ewing had no answer to Felipe Toledo in the World Surf League event final at South Africa's Jeffreys Bay but he did secure a spot for the Paris Olympics.

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Surf stars forced to wait another day at Jeffreys Bay

The World Surf League has called a lay day in the Corona Open at Jeffreys Bay in South Africa due to poor conditions.

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Australian surfer Ethan Ewing receives death threat as Brazilian rival questions World Surf League judging

Leading Australian surfer Ethan Ewing receives a death threat as Brazilian fans erupt over judging at the Surf Ranch Pro.

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Brazilian surfer Gabriel Medina wins Margaret River Pro men's final, as Carissa Moore claims hat-trick

The Brazilian champion surfer declares he's back following lacklustre competition results and taking time off, as Carissa Moore wins the event for the third time.

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The Guardian - AU

Sally Fitzgibbons joins Kelly Slater as victims of WSL mid-season cut

Australian surf star misses WSL cut for a second straight year as eight-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore claims top-10 slot

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Stephanie Gilmore keeps it together to make cut at Margaret River

Eight-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore has survived the World Surf League's mid-season cut, holding her nerve to edge out Hawaii's Gabriela Bryan in

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Fitzgibbons misses mid-season cut in World Surf League

Australian Sally Fitzgibbons has missed the World Surf League's mid-season cut, but there was better news for countrywoman Stephanie Gilmore.

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Eleven-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater chats about prospect of forced retirement at Margaret River Pro

Eleven-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater opens up about the "elephant in the room" — the prospect he is cut from the professional tour and potentially forced into retirement at this weekend's Margaret River Pro in Western Australia.

The Guardian - AU

Ethan Ewing follows in late mother’s footsteps with emotional Bells Beach win

Australian dedicates victory at famous break to his mum Helen who rang the bell in 1983

The Guardian - AU

The new generation of Australian women planning on world surfing domination

Molly Picklum and Sophie McCulloch are part of a formidable field of six in the world’s top 18 this year

AAP

World Surf League faces two-day delay in Portugal

Strong winds have brought a halt to competition for the first two days of the World Surf League's third stop at Supertubos in Portugal.

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