After more than 30 years of campaigning, Albany surfers finally got to ride their Middleton Beach waves as the Southern Ocean Surf Reef officially opened on Wednesday.
Melissa Sheil
Ethan Ewing is the lone Australlan surfer left in the men's field at J-Bay, with three compatriots looming large in the women's draw.
Roger Vaughan
Three Australian women are through to the quarter-finals of the WSL event in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa, with two Aussies in the men's round of 16.
Staff Writers
A dominant first-round win in South Africa has assured Australia's series leader Molly Picklum a spot in the season-ending, five-woman World Surf League final.
Murray Wenzel
Molly Picklum will wear the rankings leader's yellow jersey at J-Bay, but a number of Australians need to go deep in South Africa ahead of the WSL Finals.
Melissa Woods
Australia's Molly Picklum has celebrated going top of the WSL Tour standings in perfect fashion, taking out the Vivo Rio Pro in Brazil.
Ethan Ewing and Molly Picklum will go for glory on a busy final day of the Vivo Rio Pro after weather conditions wiped out the penultimate day's competition.
There aren’t many sports where the people covering the action also need to go into training before an event. But there also aren’t many sports like the World Surf League.
Rourke Walsh
Australian Molly Picklum will wear the yellow jersey as the rankings leader after advancing to the final four of the Rio Pro in Brazil.
Australian surfer Molly Picklum has a chance to take over the rankings lead when competition finally gets under way in Brazil.
With only two events before the World Surf League Finals, Jack Robinson and Ethan Ewing need to win their elimination rounds to stay in touch with the top five.
Molly Picklum's strong form has continued with the Australian the world's only top-five surfer to advance to the quarter-finals at the Rio Pro.
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.
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.
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.
When you listen to Joe Turpel call surfing it’s clear he was made for the job. It’s little wonder that after almost two decades of commentating, he’s now known as “the voice of surfing”.
Albany Boardriders hosted its annual Wavefest event at Muttonbird over the WA Day long weekend, with more than 60 surfers travelling from across the south coast to compete.
Jacki Elezovich
Hawaiian Gabriela Bryan has won back-to-back titles at the Margaret River Pro, beating Caitlin Simmers in the final after local hope Bronte Macaulay was eliminated in the semi-finals.
Local favourite Bronte Macaulay will surf for a fairytale Margaret River Pro title at her home break.
Jackson Barrett
Losing her round-of-16 clash at the Margaret River Pro dealt a double blow to Sally Fitzgibbons but another Australian veteran booked a semi-final berth.
As the Margaret River Pro reaches the pointy end, The West Australian takes a look at the five surviving local hopes in the Women’s draw and who could take out the crown.
Jake Santa Maria and Aaron Kirby
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.
Margaret River’s own Jacob Willcox hasn’t been on a giant-killing run like this since he beat Kelly Slater as a 16-year-old. Now he’s a chance to launch a deep run at his home world tour event.
State Government investment in the ongoing support of the Margaret River Pro has been lauded as the competition returned to the region this week and was confirmed until at least 2028.
Warren Hately
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