Australia will again have three surfers challenging for a world title with Ethan Ewing joining Jack Robinson and Molly Picklum at the California one-day decider next month. Robinson and Picklum already secured their top-five rankings with early success at the Fiji Pro before Ewing’s passage to the final four meant last year’s runner-up also punched...
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Australian surfing judge sent home from Paris Olympics after controversial photo in Tahiti
Olympics essentials An Australian surfing judge has been removed of his duties at the Paris Olympics after being photographed posing with Australian star Ethan Ewing. Ben Lowe was sent packing from the Games after a picture of him was posted to Instagram with Ewing and surfing coach Bede Durbidge in Tahiti. The image was captioned...
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Robinson masters wild conditions in Olympic surfing to set up all Australian quarterfinal in Tahiti
Olympics essentials Australian Jack Robinson sent world number one John John Florence home from the Olympic surfing competition, riding tough in their round-of-16 clash. In deteriorating conditions that forced the women’s heats to be abandoned on Tuesday morning (AEST), Ethan Ewing joined Robinson in advancing to set up an all-Aussie quarterfinal. A storm system south...
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Surfer’s leg washes up after shark attack, doctors scramble to reattach it
An Australian surfer’s leg has washed up on a beach after it was torn off during a horror shark attack — with doctors now scrambling to see if the severed limb can be reattached. Kai McKenzie, 23, is in a critical but stable condition in a hospital after he was attacked by the great white...
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Meet the teen sensations preparing to take the surfing world by storm
When Mick Fanning was coming through the competitive surfing ranks as a teenager, the training regime was pretty simple. “Fitness wasn’t even part of it growing up, it was just, ‘Let’s go surf,'” the 42-year-old said. “We had a couple of camps here and there but most of the time we were trying to find...
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Australian publication recruiting for the ‘best job in the world’
A surfing bible is offering three lucky grommets the chance to dump their nine-to-five for board meetings among the country’s most tantalising waves. Billed by Australian publication Tracks Magazine as the “best job in the world”, the chosen few will paddle off on a surfing road trip along Australia’s coastline chasing big swells, competitions and...
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Australian surfers win junior world championship in El Salvador as Irukandjis take gold
In short: Team Australia has won the ISA Junior World Surfing Championship. Fingal Head surfer Dane Henry and the Gold Coast’s Ziggy Mackenzie won their individual divisions. What’s next: Both surfers are hoping to represent Australia in future international competitions. Australia has two new junior world surfing champions and the team has won gold at...
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US, Australian surfers were likely executed in vicious carjacking in Mexico: report
The American surfers and Australian brothers who were found dead on a surfing vacation in Mexico were likely killed when they refused to hand over their car to a trio of carjackers, according to a report. The bodies of Jack Carter Rhoad, 30, and brothers Callum, 33, and Jake Robinson, 30, were discovered alongside their...