Australian authorities have shut down a major international surfing event after recreational surfers were attacked by sharks near the site of the competition on the country's southwest coast. The ...

Located near the southern end of the 70km-long Gold Coast seaside strip – famed the world over for its rideable waves – is a ...

The Australian Surfing Awards have been part of the nation’s surfing calendar for over 20 years now. Beginning as an offshoot of the Australian Surfing Hall Of Fame’s annual Induction, the Awards have ...

Andrew Stark’s impact on Surfing Australia was immediate when he was appointed its CEO. As Rabbit Bartholomew, Surfing Australia’s patron, summed it up, “Andrew’s come into the office and started ...

On Thursday, a 25-year-old woman was swept out to sea near Maroubra Beach around 4 a.m. local time after she was “hit by a ...

Surfing Australia recently announced that Chris Mater will be stepping down as the organization’s Chief Executive Officer. As of October 31, 2025, Mater will vacate the role. “I joined this ...

Hot off the announcement that Melbourne will be home to Australia's first surf park, another Australian city is set to follow suit with its very own. URBNSURF Sydney will be the city's newest wave ...

From the rooftop of Rip Curl's headquarters in Torquay on Australia's southern coast, Steve Kay squints into the scorching Victoria sun, surveying his surfing empire. Down below are signs for various ...

The announcement comes just as the WSL’s kick-off event for the 2020 Longboard Tour—the Noosa Longboard Open—is set to commence on Saturday. When it comes to picturesque surfing destinations across ...

Meet the Australian version of the Central Park Mandarin Duck. A pet duck, endearingly named “Duck,” has become a surfing phenomenon on Australia’s Gold Coast, where he’s frequently seen riding the ...

Unlike most members of the U.S. Olympic team bound for Tokyo this summer, surfer John John Florence can currently walk into a bar, maskless, without much worry, to enjoy a beer with some friends.

A surfing judge was removed from the Paris Olympics judging panel after a photo circulated online of him embracing a competitor along the shore’s edge in Tahiti this week. During one of the ...