Stepping in for Blake Lively in a horror movie,designing wave pools and winning iconic surf contests:it’s all just part of the Isabella Nichols story,past,present and future.
Isabella Nichols and Jack Robinson have made it a double triumph for Australia with thrilling victories in the Rip Curl Pro finals at Bells Beach.
And Ethan Ewing has powered into the quarter-finals at Bells Beach with the highest heat score so far among the men or women at the Rip Curl Pro.
For three straight years,the Australian veteran has faced her own pro surfing mortality and the gruelling road back to the big time.
Tyler Wright has battled through injuries,illness and intense focus on competing in Abu Dhabi as an openly gay athlete. But she’s smiling again.
They first surfed in garbage bags and footy jumpers. Now they’re in their 80s and happiest in a tiny wooden box at the world’s longest-running surf contest.
Two salty,freckled opponents will dominate women’s surfing for a decade. Even as the rivals literally skip,hand-in-hand,to a photo shoot.
The world’s longest-running surf contest was once sponsored by a rock band and is held at an icy cold break that surfing greats love to hate.
The 2028 Olympics will host surfing at an often criticised location,but squash will make its debut in a Hollywood film location.
Indigenous Australian surfer Leihani Zoric is tipped to shine at this year’s Seas the Day festival in northern NSW.