The 11-time world champion struggled to compose himself as his exit from professional surfing looms,with a farewell at his favourite Fijian wave on the cards.
The greatest surfer of all time concedes he is likely competing in Australia for the final time as a new chapter looms in his personal and professional life.
Felicity Palmateer will make history as one of the first Australian women to partake in ‘the Super Bowl of surfing’. Her intense training comes with a very specific warning - do not try this at home.
The 11-time world champion needed to beat Australian Liam O’Brien in their third-round battle at the Margaret River Pro on Saturday to have any hope of surviving the cut.
Australians Ethan Ewing and Tyler Wright have claimed the men’s and women’s Rip Curl Pro,respectively. Wright took her second title,while Ewing claimed his first trophy 40 years after his late mother celebrated success at Bells Beach.
With a combined age of 93,Nathan Hedge and Kelly Slater stole the show at one of world surfing’s most challenging breaks.
Kelly Slater described Kalani Lattanzi’s performance of bodysurfing a notorious break as “one of the all-time great rides in the surf world”.
Surfing legends including Kelly Slater,Layne Beachley and Tom Carroll are campaigning to erect a statue of the late inaugural Australian world surfing champion Bernard “Midget” Farrelly in Palm Beach.
When the new ABC drama Barons set up its “surf” filming unit,a first for an Australian TV series,they turned to one of the world’s leading surf filmmakers,Taylor Steele.
His age should have put him at a physical disadvantage,but Rafael Nadal shows how the changes to men’s fitness as they age might become an advantage.
In light of the Novak Djokovic saga,the World Surf League has warned unvaccinated surfers will face significant challenges travelling the world.