Sally Fitzgibbons has won her fourth International Surfing Association (ISA) world title to become the most successful surfer in the competition’s history — but suffered the heartbreak of missing an Olympic berth. The 33-year-old won a thrilling final at the event in Puerto Rico on Monday morning (AEDT), battling her way through eight heats to … Read more
DAKAR, Senegal — Cherif Fall kissed his wife on the lips and they swapped pecks on each other’s foreheads, for good luck. Then he zipped up his wetsuit, grabbed his surfboard and strode into water he didn’t want to be in. Instead of training in the waves off his Senegal homeland, Fall was wistfully preferring … Read more
Florida seems a lawless land, where (nearly) anything goes and vehicular mischief is just appreciated as entertainment. As it turns out, though, there are rules — rules put in place to stop good, hardworking Americans from taking their pickup trucks surfing. What Car Should You Buy: Everything is Bigger In Texas A Florida man discovered … Read more
Defending champion Jack Robinson has become a shock Pipe Pro casualty, but Ethan Ewing emerged as the lone Australian male standing after the World Surf League season opener in Hawaii resumed. West Australian pipe specialist Robinson was taken out in the round of 32 by Morocco’s Ramzi Boukhiam in a tight clash, with last season’s … Read more
The GOATs will soon be gone and that means an ocean of possibilities this year for Australian surfing star Molly Picklum. At 21, Picklum is a prominent member of the new guard among the World Surf League women highlighted by last year’s world title winner, Caroline Marks. The American, also 21, beat five-time world champion … Read more
