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SurfingCibilic brushes off WSL Finals 'crumble'

Morgan Cibilic's fairytale run to a surfing world title in his rookie season wasn't to be, the Australian out in the first round of the new finals format.

Murray Wenzel

SurfingMen's surf title final disrupted by shark

Retired surf champion turned commentator Mick Fanning has joked he would be blamed for a shark interrupting the men's WSL title final after his famous attack.

Melissa Woods

SurfingMedina, Moore win World Surf League Finals

While the Australians faltered, Carissa Moore and Gabriel Medina are the 2021 world champions after winning the World Surf League Finals in California.

Melissa Woods

SurfingFitzgibbons pumped for WSL finals format

The World Surf League's new finals format will give Australian surfer and sports nut Sally Fitzgibbons a chance to taste her own slice of grand final glory.

Murray Wenzel

SurfingWorld Surf title decider delayed by fog

The new-look WSL Finals, to decide the men's and women's world titles, has been delayed another 24 hours due to fog at the Lower Trestles surf break.

Melissa Woods

SurfingWorld Surf title decider edging closer

The new-look WSL Final, to decide the men's and women's world titles, is likely to go ahead in the next 24 hours with the California event now on yellow alert.

Melissa Woods

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The West Australian exclusive
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The West Australian exclusive
Perth’s first surf park looking like a shore thing

WA’s first surf park will include Australia’s largest surfing lagoon, a boutique hotel, office space, function and event spaces, a surf coaching academy, a beach club, and bars and restaurants.

Joe Spagnolo

SurfingFinals wait goes on for Stephanie Gilmore

A second consecutive lay day has been called for the World Surfing League Finals at Lower Trestles in California as the world's best wait to get started.

AAP

SurfingGilmore ready for marathon surf title bid

Australian veteran Stephanie Gilmore has been preparing for a marathon WSL final, needing five heat wins in one day to take out a record eighth title.

Melissa Woods

SurfingSurfing 'utopia' within Fitzgibbons' reach

Sally Fitzgibbons admits some days she's "fallen in a heap" during an extraordinary WSL season but has still found a way to contend for a maiden world title.

Murray Wenzel

groms gatherGracetown Groms marks 25 years since tragedy

This weekend marks the 25th anniversary of the Gracetown Grommets junior surfing competition held to honour the nine lives lost in the 1996 Gracetown cliff collapse.

Jane Seman

SurfingSurfer dies after NSW shark attack

A surfer has died after he was bitten by a shark on the NSW North Coast on Sunday morning.

Gina Rushton

SurfingGilmore driven to win record eighth title

Seven-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore says the pain she felt at her early Olympics elimination has made her more determined to win a record eighth crown.

Melissa Woods

surfing superstarsPremiumSchool slam dunks 16th State surfing title

Margaret River Senior High School surfers have claimed an epic 16th straight win at the WA School Surfing Titles.

Warren Hately

SurfingWSL rookie Cibilic up for finals challenge

Morgan Cibilic agrees his dramatic rise has come from seemingly nowhere, but he'll enter the WSL Finals confident he can produce another boilover.

Murray Wenzel

SURFINGPremiumSchool surf titles heating up

MRSHS has dominated the School Surfing Titles and will be chasing a 16th consecutive champion school title.

Warren Hately

surfingTalent on show as school tops State in titles

Margaret River Senior High School surfers have once again beaten the best.

Warren Hately

surfingPremiumAussies do double time in Corona title

Margaret River surfing star Jack Robinson has won his first Championship Tour event at Mexico’s Corona Open held at Barra de la Cruz.

Warren Hately

Dark dayPremiumSurfer killed and another badly hurt in powerful swell

Long-awaited perfect conditions for surfing earlier this week claimed the life of a verteran board rider and left another experienced surfer in hospital with potential injuries to his spine.

Warren Hately

‘Deeply missed’PremiumTributes flow for surfing pioneer killed in Margs

WA’s surfing community is mourning another loss with the tragic death of veteran surfing pioneer Frank Hayter on Monday.

Warren Hately

SurfingAustralian surfers win Mexico double

Stephanie Gilmore has rebounded from Olympic disappointment to win the Corona Open in Mexico while fellow Aussie Jack Robinson has claimed his first WSL title.

Melissa Woods

SurfingAussie rookie reaches WSL semis in Mexico

Australian rookie Jack Robinson will compete in his first World Surf League event semi-final after a day of upsets in the Corona Open in Mexico.

Ed Jackson

SurfingFitzgibbons surfs into WSL semis in Mexico

Olympian Sally Fitzgibbons has reached the semi-finals of the WSL event in Mexico, cementing her spot in the year-end tour finals in the process.

Ed Jackson

SurfingOwen Wright eliminated in Mexico

Australian rookie Morgan Cibilic has a great chance to qualify for the year-ending WSL finals but Owen Wright's hopes are over.

Justin Chadwick