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Surf gods smile as Day retires with sixth Iron title

Surf gods smile as Day retires with sixth Iron title

The retiring Ali Day survived two tense elimination races then shot clear in the final to win a sixth Iron Series title in a fairytale finish on his home beach.

Flame flickers as Day chases six-and-out ironman finish

Flame flickers as Day chases six-and-out ironman finish

Flame flickers as Day chases six-and-out ironman finish

Flame flickers as Day chases six-and-out ironman finish

The retiring Ali Day will hunt a sixth Iron Series title when the tour concludes at Miami on the Gold Coast.

Lifesaving Games push as Ali prepares to call it a Day

Lifesaving Games push as Ali prepares to call it a Day

Lifesaving Games push as Ali prepares to call it a Day

Lifesaving Games push as Ali prepares to call it a Day

Ali Day will retire as one of surf lifesaving's most successful athletes, hopeful those who come after him benefit from the profile boost of an Olympic debut.

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Aussie surfers make waves at junior world titles

Aussie surfers make waves at junior world titles

Australians Dane Henry and Isla Huppatz are junior world surfing champions after claiming titles in the Philippines.

'Fading away': inside the ride to save Aussie surf film

'Fading away': inside the ride to save Aussie surf film

Searching garages and cupboards across the country and the Tasman, Jolyon Hoff has restored hours of rusting film reels in a bid to preserve surfing history.

Aussie surf legend locks in tour return

Aussie surf legend locks in tour return

Stephanie Gilmore will take up a World Surf League wildcard with the eight-time world champion returning to the tour in 2026 after a two-year hiatus.

Surf star reveals painful injury in Olympic medal win

Surf star reveals painful injury in Olympic medal win

Australia's top-ranked male surfer Jack Robinson has had surgery after struggling with a knee injury during his Paris Olympics silver medal-winning feat.

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Aussies rule the waves with another world surfing crown

Aussies rule the waves with another world surfing crown

Aussies rule the waves with another world surfing crown

Aussies rule the waves with another world surfing crown

Australia's Kai Ellice-Flint has won his maiden world title, clinching the men's longboard crown with victory in the World Surf League final in El Salvador.

Aussie surfers dominate on World Surf Games stage

Aussie surfers dominate on World Surf Games stage

Aussie surfers dominate on World Surf Games stage

Aussie surfers dominate on World Surf Games stage

Dane Henry could be Australia's next big surf star after the teenager won the men's event at the World Surfing Games while still holding the junior crown.

'Won't go there': Picklum on chasing Gilmore's record

'Won't go there': Picklum on chasing Gilmore's record

'Won't go there': Picklum on chasing Gilmore's record

'Won't go there': Picklum on chasing Gilmore's record

With the stakes and swell continually rising, surfer Molly Picklum can't help but laugh when she entertains the idea of matching Steph Gilmore's title haul.

Picklum's full-circle moment on path to surf title

Picklum's full-circle moment on path to surf title

Picklum's full-circle moment on path to surf title

Picklum's full-circle moment on path to surf title

Starting out as a grom on the Central Coast in NSW, Molly Picklum believes she's just getting started after winning her first World Surf League title.

Picklum joins Australian greats as world surf champion

Picklum joins Australian greats as world surf champion

Picklum joins Australian greats as world surf champion

Picklum joins Australian greats as world surf champion

Taking the title in Fiji, Molly Picklum has joined the likes of Stephanie Gilmore, Tyler Wright and Layne Beachley in becoming a surfing world champion.

Surfing's GOAT tips Robinson for Cloudbreak glory

Surfing's GOAT tips Robinson for Cloudbreak glory

Surfing's GOAT tips Robinson for Cloudbreak glory

Surfing's GOAT tips Robinson for Cloudbreak glory

The World Surf League finals are set to begin on Tuesday at Fiji's Cloudbreak, with the great Kelly Slater tipping Jack Robinson to start with a bang.

Australian surfer loves his Zen as world titles loom

Australian surfer loves his Zen as world titles loom

Australian surfer loves his Zen as world titles loom

Australian surfer loves his Zen as world titles loom

Fatherhood is providing fresh perspective for the Australian in the men's field at the World Surf League world title decider in Fiji.

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'Spanner in the works': surf star researching new venue

The World Surf League finals in Fiji could switch to a different - less familiar - break, prompting competitors to do their homework.

Aussies have the Wright stuff to win surf world titles

Owen Wright made World Surf League history with two perfect heats to win at Cloudbreak, and thinks Molly Picklum and Jack Robinson can also leave their mark.

Picklum looking to follow path of Aussie surfing legend

Molly Picklum says Australia deserves another world champion as she looks to follow surfing legend Stephanie Gilmore, with the title going on the line in Fiji.

Aussies tame Tahiti in finals-defining double

Jack Robinson shot from seventh to fourth and into the WSL finals after winning the Tahiti Pro, shortly after Molly Picklum claimed the women's crown.

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Good golly: Molly one win from title after Tahiti test

Australian Molly Picklum stared down a pumping Teahupoʻo and came out the other side to sit one win away from a maiden world surfing title.

Aussie surfers remain alive in high-stakes Tahiti Pro

Ethan Ewing and Jack Robinson are into the round of 16 at the Tahiti Pro, where places in the top-five World Surf League Finals are on the line.

'Psycho mode' surf awaits world No.1 and 12-year-old

Australian world No.1 surfer Molly Picklum says 12-year-old local Kelia Gallina is ready to make history at the Tahiti Pro.

Revamped surf league to launch on Australian shores

World Surf League is to update its format for 2026, the 50th anniversary season of pro surfing, with more women, an enhanced finale - and an Australian start.

Hesitant Picklum misses chance of World Surf League win

Molly Picklum has missed out on another World Surf League crown in South Africa, but Australian-born Japanese surfer Connor O'Leary took out the men's event.

Ewing into J-Bay quarters as surfing finals loom

Ethan Ewing is the lone Australlan surfer left in the men's field at J-Bay, with three compatriots looming large in the women's draw.

Wright rallies as Aussie surfers advance at J-Bay

Three Australian women are through to the quarter-finals of the WSL event in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa, with two Aussies in the men's round of 16.

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