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Margaret River Pro: Local surfer Jacob Willcox ousts former world champion...

Local surfer Jacob Willcox, 19, eliminates former world champion Gabriel Medina in a major upset at the Margaret River Pro, and heads straight into Round 3.

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Kelly Slater wipes out during shock loss at World Surf League Margaret River...

Kelly Slater endures a spectacular wipe-out and a lengthy period under water only to be eliminated from the World Surf League event in Margaret River.

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Bells Beach local Cody Robinson hoping to gain wildcard entry to 2017 Rip...

Cody Robinson is up before dawn, surfing twice a day and training five days a week to chase his childhood dream of one day ringing the bell at his local break, Bells Beach.

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Oz Grom Cup's young surfers take their sport seriously

Young surfers are making the move from surfing for fun to competition and financial sponsorships.

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Tyler Wright wins World Surf League event in Brazil in stunning return to form

Reigning world champion Tyler Wright is back in the yellow leader's jersey after a solid win at the World Surf League event in Brazil.

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Dog surfing world record broken on Queensland's Discovery Coast

It took 25 dogs, a former world champion tandem surfer and an oversize stand up paddle board to break a rather peculiar world record.

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Shark attack survivors promote surfboard fin aimed at stopping shark culls

A group of surfers, including two who have lost limbs in shark attacks, support crowdfunding efforts to make surfboard fins that send a strong message against retaliatory killings.

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Surfers take on Bells Beach in bid to dispel myth Indigenous people don't surf

Competition is hot at the Bells Beach Australian Indigenous Surfing Titles, but the event is also about Aboriginal culture and dispelling the myth that Indigenous people do not surf.

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Beginner surfer takes out first women's Australian Adaptive Surfing Title

A silver-medallist Paralympian wins the women's title at the Australian Adaptive Surfing competition, just 24 hours after she tried surfing for the first time.

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Kelly Slater breaks foot in Jeffreys Bay, says it felt like 'smashing his...

Eleven-time world champion Kelly Slater says breaking his foot while surfing in Jeffreys Bay "felt like smashing [his] foot with a big hammer".

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Shark spotted at Jeffreys Bay, forcing surfers including Julian Wilson to be...

Australia's Julian Wilson is one of two competitors forced to make a hasty exit from the water after a shark sighting at Jeffreys Bay.

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Mick Fanning plucked from J-Bay surf again after another shark appears

A second shark scare in two days at Jeffreys Bay sees Australian surfing champion Mick Fanning pulled from the water at the site of his 2015 attack.

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Brazil's Filipe Toledo wins Jeffreys Bay World Surf League tournament

Sharks, injury and ten-point rides; this year's World Surf League event at Jeffreys Bay won't be forgotten in a hurry.

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Aussie icon Pam Burridge inducted into Surfing Walk of Fame in California

Australian world champion surfer Pam Burridge will be internationally recognised for her contribution to the sport when she is inducted into the Surfing Walk of Fame in California.

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Surf brands face wipe-out after falling off wave of popularity

Surfing culture runs deep in Australia, but the clothing empires built around the sport are being dumped by consumers and investors.

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'Granny Grommets' hit the waves, showing age no barrier to surfing fun

A group of surfers on WA's far-south coast discovers the fountain of youth out among the waves.

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Brazil's Filipe Toledo and Silvana Lima dominate World Surf League Trestles...

Brazilian surfers Filipe Toledo and Silvana Lima landed a one two punch at the World Surf League event in San Clemente, California but Australia's Sally Fitzgibbons retains the women's rating lead...

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World Surf League holds media at arms length as Kelly Slater's wave pool gets...

Journalists are left to peer over the fence and deploy drones as the World Surf League conducted a "test event" at Kelly Slater's multi-million dollar wave pool.

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Killer whales wow spectators at Lofoten Masters surfing competition in Norway

Two killer whales ride waves of their own during a surfing competition in Norway, at the same beach Australian Mick Fanning was photographed riding under the Northern Lights.

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Cecil Healy: Australia's forgotten hero

The life of Cecil Healy reads like a boy's own adventure — Olympic gold medallist, helping to bring surfing to Australia, paying the ultimate sacrifice on the European battlefields of World War I.

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