The 36-year-old was surfing when she was struck by a fish with a long, pointed bill in the Mentawai islands off the west coast of Indonesia last week.
Doctors are racing to see if they can reattach the severed leg of a surfer that washed up on an Australian beach after a tragic shark bite.
“If it had barnacles, I would have been ripped apart.”
‘Make or Break’ follows the World Surf League and promises the same behind the scenes action that has made ‘Drive to Survive’ such a huge hit.
Mason Barnes may well have ridden the first-ever 100-foot wave, catching a monster at famed Portuguese surf spot Nazaré.
Matt Bromley’s travels have taken him around the globe to popular spots in Hawaii, California, Indonesia, and Ireland.
A kook, defined as “an individual with no understanding of the social and sartorial norms of surfing”, is an easy target. Here are some classic wipeouts.
The contenders for one of the World Surf League’s most coveted prizes, the 2020 XXL Biggest Wave award, have recently been announced.
18-year-old Payton Landaas was tracking a whale when he saw it swimming towards a dozen or so surfers off the coast of Southern California.
Over in Kommetjie, the battle between surfers and paddleboarders has been going on for decades. Seems like things have escalated.
There are few things worse than driving to work whilst you watch some perfect sets rolling in. These guys aim to make those worries a thing of the past.
Kelly Slater is known as the world’s best surfer, and he has won loads of competitions to prove it. Have a peak at what he did last week…
A surfer at Sydney’s Bondi Beach was knocked unconscious by a 15m whale. The whale and the surfers were 30m from shore when the incident occurred.
The City of Cape Town has released its official report on the fatal shark attack that claimed the life of bodyboarder, David Lilienfeld, 20, on Thursday at Kogel Bay, “Caves”, near Gordons Bay. In it, the City concluded that the tagging of False Bay sharks for a documentary could not be directly linked to the attack.
South Africans have reacted with shock and disbelief over the tragic passing of bodyboarder David Lilienfeld earlier today. He suffered fatal injuries at popular surfing spot, Koeël Bay, near Gordons Bay. A 2oceansViber alerted us to a recent video, featuring David and some of his friends. Watch it inside.
A bodyboarder has suffered fatal injuries at popular surfing spot, Koeël Bay, near Gordons Bay, earlier today. Due to the nature of the location, medical air rescue services were still on their way to the scene, but members of the bodyboarding community were expressing their shock at the loss of the individual across social networks.
Jamie O’Brien is a well-known Hawaiian pro-surfer. He recently decided to create some awareness surrounding fibropapillomatosis – a herpes-type virus that affects sea turtles. His “campaign” involved posting a picture of himself “riding” one of these turtles underwater. But it turns out he may have instead broken laws against harassing turtles, as well as offended fellow Hawaiians who consider these creatures as ancestral guardian spirits.
Only a surfer knows the feeling. It’s a saying that has been reserved for that rush of sheer exhilaration as you catch the perfect wave into shore, that moment of blinding truth that connects you with nature – that driving force that motivates you to get up early and break the ice. For Bethany Hamilton […]