Surfing
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- Shark debate
We have the technology to prevent shark bites. Will we use it?
From drones, to smart drumlines and personal devices that deter attacks, we have better ways to keep swimmers and surfers safer, but we need to deploy them.
- Culum Brown
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‘I nearly drowned’: How 13-year-old Leihani Zoric conquered fears to win a national title
At just 13 years old, Leihani Zoric has already won the Indigenous women’s surfing national title twice. And she’s got much bigger goals in her sights.
- Hannah Kennelly
Hinterland zipline, surf park win millions in state tourism funding
The one-kilometre zipline would be developed next to a camping ground bordering protected land at Springbrook National Park.
- Catherine Strohfeldt
‘Oh my god’: Gilmore in shock after fairytale victory at Snapper Rocks
Australia’s eight-time world champion returned to the world tour this year unsure if she could still compete with surfers half her age. On Monday, she found she could.
- Melissa Woods
Aussie great denied in pumping Margaret River surf
Eight-time world surfing champion Stephanie Gilmore remains winless in her return to full-time competition, suffering a narrow round-one loss at Margaret River.
- Roger Vaughan
Australian world champion Molly Picklum falls short in Bells Beach decider
The iconic Bells Beach trophy has continued to prove elusive for Molly Picklum with Australia’s world champion falling short in the final against Hawaiian Gabriela Bryan.
- Melissa Woods
- Australia’s richest athletes
- Business of sport
Jett used to share a sandwich with his family to save money. Now he’s one of Australia’s richest athletes
In the fifth and final part of our series on the biggest Australian earners in sport, we look at the 23-and-under category, including motocross superstar Jett Lawrence, whose family gambled it all on him and his brother making it big – and won.
- Marc McGowan
Molly Picklum – a champ in demand, but still a ‘Central Coast mongrel’ at heart
Australia’s reigning world champion kicks off her title defence with a tribute to the coastal community that raised her.
- Dan Walsh
Large surf has battered Sydney with more to come
Waves whipped up on Thursday, and surfers took to Cape Solander, off Kurnell in Sydney’s south, where videographer Jye Zap captured the “heavy slabs”.
Tyler Wright struggled to sit or stand for months – but surfing keeps dragging her back in
Seven months out of the water and a long list of serious injuries have the two-time world champion contemplating the how and why of her profession.
- Dan Walsh