Back competing following the birth of her first child, French surfer Justine Dupont claimed the women's title at the Nazare Big Wave Challenge in Portugal.
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Australian Molly Picklum tested world champ Caitlin Simmers all the way in the Abu Dhabi World Surf League final but had to settle for the runner's up spot.
Ian Chadband
Molly Picklum is safely through to the quarter-finals of the World Surf League's wave pool event in Abu Dhabi, joined by Ethan Ewing and Jack Robinson.
Melissa Woods
Jack Robinson and Ethan Ewing are early heat winners with competition getting underway in the World Surf League's first wave pool event in Abu Dhabi.
The WA junior surfing titles start for the year this weekend, coming back to Margaret River’s Main Break for the first time since 2022.
Warren Hately
Australia's Tyler Wright has made surfing history, becoming the first woman to win Hawaii's iconic Pipe Pro event twice.
Roger Vaughan
Kelly Slater has beaten Ethan Ewing at the Pipe Pro, with rookie George Pittar the only Australian man to advance to the quarter-finals.
John Salvado
Organisers want surfers to have "real Pipe", putting the Pipe Pro on hold again with only two days left in the waiting period on Hawaii's North Shore.
Australian surfers Tyler Wright, Isabella Nichols and Molly Picklum have reached the quarter-finals as the Pipe Pro resumed in Hawaii after a week of delays.
The pressure is mounting for waves at Banzai Pipeline as the wait for the season-opening World Surf League competition to resume drags on.
Competition at the World Surf League's season-opening event at Hawaii's Banzai Pipeline remains on hold but organisers say better surf conditions are forecast.
Iron Series young guns Conner Maggs and Lucy Derbyshire have upstaged veterans Ali Day and Lana Rogers to win maiden titles in the men's and women's categories.
Joanna Guelas
Hawaii's Pipe Pro, the first round of the World Surf Tour, will stay on hold for at least one more day because of unfavourable conditions.
Defending champion Ali Day laughs that the dramatic overhaul of the Iron Series final is encouraging his downfall, but has backed himself to win anyway.
Murray Wenzel
The season-opening Pipe Pro has been put on hold with a major storm forecast to hit Hawaii's North Shore.
Australians Jack Robinson and Tyler Wright have delivered benchmark performances in the first round of the Pipe Pro, to kick off the World Surf League season.
He’s the WA-raised surfer quite literally making it on the world stage and now Jack Robinson could have yet another accolade to add to a glittering 2024.
Rourke Walsh
With 10 Australians ready for action, the season-opening Pipe Pro in Hawaii is on hold, with World Surf Leagues organisers waiting for better conditions.
Australian hope Jack Robinson will enjoy some locational perks when the new-look World Surf League season begins in Hawaii this week.
Murray Wenzel and Joanna Guelas
Australia's Jack Robinson says it would be a mistake to underestimate his World Surf League rivals in the absence of John John Florence at the Pipe Pro.
Australia's eight-time surfing world champion Steph Gilmore could be lured back on Tour if there's a chance to add another title, says Molly Picklum.
Australia's eight-time surfing world champion Stephanie Gilmore has made a late call not to return to the WSL Championship Tour this year.
Murray Wenzel and Neil Harvey
Three-time world champion and Olympic bronze medallist Gabriel Medina will miss the start of the World Surfing League after suffering a chest muscle injury.
As 2024 draws to a close The West Australian looks back on who grabbed the headlines as we countdown the top WA athletes for 2024.
Jake Santa Maria
