Sally Fitzgibbons handed 2023 WSL wildcard
Veteran Australian surfer Sally Fitzgibbons has been awarded a wildcard, allowing her to compete in WSL events in 2023.
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Slater bows out early at Gold Coast Pro
Surfing legend Kelly Slater may have made his final competitive appearance in Australian waters, eliminated from the WSL challenger event on the Gold Coast.
Slater scraps, Gilmore shines at surf Pro
Kelly Slater has scraped through a competitive heat at the Gold Coast Pro while Julian Wilson made a bright return and Steph Gilmore dominated her local break.
WSL cut drama has added to sport: Gilmore
Multiple world surfing champion Stephanie Gilmore understands the reasons for adding the mid-season cut to the WSL tour despite criticism of the format.
Fitzgibbons not done with WSL tour yet
Australian surfer Sally Fitzgibbons is committed to regaining her spot on the WSL championship tour as she prepares for life in the challenger series.
Local Jack Robinson wins Marg River Pro
Owen Wright has been axed from the WSL tour after missing the cut, but fellow Aussie Jack Robinson is in the title hunt after winning the Margaret River Pro.
Isabella Nichols wins Margaret River Pro
Australia's Isabella Nichols has won her maiden WSL Championship Tour event by beating Hawaii's Gabriela Bryan in the final of the Margaret River Pro.
Wright could earn reprieve from WSL axe
Australian Owen Wright and 11-time world champion Kelly Slater have failed to win through to the round of 16 at the Margaret River Pro.
Lay day called at WSL Margaret River Pro
Strong on-shore winds have prompted WSL organisers to call a lay day at the Margaret River Pro in Western Australia.
No Aussie wobbles in Margaret River start
Fighting to make the mid-season cut, Australians Steph Gilmore, Isabella Nichols and Sally Fitzgibbons all avoided trouble on day one of the Margaret River Pro.
Champ Medina wins wildcard for WSL return
Defending world surfing champion Gabriel Medina will return from his WSL mental health break as a wildcard when the tour heads to Indonesia next month.
Toledo takes down Aussies to win at Bells
Australian rookie Callum Robson and countryman Ethan Ewing are both assured of surviving the mid-season cut despite falling short of title glory at Bells Beach.
Aussie Tyler Wright rules at Bells Beach
Australian surfer Tyler Wright has won the WSL event at Bells Beach after beating five-time world champion Carissa Moore in the final.
Gilmore, Fitzgibbons in Bells Beach exits
Stephanie Gilmore and Sally Fitzgibbons have both lost painstaking Rip Curl Pro quarter-finals in blows to their hopes of avoiding the mid-season cut.
Aussie Robson ends Fanning’s Bells cameo
Australian rookie Callum Robson ended Mick Fanning's quest for a record fifth Bells Beach WSL title while Stephanie Gilmore and Sally Fitzgibbons also exited.
Fanning defeats world No.1 at Bells Beach
Mick Fanning has kept alive his hopes of a fifth Bells Beach title after he eliminated world No.1 surfer Kanoa Igarashi, while Owen Wright has also advanced.
Fitzgibbons alive with last-gasp WSL win
Sally Fitzgibbons produced a 6.10 point wave in the final minutes to win her Rip Curl Pro third-round heat as the Australian looks to avoid the mid-season cut.
Gilmore, Fanning afloat at Rip Curl Pro
Mick Fanning has joined nine other Australian men in round three, while Steph Gilmore narrowly avoided an interference penalty to progress at the Rip Curl Pro.
Day wraps up surf ironman season title set
Ali Day and Georgia Miller have battled through to win surf lifesaving's national ironman and ironwoman titles respectively.
Comeback king Mick Fanning feels at home in Bells Beach surf
Mick Fanning's professional surfing career kickstarted at Bells Beach in 2001 and the veteran is back to try to add a fifth title at the iconic break.
Fanning given WSL Bells Beach wildcard
Retired Australian great Mick Fanning has been awarded a wildcard to compete at the World Surf League tour event at Bells Beach next month.
Gilmore pipped in Portugal WSL semi-final
Stephanie Gilmore led until the final two minutes of her semi-final of the World Surf League event at Supertubos in Portugal before losing to Lakey Peterson.
Tyler Wright’s Pipeline run ended in semis
Tyler Wright has had the highest-scoring wave of her semi-final but it wasn't enough to beat local wildcard and eventual Pipeline champion Moana Jones Wong.
Slater secures eighth Pipeline title at 49
Eleven-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater has won an eighth title at Pipeline — 30 years after his first and just days before his 50th birthday.
Wright’s Pipeline title hunt put on hold
Tyler Wright will have to wait another day in her quest to win the season-opening WSL event at Pipeline, with organisers calling a lay day.
Wright surfs into Pipeline semi-finals
Tyler Wright is the only Australian man or woman remaining in the World Surf League's season openers at Pipeline, sneaking into the final four.
Slater nails final-second WSL Pipeline win
Kelly Slater, who turns 50 next week, has produced a stunning 9.23-point wave with time expiring to win his WSL round-of-16 battle at a pumping Pipeline.
Fear, fresh WSL faces driving Wright
Tyler Wright remains wary of the powerful wave after earning the highest score in the first round of the historic Billabong Pro Pipeline in Hawaii.
One-armed Hamilton through at WSL Pipeline
Hawaiian Bethany Hamilton, who lost her left arm in a shark attack in 2003, has progressed to the third round of the World Surf League's Billabong Pro Pipeline.
Gilmore tests positive to COVID-19
Surfing superstar Stephanie Gilmore is expected to compete in the season-opening WSL event in Hawaii despite entering COVID-19 protocols.
Wright at home in WSL Pipeline opener
Tyler Wright is equal parts anxious and proud ahead of the World Surf League's historic opener at a famous Hawaiian wave usually reserved for the men.