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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Surfing superstar Stephanie Gilmore is expected to compete in the season-opening WSL event in Hawaii despite entering COVID-19 protocols.
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.
Andy King, who has coached world champions Mick Fanning and Gabriel Medina, has returned to Surfing Australia as head coach ahead of the 2024 Paris Games.
Two-time world surfing champion Gabriel Medina has announced he will miss the start of the WSL to focus on his well-being.
After Ali Day's perfect 2021 campaign, rival Matt Poole's wishing for bigger swells to level the Ironman Series playing field next month.