LIKE MOST AUSTRALIANS, Jack Robinson grew up nurturing dreams of Olympic glory. Unlike most Australians, Robinson was a child surf prodigy. Possessing a rare blend of otherworldly talent and unrelenting drive, Robinson’s natural skills made his ascendance to surfing’s...
In what can only be called the beginning of a family dynasty, 24-year-old Australian Ethan Ewing has won the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach. Ewing's victory comes exactly 40 years after his mother Helen Ewing, a trailblazer in women’s surfing, won the same event. “It’s...
Kelly Slater turns 51 tomorrow, but the 11-time world champion is by no means slowing down. Most athletes would have called it quits about two decades ago, but Slater isn’t like most athletes. Rather than easing into retirement with the slow but inevitable decline in...
If there was ever a person who exemplified the indomitable human spirit, it would be Matt Formston. It takes a special kind of surfer to take on the world’s biggest waves at the infamous Nazaré canyon off the coast of Portugal. And it takes an incredible kind of...
When I spoke to Mick Fanning, he was on a beach in Los Angeles soaking up the late afternoon Californian sun. Even though he’s retired from the World Surf League, Mick still spends plenty of time beachside and tries hit the waves every day. With a two-year-old son in...
After advancing past the opening three rounds of competition, top-ranked Australian surfer Jack Robinson is closing in on an Olympic gold medal, and if his journey to this point is any indication, he won’t let anything stop him from getting it
Rising Aussie surfer Ethan Ewing has won his second World Surf League title, taking out the venerable Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach in Victoria, 40 years after his mother won the same event.
At 50 years of age, 11-time world champion surfer Kelly Slater has admitted he wants to win an Olympic gold medal before calling time on his career.
Matt Formston lost most of his vision to a genetic disorder as a child, but he’s never let that curb his ambition.
Three-time world champion surfer Mick Fanning praises the benefits of a high energy cardio focused workout that has helped him conquer the waves and stay in peak condition after retirement.
Titled Make or Break, the series will explore the aspirations, challenges, accomplishments and personal lives of surfers in the 2021 Men’s and Women’s WSL Championship Tour.
