Nerves of steel have helped Kelly Slater cruise through the first heats of the season-opening men’s world surfing championship event on the Gold Coast. The Quiksilver Pro defending champion has …

Impressive wins in the first elimination round have set Australians Joel Parkinson and Taj Burrow up for a strong run at the opening event of this year’s men’s world surfing …

Local hero Joel Parkinson blasted his way through Sunday’s sudden-death second round of the world surfing tour event on the Gold Coast. Parkinson left young wildcard and trials winner Garrett …

Kelly Slater says the world surfing tour has reached its golden age. The 11-time world champion stamped his authority on the opening event of the year at Snapper Rocks on …

The Gold Coast’s Stephanie Gilmore says there’s more venom in the women’s world surfing championship this year than ever before. Gilmore opened her campaign for a fifth world crown on …

Surfing legend Kelly Slater will return to Western Australia next month to compete for the second consecutive year in the Telstra Drug Aware Margaret River Pro. Premier Colin Barnett said …

World women’s champion Carissa Moore says it’s strange going into the first event of the world surfing championship year as the girl with the target on her back. The 19-year-old …

Kelly Slater says the introduction of random drug tests this year to the world surfing championship won’t have any impact on him. The 11-time world champion says if it’s good …

World No.2 Joel Parkinson says the class of 2012 could be the best the men’s surfing tour has seen. With an extraordinary lineup of talent for the Quiksilver Pro starting …

He’s 40 years old with 11 world titles to his name, but with teenagers snapping at his heels as the world title series prepares to start, Kelly Slater says he’s …

Sally Fitzgibbons has made the ideal start to her world title quest this year with victory at the inaugural Australian Open of Surfing in Sydney on Sunday. The NSW south …

Caine Eckstein followed in older brother Shannon’s footsteps when he claimed his maiden Kelloggs Nutri-Grain Ironman Series title with a dominant performance at Noosa Heads on Sunday. A five-time Coolangatta …

Northcliffe’s Elizabeth Pluimers captured her second Ironwoman Series crown on Sunday when she won the sixth and final round at Noosa Heads. Kristyl Smith, who held a slender one-point series …

Ali Day is warily looking over his shoulder leading into Sunday’s sixth and final round of the Ironman Series. The Mooloolaba competitor has a tenuous five-point advantage over ironman icon …

Planting trees seven hours inland from the African coast doesn’t sound like ideal preparation for a surfing competition but it’s how Stephanie Gilmore has readied herself for a crack at …

One of the superstars of women’s surfing, Lisa Anderson, hopes to make a return to competition in this month’s Roxy Pro on the Gold Coast, the opening event of the …

Ky Hurst claimed his second victory of the summer after a sprint finish with Hugh Dougherty in round five of the ironman series on Sunday at Coolum Beach. The 30-year-old, …

Candice Falzon’s return to the elite ironwoman ranks was capped by a breakthrough victory at Coolum Beach on Sunday. The 26-year-old Manly competitor, who returned to the series this summer …