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Aussie Surfing Trio battle for the Womens World Title

Three Aussie girls have paddled out in Maui with guns blazing as they fight for the World Title, but who's it gonna' be?

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1 Foot, 18 seconds, One Cutback and A week full of stoke.

We're not talking about 1 foot swell either, Mike Coots literally has one foot and he's showing the world that physical disability means nothing when you've got the ocean and a surfboard at your disposal.

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Melbourne, Famous for Inner City Surfing?

Melbourne, Australia; famous for Trams, fine cuisine, people wearing black and inner city surfing. Wait? What? Inner city surfing! That's right, a proposal has been made to build a 130m long wave pool in the middle of the city, floating off Docklands in M

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Miss Reef is back.

It's November, and you know what that means! The Miss Reef Calendar is back for 2015, meaning surfers all over the world can gawk at butts, boobs and Reef bikini's on their man-cave walls for another year.

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Massive surfboard demo day in WA

Star Surf+Skate giving you the chance to try out surfboards

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The Hollywood Shuffle by John John Florence.

Ever wonder how the pro's manage to pop up meters ahead of you on the paddle out? A surfers duckdiving technique is the stuff legends are made of, but did you hear about the guy that can duckdive the entire length of a swimming pool?

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Worlds First Inflatable Reef to be installed in Perth

Does your local break suffer from a case of close-out-itis? Do you wish that mother nature would rearrange the sandbanks to form beautiful peeling beachies like you see in the magazines? This kickerstarter campaign might just be the thing you're looking f

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CJ Hopgood takes one on the chin

While freesurfing with his mates at the Cascais Billabong Pro this week, CJ Hopgood was a little too focused on throwing shakas, and ended up with his face (well, actually his chest) smooshed all over a giant rock.

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Surfing ruled out of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games

Despite the sport of surfing being one of the Gold Coasts biggest attractions, this week it has been ruled out as an exhibition sport in the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

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Australian Longboard Surfing Open Now accepting Entries

Longboarding & SUP Surfing and Racing at Kingscliff

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The Heartland of the Counter-Culture

Always trust a local, especially when that local is Ed Sinnott. This guy has been a local for the past 30 years, and if you haven't worked out where the above-mentioned place is, it's Byron Bay.

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Keahi De Photographer - Longboards at Noosa.

Since the Noosa Waterman Keahi De Aboitiz shattered his ankle earlier in the year, he's been chomping at the bit to get back into the waves. The Ex kitesurfing world champ, and one of the leaders in the stand up paddle surfing world still has a few months

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Surfing for Millionaires, when there's no swell.

What's a millionaire to do when there's no swell? Get the boat, hook up the jetski, launch the helicopter or invite the pretty ladies around? The choices are endless, or you could choose to do all of the above, which is exactly what this lot did.

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The king can sing?

Who knew! Kelly Slater isn't bad behind the mic, he's just released a song called 'Feelin' the Feelings' with Brazilian beauty Karina Zeviani. There's a music video, a possible record deal and rumours of a solo album. This is the real deal.

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What's that board you're paddling mate?

A review of some of the more different board shapes in circulation

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Switching boards at the Wedge

A crazy back breaking wave at best, how about we take two boards out?

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Tips for surfing in a crowded line-up.

With the first decent swell of summer upon us (if you haven't missed it already!), it's time for the annual 'be a nice guy' public service announcement. Crowded line-ups are a sure thing this weekend, and to get the most enjoyment out of them, there's a f

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"The Best I've ever seen it" Says Kelly Slater

When Mr Slater speaks, everyone listens. So when he says Round Three of competition at Teahupoo was possibly the best day ever, it must have been good.

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Cleanup at Chopes: Judges tower gets barrelled.

You know the feeling. Looking at the horizon you spot a monster, it's building fast and you know you're stuck on the inside. Arms burning, you reach as far as you can in a desperate bid to make it before the lip throws.

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Aussie Surfer Dies on Scar Reef, Sumbawa

The tragic death of an Australian Surfer in Western Sumbawa this week shines a spotlight on the dangers of surfing, both locally and overseas in bigger swells. Peter Luke, 27, died while surfing Scar Reef in a swell reported to be around five meters.

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5 kids that shaped a town

Peter Townend, the grandson of the local Publican was one of two standouts of the era, him and Rabbit Bartolemew, world champ of 1978 and known for being 'that guy' everyone knew was crazy. In contrast to Peter, known as 'PT' who was polished, professiona

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"Dad used to pay me to come surfing"

After some encouragement, we paddled out and took our place in the lineup. The session itself was alright, but the outcome was what I had hoped for. Son two and three were stoked, chatty, smiling, and they had had fun. They had given it a go, which was al

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Surfs like a million bucks...

Over the ditch in New Zealand, a 54 year old guy named Roy Stuart has made headlines all over the world by slapping an exorbitant price tag on one of his hand-made paulownia surfboards. Named 'The Rampant', this marvel is hand carved from Paulownia, with

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70's Singles with Alex Knost

Back in the 70s, surfboards were made with stiff single fins and rolled bottoms. Not the tamest beasts underfoot, but when done right, surfing these babies looks quite majestic.

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Surf a wave that lasts for a kilometer and a half

Ride a wave that seems too perfect to be true

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Winter Warmer, Surfing in the Mentawais

While Queensland's surfers wake up to a dawn patrol at 5 degree temperates this week, fortunate surfers from all over the world are chilling out in a different way, they're hitting the Mentawai Islands. We're jealous.

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Girls surfing is kicking butt...

Chicks on surfboards - it's all looking good.

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Big Waves in Peru - the Billabong Pico Alto is ON!

After a team of 30 analyzed the forecast, it was determined that Peru was a go, and the green light was issued for the first round of the Big Wave World Tour on July 3.

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Surfing down memory lane in Margaret River

Bill Gibson tells a fantastic story of surfing history, and if you could stand in his garage and look in awe at the living history of surfing he has in there, you'd probably come out with a much deeper appreciation for the sport of surfing.

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The longest barrel .. like .. forever

Surf this wave in Namibia for amazing barrels...

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16 champions crowned at North Boomerang Beach.

Despite narrowly escaping elimination in his Open Mens semi-final, 2009 World Champion Harley Ingleby (Emerald Beach) to get the win

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Shape your own Rusty surfboard with Adrian 'Aido' Wheeler!

A chance to get your own board shaped with a master shaper - one on one.

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Blind surfer takes on Pipeline, and wins!

"When you know what you're doing, and you've been surfing for thirty years, and you can see perfectly well. You can still die."

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NSW Longboard Titles crowns first champions

Some of NSW's best longboarders tore into the playful peaks as they attempted to qualify for the upcoming Australian Surf Festival in Coffs Harbour in August.

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Finalists crowned at the HIF NSW Surfmasters Titles

Four state champions were crowned today at the HIF NSW Surfmasters Titles presented by Moby's Beachside Retreat at South Boomerang.

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Free Roaming: Barrels by the Goofy Footed Frenchman

They call him the goofy footed Frenchman, and he loves barrels. But then again there's probably a lot of goofy footed Frenchman out there, so to be a little more specific we're talking about Marc Lacomare.

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Burton Toyota King Of The Box wraps up at Box Beach.

The Burton Toyota King of the Box was completed in perfect two-to-three foot surf on Sunday, 8th June

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Taking disabled kids surfing in Morocco

Mark our words, this won't be the last time you see this image. It's spreading fast around the world and warms the heart of not only surfers, but anyone who's ever seen the joy surfing can bring to a child.

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Nikki Van Dijk wiped out of the Fiji Pro

It just takes one wave to end your campaign, and unfortunately that's what happened to Aussie surfer Nikki Van Dijk this week in Fiji at the ASP Fiji Womens Pro.

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Taj Burrow looks to Fiji

With one week to go before the worlds best surfers descend into Fijian airspace, Taj Burrow is looking forward to a week of perfection in Namotu, Fiji.

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Chunky Barrels and perfect 10's in Rio

Nobody ever really doubted that Slater was still at the top of his game, as evidenced by his performance in round five of the 2014 Billabong Rio Pro.

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Rip Curl Grom Search on this week in Indo

Send some love in the general direction of Indonesia this week, because three of our hottest young surfers are over there competing in the Rip Curl GromSearch this week.

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ASP takes over the Billabong XXL Big Wave awards

It's one of the most watched group of videos on the internet, and one of the most exciting and picturesque types of surfing you could possibly watch, so when the ASP announced this week that they've taken over the Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards, we all had

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Carnage at Bells Beach for the ASP Bells Beach Pro!

The Rip Curl Bells beach Pro hadn't even started yet, and there was all kinds of drama unfolding on Tuesday as the worlds elite surfers went out for a practice paddle.

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Which surfer will ring the Bell? Bells Beach Pro

It's about to go off at Bells, while the worlds best women paddle out in the 2 to 4 foot swell, the men are wet-suiting up for tomorrow's dawn patrol session, which you can watch live!

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Surfer treats Eye condition by wipeout.

You hear about surfers going against doctors orders all the time, it's pretty common to see little grommies paddling out into the lineup with a plastic bag strapped over their broken arm, or burnt to a crisp old blokes, still paddling around with no shirt

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See you in the Lineup, Kelly Slater: Quiksilver says Goodbye

Last week we brought you news of Kelly Slater's split from his long-term sponsor Quicksilver. This week, Quicksilver published a video to say thanks, and it's a tear jerker.

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2014 Australian Longboard Open report

A wrap up of the Australia Longboard Surfing Open event in Kingscliff

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Twenty Three Years - Kelly Slater & Quicksilver

Back in 1990, Quicksilver executive chairman, Bob McKnight signed an 18 year old surfer to the team. His name was Kelly Slater.

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Adrenalin 360 Grom Comp Surf & Skate Avalon 15-16 March 2014

A fantastic Surf and Skate comp for under 16s in Avalon. This is just our second year and we've doubled the comp to two days. Enter in the Surf Comp, the Skate Comp or enter both to become King Or Queen of Adrenalin 360. Enter now at www.adrenalinwetsuits