It’s been seriously sharky times in Australia of late. There have been numerous attacks in the past few months, and years – some on surfers, some tragically fatal, and primarily in the southern region ...

JOHANNESBURG — Knocked off his board by an attacking shark, a surfer punched the creature before escaping unharmed during the televised finals of a world surfing competition in South Africa on Sunday.

Australian pro surfer Julian Wilson is being praised for his bravery after paddling towards a great white shark as it attacked his competitor and former world champ Mick Fanning on Sunday. The ...

AUSTRALIAN youngster Mitch Crews has pulled off a major upset at the Quiksilver Pro, downing world No.5 Julian Wilson. Just three heats into his career as a World Tour surfer, Mitch Crews downed world ...

"The shifting battleground is the surf zone," said Willard Bascom in his seminal text Waves and Beaches, "and the two combatants, waves and beaches, are the heroes." Bascom may well have had a point, ...

In 2015, the surf world stood still. Mick Fanning, the three-time world champ from Australia, paddled out for the Finals of the J-Bay Open at Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. Two minutes into the heat, ...

SYDNEY -- Mick Fanning, who survived a shark attack in South Africa in July, decided to keep competing at the Pipeline Masters in Hawaii to pursue his fourth world surfing title despite learning of ...

What’s a pro surfing to do, well, after pro surfing? In 2018, three-time world champion Mick Fanning hung up the jersey for good, ending a career as one of the best competitive surfers of all time at ...