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Mathews, a fearless Australian-based daredevil with a reputation for being one of the best riders of huge waves in the world.

As the surfer readies himself for a wave dolphin commits the ultimate surfing sin.

Kiwi surfer Paige Hareb's bid to requalify for the elite World Surf League championship tour has got off to a great start.

Marguerite Vujcich's mission to bring gender equality to the male-dominated sport of surfing has reaped rewards.

COMMENT: It appears Kaikoura's surfing community might actually end up benefiting from the region's post-earthquake coastline.

Auckland's mayor has said he's open to building a pontoon-like structure whose consent was put on hold by the council earlier this month.

Sabre Norris, 11, won the internet last month with a hilarious interview with Australia's Channel 9 - now she's taken her talents to the US with Ellen DeGeneres.

While his world tour peers are jockeying for waves and points on the North Shore, Mick Fanning is standing on a desolate beach in Norway, the sky ready to open up and dump snow. "I don't think I'm well," he says. "I can go anywhere in the world. Boardshorts, whatever. But no, I come here." He's not complaining. He's actually in awe.

American author Peter Dixon is the man behind many hit TV shows from the 1960s, '70s and '80s, including, Flipper, Little House on the Prairie, Knight Rider, and Bionic Woman.

A dream to run a surf school from a new seaside home is out of reach after the earthquake left a Kaikoura family out of pocket.

Kaikoura's surfers are anxiously waiting for a swell to see what the weekend's earthquake means for the region's famous surf breaks.

She's the little ripper with the bubbly personality of a young Bindi Irwin and the surfing ability of her hero Sally Fitzgibbons - Sabre Norris has gone global.

For an island state considered to be the home of surfing, Hawaii has had to wait some time for its next men's world champion. Twelve

A surfer has had a lucky escape after being bitten by a shark in northern NSW, leading to all beaches in the area being closed.

A Massey Uni researcher is adamant he's not studying surf rage as an excuse to hit the water and says the aggressive behaviour is common on NZ water.

Big Dyls (Dylan Cossey) from <i>The Block NZ</i> is auctioning off a surf lesson, to raise money for a cause close to home.

A young surfer had a lucky escape when a dolphin leapt from the water and embedded its nose into his board as he caught a wave.

Surfing legend Kelly Slater has sparked a confused online debate about whether his strange tribute to actor Gene Wilder is in poor taste.

Watch: Mick Fanning ditched the professional circuit to dodge icebergs as he surfed isolated waves in a half-frozen lake at a secret location.

Surfers casually call their sport therapy - but a Tauranga drug and alcohol counsellor is proving it a reality.

Source: Surfline

In today's sports media world it can be tough to get an athlete to say anything outside of well-worn cliches and scripted messages.

A surfer who broke his neck in a surfing mishap is learning to walk again after more than six months of rehab.

Last year, Mick Fanning was lucky to survive a terrifying shark attack at J-Bay. He took time out from surfing, and admitted he didn't

Three inexperienced surfers are counting their lucky starfish after getting caught in a rip and being sucked out to sea yesterday.

Mick Fanning has made a winning return to Jeffreys Bay. The Australian claimed victory in the opening heat of the World Surf League

Mick Fanning has declared himself "ready to go" for his return to Jeffery's Bay, scene of his clash with a great white shark.

Surfing champion Kelly Slater has spoken out about how miserable he was starring alongside Pamela Anderson on Baywatch.

Iran becomes the 100th member of the International Surfing Association.