An Australian surfer’s leg has washed up on a beach after it was torn off during a horror shark attack — with doctors now scrambling to see if the severed limb can be reattached. Kai McKenzie, 23, is in a critical but stable condition in a hospital after he was attacked by the great white...
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Meet the teen sensations preparing to take the surfing world by storm
When Mick Fanning was coming through the competitive surfing ranks as a teenager, the training regime was pretty simple. “Fitness wasn’t even part of it growing up, it was just, ‘Let’s go surf,'” the 42-year-old said. “We had a couple of camps here and there but most of the time we were trying to find...
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Australian publication recruiting for the ‘best job in the world’
A surfing bible is offering three lucky grommets the chance to dump their nine-to-five for board meetings among the country’s most tantalising waves. Billed by Australian publication Tracks Magazine as the “best job in the world”, the chosen few will paddle off on a surfing road trip along Australia’s coastline chasing big swells, competitions and...
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Australian surfers win junior world championship in El Salvador as Irukandjis take gold
In short: Team Australia has won the ISA Junior World Surfing Championship. Fingal Head surfer Dane Henry and the Gold Coast’s Ziggy Mackenzie won their individual divisions. What’s next: Both surfers are hoping to represent Australia in future international competitions. Australia has two new junior world surfing champions and the team has won gold at...
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US, Australian surfers were likely executed in vicious carjacking in Mexico: report
The American surfers and Australian brothers who were found dead on a surfing vacation in Mexico were likely killed when they refused to hand over their car to a trio of carjackers, according to a report. The bodies of Jack Carter Rhoad, 30, and brothers Callum, 33, and Jake Robinson, 30, were discovered alongside their...