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Molly Picklum Crowned at Cloudbreak, Still Years from Peak Stories

Molly Picklum Crowned at Cloudbreak, Still Years from Peak

22-year-old Aussie storms Fiji to win World Surf League Finals—coach says scariest part is her prime's still three years out.

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Molly Picklum Crowned World Champ at Cloudbreak Stories

Molly Picklum Crowned World Champ at Cloudbreak

22-year-old Molly Picklum just clinched her first world title in pumping Fiji surf—here’s the inside scoop.

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Molly Picklum Clinches First WSL Title at Cloudbreak Stories

Molly Picklum Clinches First WSL Title at Cloudbreak

Molly Picklum becomes Australia’s newest world champ, taking down Caroline Marks in Fiji.

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New World Champ + Algal Bloom Plot Twist: This Week in Surf Stories

New World Champ + Algal Bloom Plot Twist: This Week in Surf

Picklum takes Fiji crown after flu fight, Wollongong steals junior titles from SA algae—plus legendary lensman Al Mackinnon on how to shoot it all.

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Bethany Hamilton's One-Hand Hair Hack Wins Instagram Stories

Bethany Hamilton's One-Hand Hair Hack Wins Instagram

Watch how the one-arm surf legend ties her hair up in seconds—proving creativity beats limitations every time.

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Wollongong Back-to-Back: Locals Win, Then Land Another Major Event Stories

Wollongong Back-to-Back: Locals Win, Then Land Another Major Event

Jed Ashton’s hometown heroics at Sandon Point secured him the Aussie Shortboard Title—and the city scored an even bigger comp next.

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Israeli Surf Duo Make History at Pantin Pro Final Stories

Israeli Surf Duo Make History at Pantin Pro Final

Anat Lelior bags gold and Ido Hajaj lands silver in Spain, rewriting Israel’s surf record books.

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Mason Ho Turns Junk Surf Into Art + Flashback to Code-Red Cloudbreak Stories

Mason Ho Turns Junk Surf Into Art + Flashback to Code-Red Cloudbreak

Mason makes a waist-high wedge look electric, while we rewind to the day Cloudbreak scared the CT off the water.

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Land Surfing, River Waves & a Legend's Farewell Stories

Land Surfing, River Waves & a Legend's Farewell

From Cape Cod land sessions to Munich’s river right and the passing of surf lifesaving icon John Salmon.

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72-Year-Old Surfer Pulls Off Legendary Double Rescue in NSB Stories

72-Year-Old Surfer Pulls Off Legendary Double Rescue in NSB

David 'Bean' Coffee paddled twice to save a father and son from a savage rip—proving age is just a board number.

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Bean Coffee, 72, Saves Two from Florida Rip Stories

Bean Coffee, 72, Saves Two from Florida Rip

A sunrise session at New Smyrna turned into a real-life rescue when 72-year-old David “Bean” Coffee paddled two swimmers out of a deadly rip.

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Tasmania's Wild South Now Surf's Hottest Ticket Stories

Tasmania's Wild South Now Surf's Hottest Ticket

BOM meteorologist says Tasmania has the cleanest wind, biggest swells & warmest currents in Oz—here’s where to point your lens.

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