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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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Easkey & Bundoran Go Full Euro-Surf Fest in September Stories

Easkey & Bundoran Go Full Euro-Surf Fest in September

Kayaks meet waves at the European Waveski Championships in Easkey, then Bundoran throws a women-focused invite 4 days later.

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WA Grom Luna Thomas, 11, Runs SurfAid Rally Again Stories

WA Grom Luna Thomas, 11, Runs SurfAid Rally Again

For the fourth straight September, Margaret River prodigy Luna Thomas turns barrels into bucks for SurfAid.

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Virginia Pool Party Becomes Surf Arena at First-Ever Chlorine Clash Stories

Virginia Pool Party Becomes Surf Arena at First-Ever Chlorine Clash

Wave-pool lights, beats & stacked talent turn Virginia Beach’s Atlantic Park into surfing’s new after-dark hotspot.

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Molly Picklum Eyes Crown While Kai Lenny Runs 7-Sport Gauntlet at Jaws Stories

Molly Picklum Eyes Crown While Kai Lenny Runs 7-Sport Gauntlet at Jaws

Picklum surges to world #1 on finals eve at Cloudbreak, and Lenny turns a single swell into a seven-act circus at Jaws—here are the stories.

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