Surf overtourism has led to conflicts over how beaches are used and concerns over social and environmental harms. But there ...

Timeless Alby Fazlon at his farm on the NSW mid north coast. Image: Kane Skennar (Sunday 6th February, 2011): THE soul and spirit of Australian surfing was on show on the Gold Coast last night with ...

Australia just dominated a global surf study, claiming four of the world’s top five surf spots ...

A pale sandy beach ran up to a low headland where the forest met the sea. The coconut palms swaying in the breeze looked like they could have appeared on a tropical postcard. A large Manta ray swam in ...

Uluwatu, G-Land, Desert Point, a handful in the Mentawai Islands — what was perfect began to pop up all over, but what it had in common (at the time) were three things: the perfect wave was long ...

The Mentawai people, Indigenous to the Mentawai Islands off the west coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, are hunters, and the islands’ endemic primates have long been important targets.

She was surfing in the Mentawai Islands around 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 18 when she died, her co-founder and friend James Colston confirmed to USA TODAY early Wednesday morning.

Surfer, 36, dies after being impaled by swordfish in Indonesia The swordfish ‘unexpectedly jumped towards Manfrini and pierced her chest’, says acting head of disaster management agency ...

36-year-old surfer dies after being impaled by sharp-billed fish Italian surfer Giulia Manfrini was surfing in the Mentawai Islands when she was impaled by a swordfish, Indonesian authorities said ...

Italian surfer Giulia Manfrini has died after a fatal run-in with a swordfish. The 36-year-old was surfing near the Mentawai Islands Regency in Indonesia Oct. 18 when a swordfish "unexpectedly ...

She not only loved surfing but also song-writing, dancing and playing beach volleyball. Photographer Megan Costello met her seven years ago on a surf charter in Mentawai.