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‘Dogshit’ waves and no second chances: the cut-throat grind of chasing a World Surf League ticket

The Challenger series is unglamorous compared with the WSL championship but the lure of the ‘dream tour’ keeps aspiring surfers coming back

The Guardian - AU · Oct 4, 2025

Lone Aussie man standing after The Box delivers carnage

Western Australia's Margaret River Pro, surfed at The Box for the first time since 2019, delivered some hairy moments in men's quarter-final action.

AAP · May 21, 2025

‘It sucks, man’: World Surf League’s dreaded cut claims its final unlucky victims

The controversial feature, added in 2022, will disappear after the Margaret River Pro. Few surfers on the elite tour are sad to see it go

The Guardian - AU · May 21, 2025

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Surfing put on hold for third day at Margaret River

Competition at the Margaret River Pro is on hold for a third successive day because of small surf, with organisers awaiting improved conditions.

AAP · Apr 14, 2024

Thirteen Aussies to challenge for 2024 world surf title

The World Surf League has confirmed the competitors who will challenge for 2024's elite Championship Tour, with 13 Australians making the cut.

AAP · Oct 25, 2023

Surfers' final chance to reach 2024's Championship Tour

The World Surf League's Challenger Series reaches its climax in Brazil, with four women and eight men still able to qualify for the top-level Championship Tour.

AAP · Oct 14, 2023

Nichols downs Fitzgibbons to win Sydney Surf Pro

With her confidence down after missing the World Surf League tour cut, Sydney Surf Pro winner Isabella Nichols thought about not even competing in the event.

AAP · May 22, 2023

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Aussies Callum Robson and Jacob Willcox make that cut at Margaret River Pro

Australians Callum Robson and Jacob Willcox have survived the elimination second round at the Margaret River Pro in Western Australia

The New Daily · Apr 22, 2023

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