The daughter of Australian surfing pioneer Nat Young has competed at the world longboard championships in China while four months pregnant.
“It’s the weirdest feeling,” Nava Young told AAP.
“It feels like there’s a pebble in my shoe.”
The 28-year-old from Yamba, on the mid-north coast of NSW, crawled out of her sick bed after a severe bout of food poisoning to contest the Swatch Girls China Pro, which doubles as the world title.
Nat Young was the world surfing champion in 1966 and Nava’s   … More
The three things Joel Parkinson believes are integral to him winning a maiden world crown.
The first two are how Parkinson will deal with the pressure when the final event of the ASP World Tour kicks off at the famous Hawaiian hotspot of Pipeline in December.
The third is … More
Surfers are reacting strongly to a call for a surf ban at South Steyne in Manly Beach. Clontarf swimmer Max Thomson has proposed to make the southernmost part of South Steyne available to swimmers only – even before and after the lifeguard patrol flags are up each day. Thomson made the calls in The Manly Daily newspaper after his wife was hit by a surfboard on Monday morning.
Many surfers reacted along the lines of: “I think the guys (surfers) who  … More
A Florida surfer is thanking Facebook users for the return of the underwater camera that he lost while surfing off a Jacksonville beach. The camera had drifted to the bottom of the ocean and washed up on shore more than seven months later.
Andy Walker was surfing near South Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. on April 4 when his waterproof GoPro camera, attached to his board via an adhesive mount, suddenly slipped off. He told ABC Jacksonville affiliate WJXX that he thought the $500 camera was lost and gone forever  … More