A surfer who rode the waves with his pet python has been fined by Australian authorities for taking the snake out in public after a video of the duo’s unusual adventures aired on local media.

Here, we see them surfing the Gold Coast in the early 1970s, courtesy of the Australian and New Zealand Surf Film Archive. The Surf Film Archive has put in a lot of work over the last few years.

That’s exactly what 11-time world champion Kelly Slater did this month when he passed on the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal and headed straight for the Gold Coast of Australia.

Kelly Slater Ditches Championship Tour, Chases Surf To Australia's Gold Coast A true surfer at heart, the 11-time world champ passed up work commitments to go score some seriously epic surf at Kirra.

Jack Adams grew up around world-class surfers. Today, he uses his time on the water for big-picture thinking. He answers our ...

The Gold Coast could be pushing sand uphill as it works to restore beaches eroded by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

Australian surfing great Mark Richardson is desperately seeking blood donations as friends scramble to get the critically ill surf coach back home from Indonesia. Friends Nathan and Fiona Meyer ...