Today, all six of the Mentawai Islands’ endemic primate species are ... logging is driven by demand from Mentawai’s growing surf tourism industry. “You can get 3 million rupiah [around ...

Oct. 18, 2024 Mentawai is considered one of the best surfing locations in the world, with its warm waters, consistent breaks and glassy conditions. The islands therefore have a flourishing tourism ...

Giulia Manfrini suffered a “freak accident” on October 18 while surfing in the Mentawai Islands, a remote island chain, said James Colston, who along with Manfrini co-founded the travel agency ...

9:31 p.m. Oct. 22, 2024: An earlier version of this article said Manfrini was impaled by a swordfish. She was struck by a needlefish. An Italian surfer died last week after being impaled by a ...

Giulia Manfrini, 36, was surfing when she was struck by a fish with a long, pointed bill in the Mentawai islands off the coast of Sumatra island last week. "She was surfing on the waters off ...

Tributes have been paid to an Italian surfer after she was stabbed in the chest by a swordfish and died off the western coast of Indonesia, the travel agency where she worked said this week.

Giulia Manfrini, 36, of northern Italy, was in the water in Mentawai Islands Regency ... a London-based travel company that specializes in surfing. She was the victim of a “freak accident ...

The 36-year-old was surfing near the Mentawai Islands Regency in Indonesia Oct. 18 when a swordfish "unexpectedly jumped towards Manfrini and pierced her chest," Lahmudin Siregar, the acting head ...

An Italian woman surfing an island break off the west coast of Sumatra died in a freak accident when a swordfish impaled her, according to reports. The Antara News Agency in Indonesia reported ...

Giulia Manfrini, 36, had been surfing in the Mentawai Islands, a remote island chain when she suffered a "freak accident," said her business partner James Colston. Giulia Manfrini had been surfing ...