McNamara, who grew up on the North Shore of O‘ahu, spent his youth surfing competitively. He recalled pivotal moments in his career that led him to Portugal. The first was in 2002 when he took first ...

Aussie man Steven Kezic had the shock of his life when he was speared in the face by a rogue garfish during a surfing trip ...

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 ...

Yet, that exact mishap happened to Giulia Manfrini last month in the Mentawai Islands. Manfrini, a 36-year-old Italian, was surfing Beng Bengs – a punchy lefthander on Masokut Island – on ...

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.

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 ...

According to the BBC,36-year-old Giulia Manfrini of Turin, Italy died while surfing in the waters near the Mentawai Islands last Friday after swordfish reportedly leapt out of the water and ...

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 ...