Sometimes work is just work ... even on a beach, with beautiful people, and never-ending surf, writes Elisabeth Easther.

Australian surfer Mick Fanning's decision to abandon a yellow surfboard in favour of one with more black and blue colouring has raised the question of how sharks perceive colour.

Shark-punching surfer Mick Fanning received NZ$82K for an interview... here's what he did with the cash.

Champion surfer Mick Fanning has an encounter with another shark.

Australian pro-surfer Mick Fanning has returned to the water days after being attacked by a shark on live television.

Julian Wilson is 26, earns $2 million a year and his girlfriend is a model. He risked it all to save a mate from a shark.

Australian pro-surfer Mick Fanning is the most talked about athlete in the world right now after he miraculously walked away from a shark attack totally unharmed. The three-time world champion punched a great white that tried to attack him while he was competing in the final of the J-Bay Open at South Africa's Jeffreys Bay.

He earns $2.7m a year, has a model wife, a huge property portfolio and lost his brother in a car crash at 16: The life of shark attack survivor Mick Fanning.

Surfer Mick Fanning says he is happy to be home after his terrifying shark encounter - and he's keen to return to the water.

The shark attack on Australian surfer Mick Fanning was the major news story across the world yesterday.

Surfer praises friend Julian Wilson and hints he will return to the waters where he almost lost his life to a shark.

New footage has emerged that appears to show a shark lurking in the water close to Mick Fanning, just hours before he was attacked.

The mother of an Australian surfer who survived a close encounter with a great white shark believes her son's dead sibling was watching over him.

Kiwi Maz Quinn has described the shark attack on Mick Fanning as a "surfer's worst nightmare".

Get behind the lense with Alan Van Gysen for an in-depth look at nailing the shot and packing the right tools to capture the surf trip of a lifetime. Source: Red Bull/Youtube

The Cape Fear wave is like nothing else on this earth. It's shallow, unpredictable, steep, and a wave that's nearly impossible to master. Unpredictable and treacherous on it's best of days. With a keen look at the landscape, and a deep respect for the wave, surfers can arm themselves with the intel to take on the beast... but making it out clean is never a guarantee. Take an inside look at the science behind the slab, in preparation for the 2015 Red Bull Cape Fear Contest.

Orewa is a long way from Muriwai. But that doesn't faze Lucy Makaea in her quest to be the best surf lifesaving competitor she can be.

Kiwi surfer Ricardo Christie continues to acclimatise himself to the World Surf league, recording a career-best result at the Rio Pro in Brazil yesterday.

Surfboards are joining the wave of products being produced by high-tech 3D printers.

New Zealand surfer Ricardo Christie has eliminated joint world No.1 Filipe Toledo from the Margaret River Pro in Western Australia.

Watch: a highlights package of the Ultimate Waterman even at Pinnacle surf break off Potato Point at Purakaunui.

Kelly Slater admitted his chance to claim a record 12th world surfing title was slipping away after he was dumped out of the Rip Curl Pro by Brazilian Gabriel Medina.