Giulia Manfrini was surfing off the coast of Indonesia when she was suddenly impaled by a fish. How dangerous are swordfish ...

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 ...

Italy’s Giulia Manfrini was sitting on her board waiting for waves in Indonesia when the fish came flying out of the water.

Giulia Manfrini's business partner and friend called her death a "freak accident" when he shared the news Saturday on ...

ributes have been paid to an Italian surfer after she was fatally stabbed in the chest by a swordfish in waters off Mentawai Islands in West Sumatra. Giulia Manfrini, 36, was surfing when she was ...

She was struck by a needlefish. The fish “jumped toward Manfrini and stuck her right in the chest,” said Lahmudin Siregar, head of the Mentawai Islands Regency Regional Disaster Management Agency.

The incident happened on Masokut Island, a popular surfing spot in the Mentawai archipelago which ... enjoyed surfing and beach life Manfrini graduated in law but forged a career initially as ...

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. “Unfortunately ...

She not only loved surfing but also song-writing, dancing and playing beach volleyball. Photographer Megan Costello met her seven years ago on a surf charter in Mentawai. "Giulia was a legend who ...

Filmed by Jack O’Grady/Mentawai Surf Co. The Mentawai chain is a surfer’s skatepark. On a boat, you can sail all night and wake up to pumping, perfect waves. That’s exactly what ace lensman ...

"When not organizing trips," her profile read, "you’ll find her waves and powder hunting, song-writing, dancing & playing ...