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Finals day moves to Nine Mile Beach as the swell that has given so much all week abates and a building north swell fills in at the 2022 New Zealand Surfing National Championships held at Westport. Finals day never disappoints...

Book Review: Barbarian Days, A Surfing Life by William Finnegan

Darren EadeJanuary 4, 2019February 8, 2019

January 4, 2019February 8, 20191

Watch: Paige Hareb’s Unexpected Journey

Derek MorrisonApril 15, 2020July 25, 2024

April 15, 2020July 25, 20240

Watch: Calypte

Derek MorrisonJanuary 2, 2024June 11, 2024

January 2, 2024June 11, 20240

Watch: Paige Hareb’s Nias Pro Win

Derek MorrisonJune 28, 2022November 29, 2022

June 28, 2022November 29, 20220

Tahiti Pro Wrap: Owen Wright Wins, Ricardo Exits Early

Derek MorrisonSeptember 3, 2019October 8, 2019

by Derek MorrisonSeptember 3, 2019October 8, 20190

Owen Wright caps off a remarkable comeback with a win at the Teahupo’o reef pass in the Tahiti Pro presented by Hurley. Wright, who suffered a traumatic brain injury at Pipeline in 2015, took down an in-form Gabriel Medina to...