August 2021 - New Zealand Surf Journal

Inspiration

Surf Survival Week With Dr Will Allen

Dr Will AllenAugust 31, 2021August 31, 2021

by Dr Will AllenAugust 31, 2021August 31, 20210

Spurred by his involvement in the dramatic rescue of a family whose boat overturned on the Taieri Rivermouth Bar in April 2021, Dr Will Allen has set out to empower surfers everywhere to improve rescue outcomes. He’s determined to make something of the tragic incident that claimed the life of......

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Artists

Choice: The Movie

Derek MorrisonAugust 31, 2021August 31, 2021

by Derek MorrisonAugust 31, 2021August 31, 20210

Choice is a short film that takes you on a journey through the wilderness of New Zealand in search of perfect waves. Along the way filmmaker Jean Pierre Guillotin explores the stunning scenery and landscapes that define New Zealand. “This was my first short film,” explains photographer Jean Pierre. “It......

Surf Athletes

Westport To Host Nationals 2022

Derek MorrisonAugust 26, 2021

by Derek MorrisonAugust 26, 20210

The 59th edition of the New Zealand National Surfing Championships will be staged in Westport in early 2022, the second time the event has been held on the West Coast of the South Island. The National Championships brings together the best surfers in New Zealand and with the World Surf......

Sessions

High Line: Inside Teahupo’o With Eimeo Czermak

Derek MorrisonAugust 26, 2021

by Derek MorrisonAugust 26, 20210

Eighteen-year-old Eimeo Czermak takes us through the mega swell that hit Teahupo’o, Tahiti, on Friday August 13. Locals are calling the peak of this swell to be the biggest day of the last 10 years. In this film Eimeo recounts those three “crazy days” that include his first tow surf......

Artists

Breaking Eggs With Filmmaker Isaac Chadwick

Derek MorrisonAugust 23, 2021August 23, 2021

by Derek MorrisonAugust 23, 2021August 23, 20210

The intake of students at the University of Otago is thick with talented surfers who have had their OE wings clipped by Covid-19. One of them, 20-year-old Isaac Chadwick, has been filming and documenting his mates surfing, the student lifestyle and their rise in the music scene since he arrived.......

Sessions

The Reef: Shadows of Doubt

Derek MorrisonAugust 18, 2021August 26, 2021

by Derek MorrisonAugust 18, 2021August 26, 20210

It was a 50-50 call. The swell could be too small, the long period, at 15 seconds, not enough to compensate. But in the heads of the 10 people assembling in the early morning darkness at the launch point, that was a gamble worth taking. And so another day in......

Lockdown 2021: Surfing Illegal In New Zealand … Again

Derek MorrisonAugust 18, 2021

by Derek MorrisonAugust 18, 20210

New Zealand records its first Delta variant cases and is plunged back into lockdown mode at the highest level, which makes surfing illegal. Level 4 is a frustrating situation to find ourselves in once again, but unlike our first lockdown back in March 2020, the rules around surfing are very......

Surf Athletes

Watch: Eimeo Czermak Finds Routine In Tahiti

Derek MorrisonAugust 10, 2021August 10, 2021

by Derek MorrisonAugust 10, 2021August 10, 20210

While the Covid-19 pandemic rages worldwide 18-year-old Eimeo Czermak can’t chase his dream of Championship Tour qualification. He finds the only way to stay sane and motivated is to instill a working routine. This edit follows Eimeo as he is growing up and focusing on all the little details that......

Surf Athletes

Emerging Talent: Eimeo Czermak From Teahupo’o, Tahiti

Derek RB MorrisonAugust 10, 2021August 31, 2021

by Derek RB MorrisonAugust 10, 2021August 31, 20210

Imagine growing up at Teahupo’o, Tahiti, surrounded by legends of the Tahitian surfing world and with a raw ambition to be a pro surfer, maybe even make the cut for the CT … Meet 18-year-old Eimeo Czermak who is about to become a household name. As much as we wanted......

Inspiration

Featured The Physiology Of Life & Death

Dr Will AllenAugust 5, 2021August 31, 2021

by Dr Will AllenAugust 5, 2021August 31, 20210

The raw story behind the Taieri Mouth drowning tragedy of April 2021 and the team of surfing doctors who discovered the fateful capsize. Doctor Will Allen takes us back to a day that still haunts him – but a day that has inspired him to teach other surfers to save......

Watch: Solitude, From New Zealand’s Newest Wetsuit Brand

Derek MorrisonJune 30, 2020July 28, 2020

June 30, 2020July 28, 2020

Born of New Zealand, Coastlines Wetsuits, officially pulled up a chair at the...

For eight years I sat next to an intriguing character in a Sydney...