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40 Frames: Beneath The Peaks At The Kaikoura Grom Comp

Derek MorrisonApr 10, 2022November 29, 20220

For the second event in a row, The Connect Group South Island Grom Series is gifted with pumping waves, this time at Kaikoura. With valuable SISA Grom Series and Surfing NZ points on offer, the Kaikoura event attracts a slew of the best surfers from the North Island including Natasha...

South Island Grom Series Wraps Up In Pumping Waves

Derek MorrisonApr 10, 2022November 29, 20220

  The Connect Group South Island Grom Series wrapped up in pumping waves at Kaikoura allowing the top Kiwi surfers the chance to show their best surfing. Tao Mouldey (Mnt) and Natasha Gouldsbury (Tara) claimed the Under 18 Boys and Girls Divisions respectively.   The third and final event of the series...

Team Backdoor Score Southern Gems

Derek MorrisonApr 1, 2022November 29, 20220

The concept is simple: take a bunch of Backdoor’s best team surfers and put them into the best waves we can find in the south. Covid has other ideas. The lineup is impeccable: newly crowned national champion Daniel Farr, Under 18 national champion Ava Henderson, inaugural Super 16 champion Taylor...

40 Frames: New Brighton Grom Comp Pumps

Derek MorrisonMar 30, 2022November 29, 20220

When an all-time swell arrives at the same time as the most frothing groms in the country, you just know the result will be epic. That’s what happened at the 2022 The Connect Group South Island Grom Series New Brighton surf comp this past weekend. You can read the full...

New Brighton Turns On For South Island Grom Series

Derek MorrisonMar 29, 2022November 29, 20220

The 2022 Connect Group South Island Grom series coincides with a beautiful east swell at New Brighton, Christchurch. This year the South Island Grom Series has attracted a host of top names from the North Island, including Tao Mouldey, Tava Santorik, Tama Te Kauwhata, Ben Moretti, Taj Millar Dal Bosco,...

Salt In The Veins: Crusaders Coach Scott Robertson

Derek MorrisonMar 25, 2022March 25, 20220

The DHL Super Rugby Pacific competition is a pressure cooker. Especially with Covid running rampant – an axe that could neutralise any team at a moment’s notice. For Crusaders’ coach Scott “Razor” Robertson that pressure is best wrangled with a pre-game surf. It is the morning before the Moana Pasifika...

Billy Stairmand Second At Central Coast Pro

Derek MorrisonMar 18, 2022November 29, 20220

Billy Stairmand completes a thrilling day of surfing at Avoca, NSW, at the Vissla Central Coast Pro, with a second to event winner Kalani Ball. Billy was unable to find the scoring waves in the final as the ocean went quiet, giving his opponent just enough to earn the eye...

Quick Cuts: Kalani Louis

Derek MorrisonMar 17, 2022June 9, 20220

C-Skins has come on board our Quick Cuts section where up and coming, and established New Zealand surfers … yeah, OGs, can post their latest edits. This one is bang on featuring Taranaki shredder Kalani Louis getting some driving time in down the coast. “This is a recent edit from...

Kiwi Women Embattled In Australian QS Series

Derek MorrisonMar 17, 2022November 29, 20220

Paige Hareb, Saffi Vette and Tiana-Breeze De Mooij have all been eliminated from the Sisstrevolution Central Coast Pro despite promising starts in the early rounds of the latest stop on the Australia-Oceania Regional Qualifying Series. Paige and Saffi met in Heat 2 of the Round of 32 with Saffi struggling...

Billy Stairmand And Kehu Butler Surge At Central Coast Pro

Derek MorrisonMar 17, 2022November 29, 20220

Billy Stairmand and Kehu Butler have today surfed their way into the quarterfinals at the Vissla Central Coast Pro being held at Avoca Beach, NSW. That start puts them into contention for at least 1500 of the 3000 points on offer at the event – which sets them up superbly...

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40 Frames: Beneath The Peaks At The Kaikoura Grom Comp

South Island Grom Series Wraps Up In Pumping Waves

Team Backdoor Score Southern Gems

40 Frames: New Brighton Grom Comp Pumps

New Brighton Turns On For South Island Grom Series

Salt In The Veins: Crusaders Coach Scott Robertson

Billy Stairmand Second At Central Coast Pro

Quick Cuts: Kalani Louis

Kiwi Women Embattled In Australian QS Series

Billy Stairmand And Kehu Butler Surge At Central Coast Pro