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Rising Grom: Benji Lowen

Derek MorrisonJul 6, 2021July 25, 20240

It’s fair to say Benji Lowen’s trajectory in surfing has been outstanding. He’s on a performance surge right now, punching above his weight in New Zealand and he now has Australia in his sights. Despite only being 11 years old, he’s one of the hungriest competitors we’ve seen in the...

From The Mountains To The Sea: Oscar Hetherington

Derek MorrisonJun 29, 2021June 29, 20210

Every now and then a young photographer comes along who just seems to have an eye for surf culture. They see the waves, landscapes and humans in a new, more youthful light and that adds volumes to the story of New Zealand surfing. Award-winning photographer, Oscar Hetherington, is one of...

NZSJ Podcast: Paige Hareb And Saffi Vette In MIQ

Derek MorrisonJun 24, 2021July 25, 20240

New Zealand Surf Journal releases Episode 1 of its Good Salt podcast series with an in-depth chat with Paige Hareb and Saffi Vette as they endure MIQ in Auckland. Fresh back from the ISA World Surfing Games in El Salvador we discuss the Olympic dream, Tokyo 2020’s waves, and we...

WSL Updates 2021 Calendar, Oi Rio Pro Cancelled

Derek MorrisonJun 11, 2021July 25, 20240

The World Surf League announces the updated calendar for the remainder of the 2021 Championship Tour leading into the Rip Curl WSL Finals in September. The Oi Rio Pro is cancelled, Mexico is in. The third leg of the Tour includes a stop in Mexico for the first time in...

Rising Grom: Leia Millar

Derek MorrisonJun 8, 2021July 25, 20240

Leia Millar is not your typical 14-year-old surfer. The North Piha local has been brought up on a steady diet of gymnastics, which has shaped her into an extraordinarily promising young athlete. A career in surfing is now well and truly in her sights … she’s already taking national titles....

Paige Hareb Recovering After Blackout In El Salvador

Derek MorrisonJun 8, 2021July 25, 20240

Paige Hareb suffers medical event while celebrating her 31st birthday in El Salvador on Sunday and requires hospital treatment. “I went out to celebrate my El Salvadorian birthday last night, but things took a turn for the worst,” she shared on Instagram. Paige has spent her birthday surfing with Saffi...

Paige Hareb Narrowly Misses Olympic Qualification

Derek MorrisonJun 8, 2021July 25, 20240

It was an agonising conclusion to the 2021 ISA World Surfing Games for Paige Hareb when the Taranaki star missed Olympic qualification by the narrowest of margins in El Salvador. New Zealand’s hopes of a third surfer at this year’s Olympics rested on Paige Hareb in the early hours of...

Paige Shines At ISA Worlds, Olympic Qualification One Step Away

Derek MorrisonJun 4, 2021July 25, 20240

A huge turn that saw Paige Hareb free fall out of the lip on a huge left at La Bocana, El Salvador, was enough to catapult her into the Final 8 in the main group at the ISA World Surfing Games. She is now just one heat shy of Olympic...

Saffi Vette’s Olympic Campaign Comes To An End

Derek MorrisonJun 4, 2021July 25, 20240

Nineteen-year-old Gisborne surf star, Saffi Vette, has ended her run to the Tokyo Olympics this morning, falling in solid, challenging conditions in El Salvador. Surfing in the 4th heat of Repechage 5, Saffi and fellow WQS campaigner Ellie Turner, from Great Britain, were bettered by Carolina Mendes, of Portugal, and...

Five Minutes With: Surfing New Zealand’s Ben Kennings

Derek MorrisonMay 26, 2021July 25, 20240

With New Zealand’s competitive season coming to a close we put some tough questions to Surfing New Zealand’s Ben Kennings. Is Surfing New Zealand headed in the right direction? Are we looking after our athletes? Are we providing a pathway? Ben Kennings gives us an insight into what the off-season...

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Rising Grom: Benji Lowen

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Rising Grom: Leia Millar

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Paige Shines At ISA Worlds, Olympic Qualification One Step Away

Saffi Vette’s Olympic Campaign Comes To An End

Five Minutes With: Surfing New Zealand’s Ben Kennings