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Mid-Year Report: Inside The CT Season With Paige Hareb And Ricardo Christie

Derek MorrisonJun 19, 2019July 2, 20200

There is no hiding the fact that the first four World Championship Tour events for 2019 have been a battle for our New Zealand athletes, Paige Hareb and Ricardo Christie. Both have chalked up a slew of first round exits. But those results don’t quite tell the whole story. On...

Momentum Builds For 2020 Piha Pro QS10,000

Derek MorrisonJun 7, 2019September 16, 20190

Details have been revealed about a bid for Auckland to host a World Qualifying Series 10,000-rated event at Piha in March 2020: the Piha Pro. But it is not a done deal … just yet. A document leaked to the NZ Herald today suggests the event will be a QS10,000...

World Surf League Unveils Unprecedented Commitment To The Environment

Derek MorrisonJun 5, 2019July 25, 20241

In an unprecedented move for a global professional sports body, World Surf League has today committed to becoming carbon neutral and eliminating single-use plastics by the end of 2019. This announcement adds further weight to the WSL’s existing ocean conservation efforts. Those efforts include WSL Pure, its non-profit arm, which...

Ricardo Christie Builds Momentum With Maori Flag On His CT Jersey

Derek MorrisonMay 15, 2019July 30, 20190

With a nod to his heritage and tapping into the power of his lineage Ricardo Christie is now wearing the Maori flag, Tino rangatiratanga, on the right sleeve of his World Championship Tour jersey. If his first outing at the Corona Bali Protected Championship Tour event at Keramas, Bali, is...

Chasing Giants: Hunting The 23.8m Swell That Broke Records

Derek MorrisonMay 13, 20190

A group of Southern surfers chase a record-breaking swell as it lines up a remote reef break buried deep in the Catlins. What transpires has it all: blood, guts, an inhospitable peak and the rise of a new talent in big-wave surfing. New Zealand Surf Journal takes you inside one...

Billy Stairmand Wins Gold Coast Open

Derek MorrisonMay 12, 2019July 30, 20190

Raglan’s Billy Stairmand has won the 2019 Gold Coast Open today taking down Lennox Head’s Stuart Kennedy in a thrilling final in peeling 2-3ft waves at Burleigh Point. Crowds swarmed to the Burleigh Hill in the thousands to witness some world-class surfing in the natural amphitheater that is Burleigh Point...

Ava Henderson: Meet The 13-Year-Old Shaking Up The Contest Circuit

Derek MorrisonMay 9, 2019May 9, 20190

She’s only 13, but Christchurch surfer Ava Henderson is punching way above her weight, taking on the Under 16s, Under 18s and Under 20s like an athlete on a mission. And she’s the whole package: nice as pie to chat to after a heat, friendly and smart. But even her...

Luxury Oceanwear Range Driven To Clean Up Oceans With Kiwi At The Helm

Derek MorrisonApr 30, 2019May 3, 20190

They say this is the era of the fierce female. If that’s true then Janaya Wilkins, with her new sustainable oceanwear range, nails it. Born in New Zealand, designed in London and made in Italy, SLO active has a global purpose: to clean up and protect our oceans. Wilkins grew...

UPDATED: Elliot Paerata-Reid and Billy Stairmand Make Top 100 After Krui Pro

Derek MorrisonApr 30, 2019July 30, 20190

Elliott Paerata-Reid and Billy Stairmand have launched into the top 100 in the World Qualifying Series after their performances at the Krui Pro held at Tanjung Setia Beach, Lampung, Sumatra. Stairmand was the form surfer of the event dominating through his early heats on his journey to the finals. The...

Maz Quinn Wins Exit Surf Canterbury Championships, Closes In On NZ Surf Series Title

Derek MorrisonApr 28, 2019July 30, 20190

Maz Quinn claims his second win of the 2019 New Zealand Surf Series by taking out the Exit Surf Men’s Canterbury Surfing Championships held at Taylor’s Mistake at the weekend. The win elevates Quinn to second overall on the national rankings at a time when the 42-year-old has semi-stood back...

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Mid-Year Report: Inside The CT Season With Paige Hareb And Ricardo Christie

Momentum Builds For 2020 Piha Pro QS10,000

World Surf League Unveils Unprecedented Commitment To The Environment

Ricardo Christie Builds Momentum With Maori Flag On His CT Jersey

Chasing Giants: Hunting The 23.8m Swell That Broke Records

Billy Stairmand Wins Gold Coast Open

Ava Henderson: Meet The 13-Year-Old Shaking Up The Contest Circuit

Luxury Oceanwear Range Driven To Clean Up Oceans With Kiwi At The Helm

UPDATED: Elliot Paerata-Reid and Billy Stairmand Make Top 100 After Krui Pro

Maz Quinn Wins Exit Surf Canterbury Championships, Closes In On NZ Surf Series Title