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Mental Health And Surfing: Dragon Tackles The Taboo

Derek MorrisonFeb 13, 2019March 1, 20190

Dragon takes a big step forward and raises the conversation around mental health in surfing, bringing together Dragon surf team athletes from Australia and New Zealand for a team trip with a twist … At New Zealand Surf Journal we don’t run advertorials. We’re 100 percent for the reader. But...

Luke Griffin And Kai Woolf Take Whangamata Grom Series Wins

Derek MorrisonFeb 11, 2019March 1, 20190

Mount Maunganui surfer Luke Griffin hit his straps at Whangamata this weekend taking out his first event in five years at the Billabong Grom Series presented by Oceanbridge. Luke was joined by Raglan based surfer Kai Woolf, who has recently returned to New Zealand from her native South Africa, as...

Tane Bowden Third At Mac City Pro Junior

Derek MorrisonFeb 11, 2019March 1, 20190

Tane Bowden has finished third at the 2019 Lake Macquarie City Pro Junior held at Red Head Beach and Catherine Hill Bay, NSW, at the weekend. The result boosts him to sixth overall on the Men’s Junior Tour. Aussie duo Molly Picklum and Caleb Tancred claimed victory over an impressive...

This Is Te Kehukehu: A Short Film By Billy Lee-Pope

Derek MorrisonFeb 5, 2019March 1, 20191

Cracking it in the pressure cooker that is the Australian surfing hotbed is no easy feat. Which makes 18-year-old Te Kehukehu Butler’s rise so impressive. In 2018 he was embroiled in a season-long battle with Callum Robson, of Evans Head, NSW, in the WSL Australasian/Oceania Junior Qualifying Series (JQS). At...

Caleb Cutmore And Tegen Bishop Win First Grom Comp

Derek MorrisonJan 27, 2019February 8, 20190

Raglan’s Caleb Cutmore and Christchurch surfer Tegen Bishop rose to the top at the first round of the Billabong Grom Series presented by Oceanbridge today at Mount Maunganui. Conditions dropped to a mere 0.5m swell with offshore winds at the Tay Street event site – just enough to complete the event....

Meke. This Is Elliot Paerata-Reid

Derek MorrisonJan 24, 2019July 25, 20241

There is no doubting that Piha local Elliot Paerata-Reid is on a performance surge right now. His 2018 Indonesian season was sensational in and out of competition, but the Mega Swell of late July saw him paddling into some of the most intense waves ever witnessed at his favourite Indo...

Elliot Paerata-Reid’s Wild Wild West: A Film By Jono Smit

Derek MorrisonJan 24, 2019January 24, 20190

Filmmaker Jono Smit and pro surfer Elliot Paerata-Reid team up for a Catlins strike mission only to have the rug pulled out from under them as the weather bomb flushes up the Tasman at the last minute. In an opportunistic stroke of madness they give chase along the West Coast...

Ariana Shewry Second At Sunset Pro Junior, Hawaii

Derek MorrisonJan 20, 2019February 8, 20190

If Oakura pro surfer Ariana Shewry was looking for a top start to her 2019 season then she nailed it today with a second place at the Women’s Sunset Pro Junior in Hawaii. One of Oahu’s most iconic competitive venues, Sunset Beach, delivered breezy, challenging conditions throughout the day with consistent...

Billy Stairmand Beats Ricardo Christie, Wins Seventh National Title

Derek MorrisonJan 13, 2019March 1, 20190

Billy Stairmand has beaten good friend Ricardo Christie to kick off 2019 in the best way possible claiming his seventh title at the Health 2000 National Surfing Championships completed at Stent Road in Taranaki today. Taranaki turned on another stellar day of surf and weather with clean 1.5m waves and...

Ricardo Christie vs Billy Stairmand: Taranaki Turns On For Health 2000 National Champs

Derek MorrisonJan 11, 2019March 1, 20190

Perfect Taranaki waves laid the platform for New Zealand’s top surfers as the contest whittled down to the semifinalists at the Health 2000 National Surfing Championships held at grunty Stent Road this week. The head-to-head battle between WQS regular Billy Stairmand and good friend and WCT qualifier for 2019, Ricardo...

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Jack Tyro: Chasing the North Star

Mental Health And Surfing: Dragon Tackles The Taboo

Luke Griffin And Kai Woolf Take Whangamata Grom Series Wins

Tane Bowden Third At Mac City Pro Junior

This Is Te Kehukehu: A Short Film By Billy Lee-Pope

Caleb Cutmore And Tegen Bishop Win First Grom Comp

Meke. This Is Elliot Paerata-Reid

Elliot Paerata-Reid’s Wild Wild West: A Film By Jono Smit

Ariana Shewry Second At Sunset Pro Junior, Hawaii

Billy Stairmand Beats Ricardo Christie, Wins Seventh National Title

Ricardo Christie vs Billy Stairmand: Taranaki Turns On For Health 2000 National Champs