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    Review: Wai-Tai Aotearoa Boardshorts

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    Under The Clouds: A Film About Stoke By Jonathan Smit

    Derek MorrisonSep 27, 2018September 27, 20180
    Under The Clouds is a beautiful film that was released by surfer and filmmaker Jonathan Smit in 2015. It features, the single fin, the skater and the shredder in a piece of cinematography that will stand the hairs up on the back of you neck. Sublime edit.
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    Hardly Charging: A Deep South Strike Mission With Filmmaker Jono Smit

    Derek MorrisonSep 27, 2018February 8, 20190
    Christchurch surfer and filmmaker Jono Smit gathers up a talented Dunedin crew including JC Susan, Jonas Tawharu and John Courian for a strike mission in the deep south. As autumn played its end game for 2018 the team paddled into some wild, cold waves. But they were wide open. Sit...
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    Insider: Top 10 Tips For An Epic Samoan Surf Trip

    Derek MorrisonSep 12, 2018February 8, 20190
    A surf trip to the idyllic, laidback islands of Upolu, Samoa, has to rate as one of the best experiences of the South Pacific. Time it with a decent swell and you’ll be in the firing line for some of the most memorable waves of your life. Here’s our top...
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    Travel Notes: Samoa’s Infectious Charm

    Derek MorrisonSep 12, 2018February 8, 20190
    We’ve just experienced a fia fia – a local carnival that welcomes guests into a village in Samoa. In our case that’s Salani village on the southern shores of Upolu, Samoa. We’re here for a group 40th – a bunch of mates using the milestone to chalk up some island...
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    The Ephemeral Art Of Ian Ross

    Derek MorrisonSep 12, 2018October 24, 20181
    Ian Ross makes art that has a lifespan as long as a tide. And that doesn’t faze the talented surfer and nearly 40-year-old Californian artist. Sand art, as he describes it, is a series of shapes etched with a rake into the intertidal sand zone. Ian is a master of...
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    Inside Seventhwave: The Kiwi Wetsuit Company On A Mission

    Derek MorrisonSep 12, 2018March 1, 20192
    When it comes to the New Zealand surf industry there are very few long-lived brands and manufacturers beyond our cornerstone surfboard shapers. So it was a real privilege to meet Paul Zarifeh and his team at the Seventhwave Wetsuits factory in Christchurch back in the depths of winter in 2015....
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    The Local Series: Beware Of The Cog

    Derek MorrisonSep 11, 2018March 1, 20191
    “I’ve got a local character for you,” laughs muso and surfer Shakes in the carpark at Whareakeake. “You have to meet this guy,” he smiles. “His son has a sign on the door that reads: ‘don’t worry about the dog, beware of the Cog!'” Shakes leads me over to one...
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    History Revisited (And Given A Modern Touch) For Backyard Shaper

    Derek MorrisonSep 11, 2018March 1, 20190
    When we first saw Homa Mattingly’s crazy collection of boards we thought he must be experimenting with lots of new shapes and designs. They seemed very, very radical. On closer inspection we discovered a talented backyard shaper taking a different direction completely. Homa has been retracing a few apparent “dead-ends”...
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    Ziggy Alberts Shrugs Off The Sleet To Score The Barrel Of His Life In New Zealand

    Derek MorrisonAug 29, 2018March 1, 20190
    The forecast promised 5m at 13 seconds. Thoughts of it possessed me so I retreated to a favourite Catlins haunt only to stumble across an incredible session – not only for the waves, but for the quality of the characters chasing the peaks. One blonde-haired 20-year-old Aussie from Byron Bay...
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    Can Fashion Lead Social And Business Change? Bede Carmine Thinks So.

    Derek MorrisonAug 29, 2018August 29, 20180
    How a business idea to sell one T-shirt and give another one to those in need, chartered a socially responsible business model in fashion. Bede Carmine's Smile, may just be what the future needs.
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