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40 Frames: King & Queen Of The Point 2024

Derek MorrisonJun 26, 2024July 25, 20240

Billy Stairmand and Kehu Butler put on a masterclass in big, stormy, unruly Manu Bay as a new guard rises to nip at their heels at the Backdoor King and Queen of the Point. Backdoor’s King and Queen of the Point surf competition attracts most of the best surfers in...

Is Jack Tyro Aotearoa’s Next Big Thing?

Taira BlakelyJun 19, 2024July 25, 20240

Jack Tyro is impossible to miss. At just 17 years of age, he has established himself as one of New Zealand’s most accomplished young surfers, and is already taking on the world. And the most exciting part? He’s only just getting started. The last time we spoke with Jack Tyro,...

Cloudbreak Selected For 2025 World Surf League Finals

Taira BlakelyJun 18, 20240

This morning, the World Surf League announced that Cloudbreak, Fiji, will host the 2025 WSL Final – a winner-takes-all finale that will crown the men’s and women’s World Champions and conclude the 2025 Championship Tour season. Cloudbreak, a legendary left about 2.5 kilometers off the coast of Tavarua, is widely...

Film Review: The Road To Patagonia

Taira BlakelyJun 18, 2024June 18, 20244

We’ve all had that dream – leaving our worldly possessions behind, grabbing our boards, and embarking on the surf-road-trip of a lifetime. For most of us, uprooting our whole lives to surf simply isn’t an option, and we are left living vicariously through folks like Matty Hannon, and his new...

Review: O’Neill Hyperfreak Fire 4:3 Chest Zip Steamer

Derek MorrisonJun 14, 20242

O’Neill seems to have stumbled across a magic formula with its Hyperfreak series. Its latest Hyperfreak Fire, or Hyper Fire as it’s now called, takes that performance up another notch. We thrashed one to death, with close to 500 surf sessions, to see how it performed. It hasn’t all been...

Watch: Gone Wild – A Short Film By Fernando Jara

Taira BlakelyJun 11, 2024June 21, 20240

Budding filmmaker Fernando Jara teams up with Jack Tyro, one of New Zealand’s best young surfers in his short film Gone Wild. Filmed in and around Jack’s home breaks near Christchurch, the film’s ethereal visuals and immaculate sound design, paired with his mastery of the surf – on both shortboard...

Five Minutes With 15-Year-Old National Champion Maya Mateja

Derek MorrisonFeb 28, 2024March 25, 20240

At 15, Maya Mateja became one of the youngest surfers to win the Open Women’s title when she won the 2024 New Zealand Surfing Championships. We catch up with the Raglan-based phenom to find out how she did it and why she won’t be surfing for Team New Zealand. With...

40 Frames: NZ Surf Nats The Grand Finale

Derek MorrisonFeb 28, 2024July 25, 20240

Finals Day for the Open Men and Women goes down to the wire at the 2024 New Zealand Surfing Champs. No one in the packed crowd on the steps of St Clair Beach could have predicted the Open Men’s Final would boil down to a tie break between defending Champion...

Five Minutes With National Champion Daniel Farr

Derek MorrisonFeb 3, 20240

Hot on the heels of his 2024 New Zealand Surfing Championship we catch up with Taranaki’s Daniel Farr to find out how it feels to win his second Open title … and the moment he knew he had won it. Daniel Farr wasn’t on the radar for the 2024 National...

40 Frames: NZ Surf Nats Day Of Groms

Derek MorrisonJan 17, 2024April 9, 20240

Finals Day for the Under 18s, 16s and 14s at the 2024 New Zealand Surfing Champs reveals an historic moment. This is the sharp end of the contest for the juniors, made even more incisive by the fact a win here gives you automatic entry into the New Zealand surfing...

Fiji’s government moves to restore customary control of surfing areas

Review: Wai-Tai Aotearoa Boardshorts

The Jack Tyro Story

40 Frames: King & Queen Of The Point 2024

Is Jack Tyro Aotearoa’s Next Big Thing?

Cloudbreak Selected For 2025 World Surf League Finals

Film Review: The Road To Patagonia

Review: O’Neill Hyperfreak Fire 4:3 Chest Zip Steamer

Watch: Gone Wild – A Short Film By Fernando Jara

Five Minutes With 15-Year-Old National Champion Maya Mateja

40 Frames: NZ Surf Nats The Grand Finale

Five Minutes With National Champion Daniel Farr

40 Frames: NZ Surf Nats Day Of Groms