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Roadtrip: Into The Deep South With Team Backdoor

Derek MorrisonOct 25, 20230

The Backdoor Team of Billy Stairmand, Paul Moretti, Jay Piper-Healion, Caleb Cutmore, Taylor Hutchison and Darren Celliers immerse themselves in southern waves … and marathon sessions. Filmmaker Isaac Chadwick and photographer Derek Morrison are on hand to capture the antics, fin blows and air revs … and they hardly miss...

Billy’s And Kehu’s Challenger Series Campaigns Come To An End

Derek MorrisonOct 18, 20230

Kehu Butler and Billy Stairmand bow out of the 2023 Challenger Series with narrow Round of 64 exits at the final stop of the tour, the Saquarema Pro held in Brazil. More and more the Challenger Series is looking way closer to the Championship Tour than it is to any...

The 60-Year-Old Grommet Who Realised His Mentawai Dream

Derek MorrisonOct 12, 2023October 12, 20230

A self-described “Average Joe”, Leigh Sullivan, shares his journey from Burleigh Heads to Mount Maunganui as a pre-teen, and his exacting discovery of surfing, which led him around the world and eventually to the Mentawais 45 years later. I was 11 years old when we moved from Burleigh Heads in...

Light In The Shadows: The Taylor Hutchison Story

Derek MorrisonSep 29, 2023October 2, 20230

Very few surfers have had the weight of expectation heaped upon their shoulders quite like Taylor Hutchison. At 26, he’s come to terms with being born into a hard-working, surfing devoted family. We caught up with Taylor during one of his recent “work trips” to the Otago coastline. Back in...

Billie Scott Wins Bronze At ISA World SUP Champs

Isaac ChadwickSep 29, 2023October 25, 20230

Mount Maunganui-based Billie Scott has just come away with a record-equaling third place finish at the 2023 ISA World SUP & Paddleboarding Championship amidst a stacked field. NZSJ’s Isaac Chadwick caught up with her to see how she was feeling after a whirlwind few days. It was a tough road...

WSL Dumps J-Bay, Ranch, Adds In Fiji, Perseveres With Trestles

Derek MorrisonSep 21, 2023July 25, 20240

World Surf League announces the schedule for the 2024 Championship Tour (CT), with J-Bay and Surf Ranch dropped to make room for the Olympics, while Cloudbreak, Fiji, makes a welcome return. The calendar will continue to showcase a combined women’s and men’s schedule featuring nine regular-season events, with the mid-season...

Paige Hareb Bounces Back From Injury With Second At Nias Pro

Derek MorrisonSep 20, 20230

Taranaki’s Paige Hareb has yet again shown her mettle with an outstanding performance at the 2023 Nias Pro QS5000, finishing second to her good friend, Phillipa Anderson. The defending event winner Paige opened her Nias Pro campaign on Day 3 in Lagundri Bay with a statement-making 8.50 with a critical...

Tommy And J-Rod On The Ice-Cream Headache Highway

Derek MorrisonSep 1, 2023September 6, 20230

At the start of winter Taranaki surfers Tom Butland and Jarred Hancox made their way south to compete in the O’Neill Coldwater Classic being held at Kaikoura. They went 1-2 and decided to stay on. Wellington photographer Belinda Brown decided to see the swell out with them. Traveling together, Tom...

Jack Tyro Lands Wildcard At Bells

Derek MorrisonAug 30, 2023September 1, 20230

Jack Tyro has been handed a wildcard entry into the 2023 Bells Beach Longboard Classic after winning the trials event at Bells Beach. This is stop number two on the World Longboard Tour … the big leagues. Competition has been called on today at the inaugural Bioglan Bells Beach Longboard...

Review: Ocean & Earth Wheelie Triple Shortboard Travel Bag

Derek MorrisonAug 22, 20230

FCS Freedom Leash Review: The FCS Freedom Leash promised to be lighter, stronger, with less drag, less tangle – sign me up! Looks like I wasn’t the only one, a lot of online stores sold out quickly.

Jack Tyro: Chasing the North Star

Kiwi Shaper Simon Jones Integral To Italo’s Raglan CT Win

Watch: We Are Coral Gardeners – Film 2.0

Roadtrip: Into The Deep South With Team Backdoor

Billy’s And Kehu’s Challenger Series Campaigns Come To An End

The 60-Year-Old Grommet Who Realised His Mentawai Dream

Light In The Shadows: The Taylor Hutchison Story

Billie Scott Wins Bronze At ISA World SUP Champs

WSL Dumps J-Bay, Ranch, Adds In Fiji, Perseveres With Trestles

Paige Hareb Bounces Back From Injury With Second At Nias Pro

Tommy And J-Rod On The Ice-Cream Headache Highway

Jack Tyro Lands Wildcard At Bells

Review: Ocean & Earth Wheelie Triple Shortboard Travel Bag