Kehu Butler Archives - New Zealand Surf Journal

Surf Business: In Deep With Backdoor Owner, Hutch

Derek MorrisonNov 6, 20230

While the surf industry seems to be in a slump, Backdoor’s Geoff Hutchison remains cautiously optimistic as he opens his 25th and biggest store in Dunedin. We caught up with the 60-year-old ripper and surf business guru to learn a bit about what’s going on in the surf industry right...

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...

Kehu Butler Second At Tweed Coast Pro

Derek MorrisonFeb 21, 2023February 21, 20230

Kehu Butler finishes second at the Oakberry Tweed Coast Pro held at Cabarita and rockets to 13th in rankings. Jordy Lawler and Sarah Baum have kicked off their 2023 competitive season perfectly with wins at the Oakberry Tweed Coast Pro World Surf League QS 5000 with Kehu giving Jordy a...

Ricardo Is Back! Kiwis Shine At Tweed Coast Pro

Derek MorrisonFeb 14, 2023February 21, 20230

Former World Championship Tour surfer Ricardo Christie is back. The talented Gizzy surfer has started his 2023 QS campaign at the Oakberry Tweed Coast Pro held at Cabarita with an impressive Round of 64 heat win. The action for Day 3 of the 2023 Oakberry Tweed Coast Pro World Surf...

Korbin Hutchings Off To Promising Start In Aussie QS Leg, Ricardo Returns To Competition

Derek MorrisonFeb 13, 2023February 21, 20230

Gisborne’s Korbin Hutchings has started his 2023 QS campaign with a superb Round of 96 heat at the 2023 Oakberry Tweed Coast Pro held at Kingscliff yesterday. The event also sees the return of Ricardo Christie to WSL competition. The QS 5,000-rated event is off and running with the opening...

The 10 Best Surfers In New Zealand In 2023

Derek MorrisonDec 30, 2022December 30, 20220

New Zealand Surf Journal asks the New Zealand surfing industry to rank our 10 best surfers. The concept is simple: include not just the best competitors, but also our very best free surfers and underground chargers. This is who they came up with as we head into 2023. THE CRITERIA...

Billy Stairmand And Kehu Butler Surge At Central Coast Pro

Derek MorrisonMar 17, 2022November 29, 20220

Billy Stairmand and Kehu Butler have today surfed their way into the quarterfinals at the Vissla Central Coast Pro being held at Avoca Beach, NSW. That start puts them into contention for at least 1500 of the 3000 points on offer at the event – which sets them up superbly...

Kehu Butler: Knocking On The Door

Isaac ChadwickDec 22, 2021December 12, 20220

Te Kehu Kehu Mokoia Ngawhika Butler is a man who needs little introduction. He’s been touted for years as New Zealand’s “Māori Prince” – our next hope of having a competitor on the World Championship Tour. He’s an explosive surfer with a good team around him and a work ethic...

Watch: King And Queen Of The Point (The Movie)

Derek MorrisonNov 13, 20200

Billy Lee-Pope has just dropped this sweet little edit from The King and Queen of the Point contest where Billy Stairmand and Paige Hareb were crowned. The King and Queen of the Point is final national event of 2020, concluding the shortened New Zealand Surf Series for 2020. It was...

Billy Stairmand And Paige Hareb Crowned King And Queen Of The Point

Derek MorrisonNov 8, 2020February 1, 20210

Local Raglan surfer Billy Stairmand was too good for his opponents this weekend being crowned King of the Point alongside New Zealand’s most successful surfer Paige Hareb, of Taranaki, who was crowned Queen of the Point in the Women’s Division. The King and Queen of the Point, which is presented...