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Review: Vallkree Mechanism 24 Beach Cruiser

Derek MorrisonMarch 12, 2025March 12, 2025

by Derek MorrisonMarch 12, 2025March 12, 20250

Vallkree’s beach-styled electric bikes are taking root in New Zealand and bringing their goal for sustainable and simple travel, and endless charm, to surfers everywhere. They let us loose with the dual-motor Mechanism 24, complete with seating for two, a surfboard rack and absolutely no rules. We like that …......

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Standouts: Alani Morse Is On A Mission

Derek MorrisonMarch 12, 2025March 12, 2025

by Derek MorrisonMarch 12, 2025March 12, 20250

She is one of the fiercest competitors to emerge through the grom ranks, but what makes 14-year-old Alani Morse such a force to be reckoned with? We sat down with Alani on the heels of her 2025 New Zealand Surfing Championship campaign. In Taranaki for the 2025 Nationals Alani Morse......

Nats 2025: The Free Surf Sessions

Derek MorrisonFebruary 14, 2025

by Derek MorrisonFebruary 14, 20250

If contests are the buttoned down sports version of surfing then the free surf sessions that take place around the heats are the creative opposite. There is no pressure, no judges, no decisions, just free-flowing moments when the tide hits the banks just right. Even with a below-par swell running......

Alexis Owen Takes Down Billy, Wins National Title

Derek MorrisonFebruary 6, 2025February 6, 2025

by Derek MorrisonFebruary 6, 2025February 6, 20250

One of the most promising rising stars in New Zealand, 16-year-old Alexis Owen, peaks in the 2025 New Zealand Surfing Championship Open Men’s final to pull the rug out from eight-time national champion Billy Stairmand and two-time national and defending champion Daniel Farr. Billy Stairmand knows what it takes to......

Ava Henderson Wins Second National Title

Derek MorrisonJanuary 31, 2025February 6, 2025

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 31, 2025February 6, 20250

Ava’s road to her second national title was a convoluted one … she nearly didn’t get there … but the likeable, laidback surfer from Christchurch soon found her feet in Stent Road’s lefts and rights to take the top gong. In 2020 Ava Henderson won her first Open Women’s title......

Into The Fire: A QS Rookie’s Journey

Derek MorrisonDecember 24, 2024December 24, 2024

by Derek MorrisonDecember 24, 2024December 24, 20240

George Roberts’ move to Australia to give the World Qualifying Series a crack in 2024 reveals just how brutal they can be, but also how those first round knockouts fuel his drive. Surfing competitively in New Zealand is a pathway fraught with potholes. While the junior ranks are relatively well-catered......

Watch: The War on Style

Derek MorrisonDecember 19, 2024December 19, 2024

by Derek MorrisonDecember 19, 2024December 19, 20240

After competing on the Freeride World Tour, and transitioning into a new career in nursing, Hank Bilous brings us an exposé into the relationship between different passions, the skill sets behind them, and the self-expression that mastery of them allows. In his directorial and producing debut, Hank adds another qualification......

Watch: Days Between

Derek MorrisonNovember 27, 2024November 27, 2024

by Derek MorrisonNovember 27, 2024November 27, 20240

Filmmaker Damon Meade brings us his latest gem of a film Days Between a New Zealand surfing showcase featuring a talented crew in action at some of the finest locations the country has to offer. Damon, who brought us Under the Weather in 2013 and the Maz Quinn-centered The Beaten......

In Bloom Festival Launches Online Surf Contest

Derek MorrisonOctober 16, 2024November 26, 2024

by Derek MorrisonOctober 16, 2024November 26, 20240

Organisers of Tauranga’s favorite music festival, In Bloom, have announced the launch of In Bloom TV. A union of their love of music and surfing, In Bloom TV is an all-new online surfing competition. “As planning commenced for the fifth year of In Bloom the crew behind the music event......

Surfing Australia Lands $1 Million In Federal Funding To Boost Women’s Surfing

Derek MorrisonOctober 3, 2024November 26, 2024

by Derek MorrisonOctober 3, 2024November 26, 20240

Surfing Australia has been awarded $1 million in federal funding to develop the “New Wave of Female Boardriders” project. In an announcement made this morning at the Hyundai HPC by local MP Justine Elliot, alongside key females from Australia’s surf community, the grant will be delivered over the next three......