Derek Morrison

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High Line: Inside Teahupo’o With Eimeo Czermak

Derek MorrisonAugust 26, 2021

by Derek MorrisonAugust 26, 20210

Eighteen-year-old Eimeo Czermak takes us through the mega swell that hit Teahupo’o, Tahiti, on Friday August 13. Locals are calling the peak of this swell to be the biggest day of the last 10 years. In this film Eimeo recounts those three “crazy days” that include his first tow surf......

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Breaking Eggs With Filmmaker Isaac Chadwick

Derek MorrisonAugust 23, 2021August 23, 2021

by Derek MorrisonAugust 23, 2021August 23, 20210

The intake of students at the University of Otago is thick with talented surfers who have had their OE wings clipped by Covid-19. One of them, 20-year-old Isaac Chadwick, has been filming and documenting his mates surfing, the student lifestyle and their rise in the music scene since he arrived.......

Sessions

The Reef: Shadows of Doubt

Derek MorrisonAugust 18, 2021August 26, 2021

by Derek MorrisonAugust 18, 2021August 26, 20210

It was a 50-50 call. The swell could be too small, the long period, at 15 seconds, not enough to compensate. But in the heads of the 10 people assembling in the early morning darkness at the launch point, that was a gamble worth taking. And so another day in......

Lockdown 2021: Surfing Illegal In New Zealand … Again

Derek MorrisonAugust 18, 2021

by Derek MorrisonAugust 18, 20210

New Zealand records its first Delta variant cases and is plunged back into lockdown mode at the highest level, which makes surfing illegal. Level 4 is a frustrating situation to find ourselves in once again, but unlike our first lockdown back in March 2020, the rules around surfing are very......

Surf Athletes

Watch: Eimeo Czermak Finds Routine In Tahiti

Derek MorrisonAugust 10, 2021August 10, 2021

by Derek MorrisonAugust 10, 2021August 10, 20210

While the Covid-19 pandemic rages worldwide 18-year-old Eimeo Czermak can’t chase his dream of Championship Tour qualification. He finds the only way to stay sane and motivated is to instill a working routine. This edit follows Eimeo as he is growing up and focusing on all the little details that......

Surf Athletes

Piha Pro Is Back As WSL Releases New 2022 Framework

Derek MorrisonAugust 5, 2021August 5, 2021

by Derek MorrisonAugust 5, 2021August 5, 20210

Big news out of World Surf League headquarters today with the announcement that the beleaguered Piha Pro will be staged November 5-13 as part of the 2022 Challenger Series. That comes amongst a raft of changes to the WSL event framework including a return to the mid-season cut in the......

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Review: Billabong Furnace Comp 4:3 Chest Zip Steamer

Derek MorrisonAugust 3, 2021August 10, 2021

by Derek MorrisonAugust 3, 2021August 10, 20210

We’ve come to expect a lot from a top of the line winter wetsuit, but we didn’t expect Billabong’s Furnace Comp 4:3 chest zip steamer to catapult itself this far into the very top echelon of technology leaders. Billabong has changed. The brand used to be so cool that it......

Surf Athletes

Five Minutes With: Olympian Billy Stairmand

Derek MorrisonJuly 29, 2021July 29, 2021

by Derek MorrisonJuly 29, 2021July 29, 20210

Billy Stairmand may not have made it past Round 3 at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, but the way he took on Italo Ferreira in his man-on-man match was inspired. Stairmand never gave up and went hunting for that magic ramp that would bring him into line with the Brazilian world......

Italo Ferreira And Carissa Moore Masterful In Tokyo

Derek MorrisonJuly 29, 2021July 29, 2021

by Derek MorrisonJuly 29, 2021July 29, 20210

With charm and flair Brazil’s Italo Ferreira and Hawaii’s Carissa Moore, stood up on the biggest stage in sport and produced a masterclass in surfing. Tokyo 2020 has etched a new chapter in surfing. The sport’s inclusion in the Olympics has been impressive and few could argue that two of......

Surf Athletes

New Zealand Olympians Into Round Of 16 In Tokyo

Derek MorrisonJuly 25, 2021July 29, 2021

by Derek MorrisonJuly 25, 2021July 29, 20210

Both of New Zealand’s Olympic surfers, Billy Stairmand and Ella Williams, survived Day 1 of competition at Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, Tokyo, today, advancing to the Round of 16. Raglan’s Billy Stairmand was first up in a morning clash that saw him battling in average 1-2 foot waves at Tsurigasaki against......