Derek Morrison

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......

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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......

Watch: Stormwater Deep South Strike Mission

Derek MorrisonSeptember 30, 2024September 30, 2024

by Derek MorrisonSeptember 30, 2024September 30, 20240

Like all good sessions, it was a last minute decision to give chase. I didn’t even know if there would be surfers on the hunt. The chance to shoot a clean, long-period swell with perfect winds at dawn was enough to invoke that sense of hopeless FOMO – the type......

Special Report: How To Get Sponsored

Derek MorrisonSeptember 11, 2024

by Derek MorrisonSeptember 11, 20240

So you want to get sponsored? We ask a handful of New Zealand’s leading team managers what you need to do and the steps you should take. Firstly, sponsorship has never been in a worse state in New Zealand (you can read our story on the surf industry state of......

Special Report: Has The Surf Industry Abandoned New Zealand?

Derek MorrisonSeptember 11, 2024September 11, 2024

by Derek MorrisonSeptember 11, 2024September 11, 20240

If it feels like the surf industry has abandoned New Zealand then you’re kind of right. We look into the state of play of the industry and where the rubber meets the road here In New Zealand. I first started writing and photographing surf around 1993 – guys like Munga......

Watch: Desert Dogs

Derek MorrisonAugust 15, 2024August 15, 2024

by Derek MorrisonAugust 15, 2024August 15, 20240

Desert Dogs is a new film by George Syme and Tommy Butland. It follows their journey on a self-funded surf trip to the edge of the desert and beyond. The pairing of George and Tom in this collaborative surfer-filmmaker style is breaking new ground for New Zealand surf filmmaking. In......