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Watch: National Champ Elliot Paerata-Reid – The Post-Lockdown Edit

Derek MorrisonJune 9, 2020July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonJune 9, 2020July 25, 20240

Current New Zealand Surfing Champion Elliot Paerata-Reid looks back on his year in this post lockdown release – you can rest-assured this is no ordinary surf memoir. From sublime Indonesian waves to a full-on aerial showcase, EPR’s film Reccy is another solid dose of the hard-charging Piha surfer. Check out......

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Buy Local: Help Pump New Zealand’s Surf Industry

Derek MorrisonMay 28, 2020

by Derek MorrisonMay 28, 20200

The Covid-19 health crisis has taught New Zealanders a lot of things, but nothing has become clearer: we need to support local surf businesses. By supporting them we pump the vascular system of our very own New Zealand surf industry. And that reaches deep into the heart of our surf......

The Travis McCoy Story: Nothing Puts Life Into Focus Like Death

Derek MorrisonMay 3, 2020

by Derek MorrisonMay 3, 20200

In 2017 Mount Maunganui’s Travis McCoy went for a surf that ended in an horrific fin gash to his face. But it was what the subsequent scan showed that changed his life forever. Surf photographer Peter Chamberlain sits down with Travis a few years into his recovery to see how......

WSL Redesigns 2021 Tour, Suspends 2020 Events Until July

Derek MorrisonApril 29, 2020July 2, 2020

by Derek MorrisonApril 29, 2020July 2, 20200

The World Surf League has today announced a totally revised 2021 Championship Tour, Challenger Series, and Qualifying Series. It has also confirmed that due to the continued evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic, WSL is postponing or canceling all events, at all levels of competition, through to the start of July.......

Lockdown: What Alert Level 3 Means For Surfing

Derek MorrisonApril 27, 2020June 11, 2020

by Derek MorrisonApril 27, 2020June 11, 20200

There’s a collective sigh of relief being held around the country right now as surfers throughout New Zealand suffer one more day of torment under Lockdown Level 4. That’s Indicators at Raglan above and it’s pumping on an Anzac Day holiday Monday. It would normally be packed to the gunnels.......

Featured Shaper Profile: Pete Anderson

Derek MorrisonApril 24, 2020July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonApril 24, 2020July 25, 20240

With more than 36 years experience shaping surfboards out of Whangamata, Pete Anderson is one of the most humble and well-respected surfboard manufacturers in New Zealand. In this film he shares his journey from growing up in the heyday of Whangamata’s board-building industry to his insights, his hopes and most......

Piha Pro Now Cancelled For 2020

Derek MorrisonApril 17, 2020July 2, 2020

by Derek MorrisonApril 17, 2020July 2, 20200

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Surf League (WSL) has made the decision to cancel the 2020 Corona Piha Pro Challenger Series event in Auckland. After postponing the event in the days before it was due to commence in mid-March, it has become clear that the inaugural Piha event......

Watch: Paige Hareb’s Unexpected Journey

Derek MorrisonApril 15, 2020July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonApril 15, 2020July 25, 20240

What happens when the world’s hungriest World Qualifying Surfers are suddenly cut-free from their commitments when the 2020 Piha Pro is postponed due to COVID-19? Well, if Paige Hareb is involved then there is only one solution: grab a handful of good people and indoctrinate them into the ways to......

Southern Surfing Wahine Share A Lockdown Beer

Derek MorrisonApril 15, 2020July 2, 2020

by Derek MorrisonApril 15, 2020July 2, 20200

Bored in lockdown and struggling to stay out of the water? You’re not alone, but in this Covid-19 tarnished world there is a bright side: get creative like these southern surfing girls did. The South Island Surfing Championships were supposed to have been held this past weekend (and the waves......

The Paulownia Whisperer: Xylo Woodcraft

Derek MorrisonMarch 31, 2020July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonMarch 31, 2020July 25, 20240

Michael Gilling has been creating wooden surfboards for the past three years. Today, it’s finally time to show them to the world. He gathers his two close friends together on a road trip to show them his three-year secret. Michael shows us his creative process from tree to craft &......