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Monster Storm Gives Nazaré Challenge The Green Light

Derek MorrisonFebruary 11, 2020July 2, 2020

by Derek MorrisonFebruary 11, 2020July 2, 20200

Monster northern hemisphere storm gives Nazaré Tow Surfing Challenge the green light as new teams format is unveiled amid whispers that a new Guinness World Record could potentially be set on Tuesday (GMT). The World Surf League Big Wave Tour issued a Green Alert on Sunday (NZST) for the Nazaré......

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Kelly Slater Confirmed For Piha Pro

Derek MorrisonFebruary 10, 2020July 2, 2020

by Derek MorrisonFebruary 10, 2020July 2, 20201

Eleven-time World Champion Kelly Slater has confirmed he will launch his 2020 season in New Zealand this March at the 2020 Corona Piha Pro. The Goat, as he is known, is widely regarded as the greatest professional surfer of all-time, with comfortably the most title victories, 11, and no less......

Westport Pumps For South Island Grom Series

Derek MorrisonJanuary 21, 2020July 2, 2020

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 21, 2020July 2, 20200

When the West Coast of the South Island is becalmed by an enormous high there is no better place to be than Westport’s Tauranga Bay. With a 1 to 1.4m long-period swell pulsing through and a grom comp about to unleash on the T Bay Superbank, there’s a lot to......

10 Best Moments From The 2020 Nationals

Derek MorrisonJanuary 13, 2020July 2, 2020

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 13, 2020July 2, 20201

With a forecast about as diabolical as you can get for a Dunedin summer the Health 2000 2020 Nationals had it all: early exits, upsets, elation and the emergence of two new champions. Here are our 10 best moments from it all. The Gathering of the Tribe There are few......

Elliot Paerata-Reid & Ava Henderson Win 2020 NZ Surfing Nationals

Derek MorrisonJanuary 11, 2020July 2, 2020

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 11, 2020July 2, 20200

Piha surfer Elliot Paerata-Reid has claimed the 2020 National Open Surfing Title after a thrilling final battle with seven-time and defending champion, Billy Stairmand. In the women’s, 14-year-old Ava Henderson rose to the top with a polished performance to take her first open title. Two new National Champions have ushered......

Super Heat: Inside The 2020 New Zealand Surf Open (Unofficial)

Derek MorrisonJanuary 10, 2020October 14, 2020

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 10, 2020October 14, 20201

The 2020 New Zealand Surf Open (Unofficial) is the impulsive gathering of New Zealand’s best surfers at a break that is completely pumping. It is unscripted. It has no rules. It has no timeframes. And no parameters. Just 40, or so, of the best surfers in New Zealand over a......

Photo Essay: Summer Roadie With A Twist Of East Swell

Derek MorrisonJanuary 7, 2020

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 7, 20200

Mount Maunganui-based surfer and ocean photographer Lou Burton mixes Xmas and New Year with a little pulsing east swell for the perfect summer tonic. Together with her mates she proves the great Kiwi summer surfing roadie is alive and well … with an occasional shark scare thrown in. Christmas came......

Bethany Hamilton Awarded Wildcard For Piha Pro

Derek MorrisonDecember 17, 2019July 2, 2020

by Derek MorrisonDecember 17, 2019July 2, 20200

Inspirational Hawaiian surfer Bethany Hamilton has been awarded the international wildcard spot for the Piha Pro Challenger Series Event to be held at Piha in March 2020. Hamilton has had a few years away from competing while she has focused on her feature film Unstoppable, which tells her incredible life......

Ricardo Christie Ends Filipe Toledo’s World Title Race At Pipe

Derek MorrisonDecember 17, 2019July 2, 2020

by Derek MorrisonDecember 17, 2019July 2, 20200

Mahia surfer Ricardo Christie has saved his best for last in the 2019 World Surf League Championship Tour, despatching World Title hopeful, Felipe Toledo in the Round of 32 at the Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons. It was a thrilling Round of 32 at Pipeline, Hawaii, that......

Paul Moretti And Elin Tawharu Victorious In The Naki

Derek MorrisonDecember 9, 2019July 2, 2020

by Derek MorrisonDecember 9, 2019July 2, 20200

Paul Moretti and Elin Tawharu have claimed their maiden New Zealand Surf Series victories, winning the season-ending Backdoor Pro at Fitzroy Beach, New Plymouth at the weekend. The event was relocated to Fitzroy Beach with the pending weather for the day looking ominous. However, the surf ranged between 1.0m –......