Derek Morrison

Business Insight: The C-Skins New Zealand Story

Derek MorrisonJanuary 5, 2024April 9, 2024

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 5, 2024April 9, 20240

Bringing a new wetsuit brand into New Zealand was never going to be easy, but that didn’t deter Simon Clowes and Cian Sullivan – the duo behind C-Skins here in New Zealand. Simon jokes that he and Cian could be father and son. While there is a 25-year gap between......

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Watch: Calypte

Derek MorrisonJanuary 2, 2024June 11, 2024

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 2, 2024June 11, 20240

When Torren Martyn and Aiyana Powell borrowed the 35ft sailing boat ‘Calypte’ and departed from the east coast of Thailand in early 2022, they had a combined sailing experience of only a few days. Ishka Folkwell documented that journey. The one requirement of their charter was to eventually deliver the......

Oscar Hetherington Wins International Surf Photography Award

Derek MorrisonNovember 15, 2023November 17, 2023

by Derek MorrisonNovember 15, 2023November 17, 20230

New Zealand’s Oscar Hetherington has won the world’s most prestigious surf photography contest, when it was announced that he had won the Follow The Light Surf Photography Grant award a few days ago at Laguna Beach, California. The awards are held each year to honour the late Larry “Flame Moore,......

Surf Business: In Deep With Backdoor Owner, Hutch

Derek MorrisonNovember 6, 2023

by Derek MorrisonNovember 6, 20230

While the surf industry seems to be in a slump, Backdoor’s Geoff Hutchison remains cautiously optimistic as he opens his 25th and biggest store in Dunedin. We caught up with the 60-year-old ripper and surf business guru to learn a bit about what’s going on in the surf industry right......

Special Report: What The New Marine Reserves Mean For You, Fishing … And Sharks

Derek MorrisonOctober 26, 2023April 22, 2026

by Derek MorrisonOctober 26, 2023April 22, 20260

New marine reserves raise a raft of questions for southern surfers as 10-year process finally bears fruit. We ask the experts how they even work, what implications there will be for surfing and fishing, and whether we should expect an increase in sharks over time. In early October this year,......

Marine Reserves And Types Explained

Derek MorrisonOctober 25, 2023April 22, 2026

by Derek MorrisonOctober 25, 2023April 22, 20260

Following the Department of Conservation’s (DOC) announcement of six new marine reserves to be established along the southeastern coast of the South Island we delve into what they are and what they will mean for our coastline. Some of the early confusion with the unveiling stemmed from the addition of......

No Marine Reserve For The Catlins

Derek MorrisonOctober 25, 2023April 22, 2026

by Derek MorrisonOctober 25, 2023April 22, 20260

When the Department of Conservation (DOC) announced six new marine reserves to be the first established along the southeastern coast of the South Island in October, there was one glaring omission: The Catlins. While the six new marine reserves, dotted from Oamaru to just north of Bull Creek, aim to......

Roadtrip: Into The Deep South With Team Backdoor

Derek MorrisonOctober 25, 2023

by Derek MorrisonOctober 25, 20230

The Backdoor Team of Billy Stairmand, Paul Moretti, Jay Piper-Healion, Caleb Cutmore, Taylor Hutchison and Darren Celliers immerse themselves in southern waves … and marathon sessions. Filmmaker Isaac Chadwick and photographer Derek Morrison are on hand to capture the antics, fin blows and air revs … and they hardly miss......

Billy’s And Kehu’s Challenger Series Campaigns Come To An End

Derek MorrisonOctober 18, 2023

by Derek MorrisonOctober 18, 20230

Kehu Butler and Billy Stairmand bow out of the 2023 Challenger Series with narrow Round of 64 exits at the final stop of the tour, the Saquarema Pro held in Brazil. More and more the Challenger Series is looking way closer to the Championship Tour than it is to any......

The 60-Year-Old Grommet Who Realised His Mentawai Dream

Derek MorrisonOctober 12, 2023October 12, 2023

by Derek MorrisonOctober 12, 2023October 12, 20230

A self-described “Average Joe”, Leigh Sullivan, shares his journey from Burleigh Heads to Mount Maunganui as a pre-teen, and his exacting discovery of surfing, which led him around the world and eventually to the Mentawais 45 years later. I was 11 years old when we moved from Burleigh Heads in......