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Subantarctic Surf Discovery, Part 2: Enderby Island

Derek MorrisonJanuary 7, 2019

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 7, 20190

Chasing waves on Enderby Island starts with getting to know the locals. They’re furry and blanket the place like lolling beach bums of the south. A little respect (and a lot of patience) will go a long way in this remote part of the Southern Ocean perched on the western...

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Subantarctic Surf Discovery, Part 1: Campbell Island

Derek MorrisonDecember 31, 2018December 31, 2018

by Derek MorrisonDecember 31, 2018December 31, 20180

Finding new waves on planet earth these days is a pretty tough ask. Sure the odd slab might be unearthed here and there, but the goalposts are well out on any significant discoveries. Especially here in New Zealand. So when I was given the chance to join an expedition voyage...

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Iconic Mangamaunu Point Break Gets Reprieve, Carpark Axed

Derek MorrisonNovember 26, 2018February 8, 2019

by Derek MorrisonFebruary 8, 2019February 8, 20193

The iconic Mangamaunu Bay earns reprieve from NZ Transport Agency’s shared use cycle path plans following the Surfbreak Protection Society’s judicial review mediation. It’s a win for all surfers in New Zealand and testament to the power of the people when working together for a cause. UPDATED: November 27, 2018...

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Saving An Icon: Inside The Mangamaunu Saga

Derek MorrisonNovember 26, 2018November 26, 2018

by Derek MorrisonNovember 26, 2018November 26, 20181

We have few treasures around our coastline as iconic as the arcing sweep of coastline known as Mangamaunu just north of Kaikoura. On a flat day it’s beautiful: a shimmering blue sea lapping up to a dark rocky shoreline that is separated from the jagged snowcapped peaks of the Seaward...

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Vege Power: How One Surfer Owned His Wave-Miles Guilt

Derek MorrisonOctober 15, 2018October 15, 2018

by Derek MorrisonOctober 15, 2018October 15, 20180

It’s 10:30am on a Tuesday and Matt Jenks is pulling up outside Japanese restaurant Jitsu in lower Stuart Street, Dunedin, parking his bike and heading inside with a 20-litre container to drain the kitchen of its used vegetable oil. It’s a 10-minute side-trip on his way to work at Dunedin...

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After The Quake: Hope Springs In Kaikoura

Derek MorrisonOctober 12, 2018

by Derek MorrisonOctober 12, 20180

In a sheltered bay off the end of the Kaikoura Peninsula columns of bubbles spill out of the sea floor like shimmering mercury and make their way to the surface. It’s a dazzling display, like a scene that belongs in Wonderland. This is Hope Springs, aptly named, and just one...

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The Ephemeral Art Of Ian Ross

Derek MorrisonSeptember 12, 2018October 24, 2018

by Derek MorrisonOctober 24, 2018October 24, 20181

Ian Ross makes art that has a lifespan as long as a tide. And that doesn’t faze the talented surfer and nearly 40-year-old Californian artist. Sand art, as he describes it, is a series of shapes etched with a rake into the intertidal sand zone. Ian is a master of...

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Ziggy Alberts Shrugs Off The Sleet To Score The Barrel Of His Life In New Zealand

Derek MorrisonAugust 29, 2018August 29, 2018

by Derek MorrisonAugust 29, 2018August 29, 20180

The forecast promised 5m at 13 seconds. Thoughts of it possessed me so I retreated to a favourite Catlins haunt only to stumble across an incredible session – not only for the waves, but for the quality of the characters chasing the peaks. One blonde-haired 20-year-old Aussie from Byron Bay...

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Can Fashion Lead Social And Business Change? Bede Carmine Thinks So.

Derek MorrisonAugust 29, 2018August 29, 2018

by Derek MorrisonAugust 29, 2018August 29, 20180

How a business idea to sell one T-shirt and give another one to those in need, chartered a socially responsible business model in fashion. Bede Carmine's Smile, may just be what the future needs.

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Take Three For The Sea

Derek MorrisonJuly 27, 2018August 1, 2018

by Derek MorrisonAugust 1, 2018August 1, 20180

Even though it is a city beach, Seconds in Dunedin is always an adventurous spot to get to, with a fence to scale, a landslip to slither over and a rockface to clamber down to get to the kelp-covered jump rock. This is the easy bit, the final hurdle before...