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Watch: Laurie Towner Finds The Simple Life Of WA

Derek MorrisonNovember 14, 2019November 13, 2019

by Derek MorrisonNovember 13, 2019November 13, 20190

Life on the edge of a desert is simple living. Especially on Western Australia’s remote coastline when a swell begins pushing across the reefs and points. Laurie Towner reminds us all of the importance of the simple life. A renowned big wave surfer, the very laidback Towner, steals a chance......

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Chris Malone, Zhana Hutchieson Claim Aotearoa Maori Titles  

Derek MorrisonNovember 10, 2019

by Derek MorrisonNovember 10, 20190

Chris Malone and Zhana Hutchieson surfed to victory at the Aotearoa Maori Titles at the end of October and in doing so claim two of the coveted trials slots for the Piha Pro scheduled for March 2020. Malone and Hutchieson fought off some tough opponents with excellent surfing on the......

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Waikato Surfers Use Home Wave Advantage To Dominate At Scholastics

Derek MorrisonOctober 12, 2019November 27, 2019

by Derek MorrisonNovember 27, 2019November 27, 20190

Waikato surfers dominate at the 2019 National Scholastic Surfing Championships claiming the team title, winning two of the seven titles on offer and boasting six surfers in the finals. The five-day event wrapped up yesterday in a 1.5m swell at Manu Bay, Raglan. Finals day saw the biggest surf of......

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Saffi Vette and Tane Bowden Win Jan Juc Pro Junior

Derek MorrisonSeptember 25, 2019

by Derek MorrisonSeptember 25, 20190

New Zealand surfers Tane Bowden and Saffi Vette have dominated the final event of the Hydralyte Sports Surf Series, winning the men’s and women’s divisions at Jan Juc, Victoria, today. With a small swell on offer on the final day of competition, the event again shifted from Bells Beach to......

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Remembering Pete And Danny

Derek MorrisonSeptember 25, 2019September 25, 2019

by Derek MorrisonSeptember 25, 2019September 25, 20190

Kaikoura turns it on for the semi-annual Pete and Danny Memorial Contest recently. Glassy conditions and waves in the 3-6-foot range ensure competitors are fizzing at a local righthand point break, but it is the smoky campfires and laughter between two tribes that steals the show. Back in 1995 two......

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Jonas Tawharu: An Indonesian Edit

Derek MorrisonSeptember 18, 2019

by Derek MorrisonSeptember 18, 20190

Rusty surfer Jonas Tawharu blazes a trail through Indonesia with filmmaker Oscar Johns capturing the powerful goofyfooter’s every turn, reo and barrel. Twenty-year-old Jonas may call Mount Maunganui home, but it has been the waves around Dunedin, where he is currently studying marketing and communications, that have helped him to......

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Stairmand Eighth, New Zealand Seventh At World Surfing Games

Derek MorrisonSeptember 16, 2019October 8, 2019

by Derek MorrisonOctober 8, 2019October 8, 20190

Billy Stairmand finishes in eighth place at the ISA World Surfing Games presented by Vans completed in Japan yesterday, New Zealand’s best ever result at the event. Stairmand’s performance advanced the New Zealand Team to a seventh overall finish. Staged in Miyazaki, Japan, from September 7-15, the New Zealand team......

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Stairmand On Rampage At World Surfing Games, Qualifies For Olympics

Derek MorrisonSeptember 14, 2019September 14, 2019

by Derek MorrisonSeptember 14, 2019September 14, 20190

Raglan’s Billy Stairmand has maintained his blistering form at the ISA World Surfing Games in Japan today. His run saw him secure the Oceania qualification slot on Friday. Today he blazed through Repechage heats to put himself into the frame for gold when the event resumes tomorrow. Stairmand will surf......

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Watch: Piha Pro Unveiled With Paige Hareb And Ricardo Christie

Derek MorrisonSeptember 10, 2019October 8, 2019

by Derek MorrisonOctober 8, 2019October 8, 20190

Kiwi pro surfers Paige Hareb and Ricardo Christie discuss what it means for surfing in New Zealand following the announcement of the Piha Pro today. The World Surf League today confirmed the Piha Pro QS10,000 will take place in March 2020, 2021 and 2022. The Piha Pro will be part......

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Piha Pro Confirmed: Here’s Everything You Need To Know

Derek MorrisonSeptember 10, 2019November 27, 2019

by Derek MorrisonNovember 27, 2019November 27, 20190

It’s official! World Surf League today confirms the Piha Pro QS10,000 is real and will take place in March 2020, 2021 and 2022. The World Surf League (WSL) hasn’t been to New Zealand shores for five years – its last event a women’s 6000-rated Qualifying Series (QS) event held in......