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Nats 2025: The Free Surf Sessions

Derek MorrisonFebruary 14, 2025

by Derek MorrisonFebruary 14, 20250

If contests are the buttoned down sports version of surfing then the free surf sessions that take place around the heats are the creative opposite. There is no pressure, no judges, no decisions, just free-flowing moments when the tide hits the banks just right. Even with a below-par swell running......

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Special Report: How To Get Sponsored

Derek MorrisonSeptember 11, 2024

by Derek MorrisonSeptember 11, 20240

So you want to get sponsored? We ask a handful of New Zealand’s leading team managers what you need to do and the steps you should take. Firstly, sponsorship has never been in a worse state in New Zealand (you can read our story on the surf industry state of......

Special Report: Has The Surf Industry Abandoned New Zealand?

Derek MorrisonSeptember 11, 2024September 11, 2024

by Derek MorrisonSeptember 11, 2024September 11, 20240

If it feels like the surf industry has abandoned New Zealand then you’re kind of right. We look into the state of play of the industry and where the rubber meets the road here In New Zealand. I first started writing and photographing surf around 1993 – guys like Munga......

Paris 2024: Billy And Saffi Fire Up Their Campaigns In Tahiti

Derek MorrisonJuly 28, 2024August 5, 2024

by Derek MorrisonJuly 28, 2024August 5, 20240

A building swell at the Paris 2024 Olympics saw Billy Stairmand and Saffi Vette progress to Round 2 in Tahiti today. Both surfers made New Zealand proud, grasping opportunities in their respective opening heats at Tahiti’s infamous Teahupo’o. Over 15,000 kilometers from the host city, Olympic Surfing debuted for Paris......

Paris Olympics 2024: Reader Poll, Who Will Win?

Derek MorrisonJuly 25, 2024August 5, 2024

by Derek MorrisonJuly 25, 2024August 5, 20240

On the eve of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games we turn to our trusty readers to see who you believe will win the coveted Olympic Gold medal at Chopes. Take our polls right here – we have one poll for the women and one for the men. The forecast is......

Teahupo’o 2024: Your Olympic Cheat Sheet

Derek MorrisonJuly 19, 2024July 19, 2024

by Derek MorrisonJuly 19, 2024July 19, 20240

We’re on the eve of the Paris 2024 Olympics with Billy Stairmand and Saffi Vette on their way to Tahiti’s infamous Teahupo’o – the reef break at the end of the road. They’re our Kiwi hopes in a contest that will undoubtedly grab the world’s attention. Here’s what you need......

40 Frames: King & Queen Of The Point 2024

Derek MorrisonJune 26, 2024July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonJune 26, 2024July 25, 20240

Billy Stairmand and Kehu Butler put on a masterclass in big, stormy, unruly Manu Bay as a new guard rises to nip at their heels at the Backdoor King and Queen of the Point. Backdoor’s King and Queen of the Point surf competition attracts most of the best surfers in......

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......

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......