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Priority Rules: Are We Getting It Right In New Zealand?

Derek MorrisonNovember 5, 2020July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonNovember 5, 2020July 25, 20240

Since Surfing New Zealand implemented priority rules into local contests the quality of heat surfing has improved. But is there a dark side to the way we’re implementing it? Any blunder in priority rulings can effectively stop even the best surfer in their tracks. And that has happened at least......

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Watch: Flightless Obsession

Derek MorrisonSeptember 20, 2020July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonSeptember 20, 2020July 25, 20240

Flightless Obsession features New Zealand’s elite surfers such as provisional Olympic qualifiers Billy Stairmand and Ella Williams along with dozens of the country’s best surfers in a scrapbook-style edit. It is the first crowd-sourced surf movie that Surfing New Zealand has embarked upon to showcase local talent. It has been......

Five Minutes With: Surfing New Zealand’s Ben Kennings

Derek MorrisonSeptember 16, 2020December 12, 2022

by Derek MorrisonSeptember 16, 2020December 12, 20220

New Zealand Surf Journal catches up with Surfing New Zealand’s Ben Kennings to discuss broken backs, new constitutions, the Olympic pathway and to find out what he’d do if he had full control of the sport and no resource limitations. The top role at Surfing New Zealand is certainly not......

How To: Dial In Your Pre-Surf Stretch With Dr Oliver Farley

Dr Oliver FarleyJuly 1, 2020July 25, 2024

by Dr Oliver FarleyJuly 1, 2020July 25, 20240

Having a pre-surf stretch routine of some sort is vital for nearly every surfer. For younger grommets and aspiring surf athletes it will let them perform at their best. For older surfers it will ensure they can surf pain and injury free for longer. Who doesn’t want to boost like......

Nothing Good About Covid-19 … Unless You’re Billy Stairmand

CPLJune 17, 2020July 25, 2024

by CPLJune 17, 2020July 25, 20240

We’ve all had a topsy-turvy year, but for seven-time New Zealand surfing champ Billy Stairmand it has kind of worked out okay. Photographer Craig Levers catches up with our Olympic hope and finds out why … NZSJ: Hey Billy, you’re wearing a knee brace, what happened? During the Newcastle 5000 WQS......

Elliot Paerata-Reid Makes Final At Great Lakes Pro, Billy Stairmand Third

Derek MorrisonFebruary 24, 2020July 2, 2020

by Derek MorrisonFebruary 24, 2020July 2, 20200

Elliot Paerata-Reid and Billy Stairmand have kicked off their 2020 World Qualifying Series campaigns in stellar form, both landing in the same semi-final heat. Paerata-Reid managed to repeat his effort from the Nationals in Dunedin, holding off an in-form Stairmand to book his finals berth at Boomerang Beach, Great Lakes,......

Billy Stairmand: Inside The Mind Of Our Olympic Hope

Derek MorrisonFebruary 14, 2020July 2, 2020

by Derek MorrisonFebruary 14, 2020July 2, 20200

He’s New Zealand’s Olympic hope for 2020, but only a few short years ago, Billy Stairmand was struggling to light his competitive fire. Now he’s in the best form of his life. This is how the 30-year-old Raglan surfer rebuilt his career. As the World Surf League Qualifying Series came......

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......

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......

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......