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Choice: The Movie

Derek MorrisonAugust 31, 2021August 31, 2021

by Derek MorrisonAugust 31, 2021August 31, 20210

Choice is a short film that takes you on a journey through the wilderness of New Zealand in search of perfect waves. Along the way filmmaker Jean Pierre Guillotin explores the stunning scenery and landscapes that define New Zealand. “This was my first short film,” explains photographer Jean Pierre. “It......

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Breaking Eggs With Filmmaker Isaac Chadwick

Derek MorrisonAugust 23, 2021August 23, 2021

by Derek MorrisonAugust 23, 2021August 23, 20210

The intake of students at the University of Otago is thick with talented surfers who have had their OE wings clipped by Covid-19. One of them, 20-year-old Isaac Chadwick, has been filming and documenting his mates surfing, the student lifestyle and their rise in the music scene since he arrived.......

Artists

Five Minutes With: 15-Year-Old Filmmaker Hunter Cooney

Derek MorrisonNovember 10, 2020

by Derek MorrisonNovember 10, 20200

Whangamata surfer Hunter Cooney is the guy responsible for producing Flightless Obsession – that’s the Kiwi surf film that was borne out of our Covid-19 Lockdown. New Zealand Surf Journal caught up with the young creative along the iconic shoreline of Kaikoura. NZSJ: Hello, Hunter. What are you doing standing......

Artists

Bask: A Film By Isaac Chadwick (AO)

Derek MorrisonOctober 16, 2020October 16, 2020

by Derek MorrisonOctober 16, 2020October 16, 20200

In Bask, 19-year-old filmmaker, Isaac Haki Chadwick, captures the essence of life as a student and young surfer set among the raw and tumultuous whims of the southern ocean. It’s rawness is equaled by its honesty, offering a window into something few would otherwise get to see. We caught up......

Australia

Watch: Soli

Derek MorrisonAugust 13, 2020August 13, 2020

by Derek MorrisonAugust 13, 2020August 13, 20200

Take up one super talented filmmaker. Team them up with one of Australia’s most exciting pro surfers. Send them on a lap of the World Tour together and this is what you get: the epic visual story of Indigenous Australian surfer Soli Bailey. 10 years ago, an Australian surf magazine......

Surf Athletes

Watch: Solitude, From New Zealand’s Newest Wetsuit Brand

Derek MorrisonJune 30, 2020July 28, 2020

by Derek MorrisonJune 30, 2020July 28, 20200

Born of New Zealand, Coastlines Wetsuits, officially pulled up a chair at the global rubber buffet when they launched just a few short months ago. NZSJ discovered they have some heavy hitters on their team and their heart’s in the right place. A few months before the brand launched, former......

Inspiration

Watch: The Allan Byrne Story

Derek MorrisonJune 30, 2020June 30, 2020

by Derek MorrisonJune 30, 2020June 30, 20200

Allan Byrne contributed more to surfing than most modern surfers will ever realise. He is considered to be one of New Zealand’s most successful surfers ever, still to this day. In this short film by Clive Neeson, Allan describes in his own words what that era was like. How did he turn......

Inspiration

Watch: Jamie Civil’s Masterclass In Backhand Barrel Riding

Derek MorrisonNovember 13, 2019November 14, 2019

by Derek MorrisonNovember 13, 2019November 14, 20190

He may prefer to hide away from the limelight, but Jamie Civil keeps drawing attention to himself in pumping hollow waves. Civil would have to be one of New Zealand’s best barrel riders and this edit by Tim Shaw and Oscar Johns attests to that. Filmed over a winter in......

Surf Athletes

This Is Te Kehukehu: A Short Film By Billy Lee-Pope

Derek MorrisonFebruary 5, 2019March 1, 2019

by Derek MorrisonFebruary 5, 2019March 1, 20191

Cracking it in the pressure cooker that is the Australian surfing hotbed is no easy feat. Which makes 18-year-old Te Kehukehu Butler’s rise so impressive. In 2018 he was embroiled in a season-long battle with Callum Robson, of Evans Head, NSW, in the WSL Australasian/Oceania Junior Qualifying Series (JQS). At......

We Rank The 10 Best Surfers In New...

Derek MorrisonFebruary 27, 2019July 2, 2020

February 27, 2019July 2, 2020

New Zealand Surf Journal asks the New Zealand surfing industry to rank our...

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