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Quick Cuts: Keo Morrison

Derek MorrisonMarch 23, 2023

by Derek MorrisonMarch 23, 20230

Amongst a surge of talented young Otago surfers, 13-year-old Keo Morrison thrives on chasing big waves and surfing new spots. Here’s his entry to the C-Skins Quick Cuts … “I love surfing and hanging with my friends here in Dunedin,” he explains. “I live close to the beach and spend......

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Quick Cuts: Lennox Lindsay

Derek MorrisonFebruary 28, 2023

by Derek MorrisonFebruary 28, 20230

Our latest entry for the C-Skins Quick Cuts edit contest features 10-year-old ripper Lennox Lindsay. Watch as he gives us a master class in being stoked. We’re big fans of stoke here at NZ Surf Journal so when this edit landed in our inbox we couldn’t help but wish we......

Surf Athletes

Quick Cuts: Kentaro Mitchell

Derek MorrisonFebruary 21, 2023February 21, 2023

by Derek MorrisonFebruary 21, 2023February 21, 20230

In our latest entry for the C-Skins Quick Cuts section we’re featuring Northland rising star Kentaro Mitchell doing what he does best around his home stretch of coast. “My name is Ken. I just turned 13 years old, and I love to surf,” offers our latest super grom. “This film......

Surf Athletes

Quick Cuts: Kalani Louis

Derek MorrisonMarch 17, 2022June 9, 2022

by Derek MorrisonMarch 17, 2022June 9, 20220

C-Skins has come on board our Quick Cuts section where up and coming, and established New Zealand surfers … yeah, OGs, can post their latest edits. This one is bang on featuring Taranaki shredder Kalani Louis getting some driving time in down the coast. “This is a recent edit from......

Inspiration

The Making Of Bask: Volume II

Derek MorrisonDecember 8, 2021December 8, 2021

by Derek MorrisonDecember 8, 2021December 8, 20210

In 2020 young filmmaker Isaac Chadwick burst onto the surf scene in Otago with Bask. It was a gritty, insiders peek into the world of the surfing student in Otago. Nothing was sacred. He captured a vibrant youth culture thriving in the sub-culture of student life set to a background......

Artists

Ben Thouard: Inside Chopes With One Of The World’s Best Photographers

Derek MorrisonNovember 16, 2021

by Derek MorrisonNovember 16, 20210

As world-renowned photographer Ben Thouard releases his new book, Turbulences, filmmaker Morgan Maassen documents his creative process at one of the world’s most beautiful waves: Ben’s home break, Teahupo’o, Tahiti. “Ben Thouard is based out of Teahupo’o, Tahiti, where he spends the vast majority of his time and energy swimming......

Pacific

Watch: Goddesses

Derek MorrisonNovember 10, 2021November 10, 2021

by Derek MorrisonNovember 10, 2021November 10, 20210

Acclaimed filmmaker Morgan Maassen brings us his latest film, Goddesses, which explores the lives of three young Tahitian girls: Vahine, Heimiti and Kohai Fierro. Set in their home against a dramatic backdrop of Tahiti’s jungle, mountains and reefbreaks, this film is as mesmerizing as it is soulful. “My obsession with......

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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.......

Pacific

Watch: Super Saturday Raw Footage Outer Reefs, Hawaii

Derek MorrisonJanuary 19, 2021May 3, 2021

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 19, 2021May 3, 20210

Filmmaker and surfer Fellipe Valadao brings us this raw edit from the super swell that hit Hawaii over the weekend. “I had the privilege to ride a couple of the best big waves of my life today here on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii,” he told his followers. “This......

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Artist Insight: Spanish Visual Storyteller Sara Guix And Her Love For New Zealand

Derek MorrisonJanuary 12, 2021

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 12, 20210

New Zealand has a special magic that is sometimes hard to see from within. For Spanish-born visual storyteller Sara Guix that elixir drives her creativity and has captured her heart. Since 2015 Sara has been based in Raglan and spent her time wandering New Zealand’s coastline, in search of waves,......