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Five Minutes With 15-Year-Old National Champion Maya Mateja

Derek MorrisonFebruary 28, 2024March 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonFebruary 28, 2024March 25, 20240

At 15, Maya Mateja became one of the youngest surfers to win the Open Women’s title when she won the 2024 New Zealand Surfing Championships. We catch up with the Raglan-based phenom to find out how she did it and why she won’t be surfing for Team New Zealand. With......

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40 Frames: NZ Surf Nats The Grand Finale

Derek MorrisonFebruary 28, 2024July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonFebruary 28, 2024July 25, 20240

Finals Day for the Open Men and Women goes down to the wire at the 2024 New Zealand Surfing Champs. No one in the packed crowd on the steps of St Clair Beach could have predicted the Open Men’s Final would boil down to a tie break between defending Champion......

Five Minutes With National Champion Daniel Farr

Derek MorrisonFebruary 3, 2024

by Derek MorrisonFebruary 3, 20240

Hot on the heels of his 2024 New Zealand Surfing Championship we catch up with Taranaki’s Daniel Farr to find out how it feels to win his second Open title … and the moment he knew he had won it. Daniel Farr wasn’t on the radar for the 2024 National......

40 Frames: NZ Surf Nats Day Of Groms

Derek MorrisonJanuary 17, 2024April 9, 2024

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 17, 2024April 9, 20240

Finals Day for the Under 18s, 16s and 14s at the 2024 New Zealand Surfing Champs reveals an historic moment. This is the sharp end of the contest for the juniors, made even more incisive by the fact a win here gives you automatic entry into the New Zealand surfing......

40 Frames: NZ Surf Nats St Clair Shakedown

Derek MorrisonJanuary 14, 2024April 9, 2024

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 14, 2024April 9, 20240

Day Five of the 2024 New Zealand Surfing Champs sees a shakedown of the premier divisions as the circus moves back to the St Clair Esplanade. Day Five saw the contest move back to the comfort of St Clair with light winds and a new north east swell promising some......

Daniel Farr and Maya Mateja Win 2024 Surf Nats

Derek MorrisonJanuary 14, 2024April 9, 2024

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 14, 2024April 9, 20240

Taranaki’s Daniel Farr and Raglan 15-year-old Maya Mateja win the 2024 New Zealand Surfing Champs held in Dunedin over the past week. An explosive final day of the 2024 National Surfing Championships has seen Taranaki surfer Daniel Farr claim his second national title by the closest margin in the history......

40 Frames: NZ Surf Nats … The Free Surf Sessions

Derek MorrisonJanuary 11, 2024July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 11, 2024July 25, 20240

The 2024 New Zealand Surfing Champs is underway in Dunedin right now with a challenging forecast keeping organisers on their toes. There’s always a lot more to a surf comp than meets the eye. Especially when the swell, wind and tide combination is in a typical summer mode, with swirling......

40 Frames: 2022 Westport Nats Day 1

Derek MorrisonJanuary 11, 2022December 5, 2022

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 11, 2022December 5, 20220

Sunshine and a pumping swell greet competitors at the opening day of the 2022 New Zealand Surfing Nationals held at Westport, Buller. Day one sets up an exciting set of scenarios for the nationals with Paige Hareb and Ava Henderson destined to square off in a field full of potential......

Billy Stairmand Beats Ricardo Christie, Wins Seventh National Title

Derek MorrisonJanuary 13, 2019March 1, 2019

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 13, 2019March 1, 20190

Billy Stairmand has beaten good friend Ricardo Christie to kick off 2019 in the best way possible claiming his seventh title at the Health 2000 National Surfing Championships completed at Stent Road in Taranaki today. Taranaki turned on another stellar day of surf and weather with clean 1.5m waves and......