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Review: O’Neill Hyperfreak Fire 4:3 Chest Zip Steamer

Derek MorrisonJune 14, 2024

by Derek MorrisonJune 14, 20242

O’Neill seems to have stumbled across a magic formula with its Hyperfreak series. Its latest Hyperfreak Fire, or Hyper Fire as it’s now called, takes that performance up another notch. We thrashed one to death, with close to 500 surf sessions, to see how it performed. It hasn’t all been......

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8.3

Review: Ocean & Earth Wheelie Triple Shortboard Travel Bag

Derek MorrisonAugust 22, 2023

by Derek MorrisonAugust 22, 20230

FCS Freedom Leash Review: The FCS Freedom Leash promised to be lighter, stronger, with less drag, less tangle – sign me up! Looks like I wasn’t the only one, a lot of online stores sold out quickly....

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Review: FCS Freedom Helix Leash

Derek MorrisonAugust 18, 2023August 18, 2023

by Derek MorrisonAugust 18, 2023August 18, 20230

FCS Freedom Leash Review: The FCS Freedom Leash promised to be lighter, stronger, with less drag, less tangle – sign me up! Looks like I wasn’t the only one, a lot of online stores sold out quickly....

We’re Testing: DHD Phoenix EPS

Derek MorrisonDecember 9, 2021July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonDecember 9, 2021July 25, 20240

Can Darren Handley’s Phoenix EPS breath life back into a 40-something’s small-wave froth? Well, it worked for Mick Fanning. We’ve been looking for this board for a long time … but does it meet our small-wave expectations? Like a lot of surfers in their 40s and with a bunch of......

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Review: Billabong Furnace Comp 4:3 Chest Zip Steamer

Derek MorrisonAugust 3, 2021July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonAugust 3, 2021July 25, 20240

We’ve come to expect a lot from a top of the line winter wetsuit, but we didn’t expect Billabong’s Furnace Comp 4:3 chest zip steamer to catapult itself this far into the very top echelon of technology leaders. Billabong has changed. The brand used to be so cool that it......

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Review: C-Skins ReWired 3:2 Chest Zip Steamer

Lyndon FairbairnMay 3, 2021July 25, 2024

by Lyndon FairbairnMay 3, 2021July 25, 20240

C-Skins is relatively new in the New Zealand market, but if the brand’s ReWired 3:2 chest zip steamer is anything to go by then we expect its going to play a bigger role in years to come. We put the new steamer to the test from February right into the......

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Review: O’Neill Women’s Hyperfreak 4:3+ Chest Zip Steamer (Tested To Death)

Derek MorrisonApril 28, 2021April 28, 2021

by Derek MorrisonApril 28, 2021April 28, 20210

When it comes to wetsuits, women and children usually draw the short straw: below-tier taping, average linings and warmth, comfort … seemingly not so important. O’Neill’s women’s Hyperfreak 4:3+ Chest Zip turns that on its head. The 2019 O’Neill Hyperfreak designed for women really changes the game. It takes O’Neill’s......

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Board Review: Hughes Surfboards SB19 Custom

Brett WoodNovember 4, 2020July 25, 2024

by Brett WoodNovember 4, 2020July 25, 20240

Lockdown forces Raglan surfer Brett Wood to rethink his quiver of international brands. He returns to New Zealand-made boards with the Hughes Surfboards SB19 Custom and opens up a whole new world. His journey may sound familiar to many of us. It’s 1989. Pottz is the champ and every surf......

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Review: Solite Custom 3mm Heat-Moldable Booties

Derek MorrisonAugust 13, 2020July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonAugust 13, 2020July 25, 20240

Love them or hate them, booties are like the necessary evil when it comes to year-round surfing in New Zealand. Solite reckons its Custom 3mm heat-moldable booties have taken winter surfing to a whole new level. We bought a pair to find our for ourselves. But before we get into......

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Review: 300 Surfs In Rip Curl’s New Heat Seeker … Here’s What Failed

Derek MorrisonSeptember 16, 2019September 16, 2019

by Derek MorrisonSeptember 16, 2019September 16, 20191

At the start of 2019 Rip Curl launched an all-new wetsuit aimed straight at the top end of the market and billed to incorporate technology that would change the wetsuit game forever. We got our hands on a Flashbomb Heat Seeker 4:3 and thrashed it to death. Here’s what we......