August 2024 - New Zealand Surf Journal

Watch: Internet Birthday – Episode 3 – Dunedin, NZ

Taira BlakelyAug 15, 2024August 15, 20240

Filmmaker Geoff Campbell returns to his hometown and brings us a gnarly Thrasher skate edit, filmed in and around Dunedin, New Zealand. Internet Birthday Episode 3 features a cast of talented Australian and Kiwi skaters including Nick Boserio, Rowan Davis, and Jack O’Grady who spent two weeks cruising around Dunedin in...

Watch: Desert Dogs

Derek MorrisonAug 15, 2024August 15, 20240

Desert Dogs is a new film by George Syme and Tommy Butland. It follows their journey on a self-funded surf trip to the edge of the desert and beyond. The pairing of George and Tom in this collaborative surfer-filmmaker style is breaking new ground for New Zealand surf filmmaking. In...

Film Review: The War On Style

Taira BlakelyAug 5, 2024August 5, 20240

Like it or not, we are living in a world that has waged a war on style. Hank Bilous is deep in the thick of it, aiming to strike the right balance between technical skill and self expression. The professional freeskier, turned surfer, turned nurse explores and challenges these dynamics...

Watch: Place Of Thorns

Derek MorrisonAug 1, 20240

Place of Thorns tells the story of one of the world’s most incredible waves, Puerto Escondido, from its discovery by early surfers when it was just a small coffee port in Mexico, to the bustling tourist Mecca it has become today. After five decades, Puerto continues to draw surfers from...