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Travel Notes: Samoa’s Infectious Charm

Derek MorrisonSep 12, 2018February 8, 20190

We’ve just experienced a fia fia – a local carnival that welcomes guests into a village in Samoa. In our case that’s Salani village on the southern shores of Upolu, Samoa. We’re here for a group 40th – a bunch of mates using the milestone to chalk up some island...

The Ephemeral Art Of Ian Ross

Derek MorrisonSep 12, 2018October 24, 20181

Ian Ross makes art that has a lifespan as long as a tide. And that doesn’t faze the talented surfer and nearly 40-year-old Californian artist. Sand art, as he describes it, is a series of shapes etched with a rake into the intertidal sand zone. Ian is a master of...

Ziggy Alberts Shrugs Off The Sleet To Score The Barrel Of His Life In New Zealand

Derek MorrisonAug 29, 2018March 1, 20190

The forecast promised 5m at 13 seconds. Thoughts of it possessed me so I retreated to a favourite Catlins haunt only to stumble across an incredible session – not only for the waves, but for the quality of the characters chasing the peaks. One blonde-haired 20-year-old Aussie from Byron Bay...

Can Fashion Lead Social And Business Change? Bede Carmine Thinks So.

Derek MorrisonAug 29, 2018August 29, 20180

How a business idea to sell one T-shirt and give another one to those in need, chartered a socially responsible business model in fashion. Bede Carmine's Smile, may just be what the future needs.

Five Minutes With: Maz Quinn (And Why Wave Pools Rule)

Derek MorrisonAug 13, 2018February 8, 20190

It’s one of those swells. Every ten minutes a pulse that gets you excited, but in between a calm pool of blue with the occasional rideable ripple. It’s been like this all week with the same crew hunting the sets on the favourable tide led by Josh Thickpenny and Luke...

Take Three For The Sea

Derek MorrisonJul 27, 2018March 1, 20190

Even though it is a city beach, Seconds in Dunedin is always an adventurous spot to get to, with a fence to scale, a landslip to slither over and a rockface to clamber down to get to the kelp-covered jump rock. This is the easy bit, the final hurdle before...

Five Minutes With: Singer Songwriter Joe Wilson

Derek MorrisonOct 10, 2016March 1, 20191

There’s something about the travelling artist: soul bared for all to see, a vulnerability that would challenge most humans and a sense of complete freedom. For 33-year-old Joe Wilson, that is the road map that lies before him. Joe is a singer songwriter from North East Lincolnshire, just south of...