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Paige Hareb Narrowly Misses Olympic Qualification

Derek MorrisonJun 8, 2021July 25, 20240

It was an agonising conclusion to the 2021 ISA World Surfing Games for Paige Hareb when the Taranaki star missed Olympic qualification by the narrowest of margins in El Salvador. New Zealand’s hopes of a third surfer at this year’s Olympics rested on Paige Hareb in the early hours of...

Paige Shines At ISA Worlds, Olympic Qualification One Step Away

Derek MorrisonJun 4, 2021July 25, 20240

A huge turn that saw Paige Hareb free fall out of the lip on a huge left at La Bocana, El Salvador, was enough to catapult her into the Final 8 in the main group at the ISA World Surfing Games. She is now just one heat shy of Olympic...

Saffi Vette’s Olympic Campaign Comes To An End

Derek MorrisonJun 4, 2021July 25, 20240

Nineteen-year-old Gisborne surf star, Saffi Vette, has ended her run to the Tokyo Olympics this morning, falling in solid, challenging conditions in El Salvador. Surfing in the 4th heat of Repechage 5, Saffi and fellow WQS campaigner Ellie Turner, from Great Britain, were bettered by Carolina Mendes, of Portugal, and...