Coronavirus Archives - New Zealand Surf Journal

World Surf League In Pre-Season Countdown Mode With Charity Events

Derek MorrisonSeptember 3, 2020July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonSeptember 3, 2020July 25, 20240

World Surf League bridges the competition abyss caused by Covid-19 with its pre-season Countdown events. Upcoming competitions will take place in Australia, France, Portugal and Brazil, with nothing on the cards yet for New Zealand’s World Qualifying Series surfers. The idea of these WSL contests is to bring world-class competitive......

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Aotearoa Surf Film Festival: New Dates

Derek MorrisonJune 25, 2020September 3, 2020

by Derek MorrisonJune 25, 2020September 3, 20200

As the Aotearoa Surf Film Festival closed in on the end of its 2020 tour, Covid-19 rose it’s head and scuttled the final events – including a screening at the Piha Pro. Event director, Nick Stevenson, has survived the ordeal and is breathing a second life into the festival for......

Nothing Good About Covid-19 … Unless You’re Billy Stairmand

CPLJune 17, 2020July 25, 2024

by CPLJune 17, 2020July 25, 20240

We’ve all had a topsy-turvy year, but for seven-time New Zealand surfing champ Billy Stairmand it has kind of worked out okay. Photographer Craig Levers catches up with our Olympic hope and finds out why … NZSJ: Hey Billy, you’re wearing a knee brace, what happened? During the Newcastle 5000 WQS......

Buy Local: Help Pump New Zealand’s Surf Industry

Derek MorrisonMay 28, 2020

by Derek MorrisonMay 28, 20200

The Covid-19 health crisis has taught New Zealanders a lot of things, but nothing has become clearer: we need to support local surf businesses. By supporting them we pump the vascular system of our very own New Zealand surf industry. And that reaches deep into the heart of our surf......

WSL Redesigns 2021 Tour, Suspends 2020 Events Until July

Derek MorrisonApril 29, 2020July 2, 2020

by Derek MorrisonApril 29, 2020July 2, 20200

The World Surf League has today announced a totally revised 2021 Championship Tour, Challenger Series, and Qualifying Series. It has also confirmed that due to the continued evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic, WSL is postponing or canceling all events, at all levels of competition, through to the start of July.......

Lockdown: What Alert Level 3 Means For Surfing

Derek MorrisonApril 27, 2020June 11, 2020

by Derek MorrisonApril 27, 2020June 11, 20200

There’s a collective sigh of relief being held around the country right now as surfers throughout New Zealand suffer one more day of torment under Lockdown Level 4. That’s Indicators at Raglan above and it’s pumping on an Anzac Day holiday Monday. It would normally be packed to the gunnels.......

Watch: Paige Hareb’s Unexpected Journey

Derek MorrisonApril 15, 2020July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonApril 15, 2020July 25, 20240

What happens when the world’s hungriest World Qualifying Surfers are suddenly cut-free from their commitments when the 2020 Piha Pro is postponed due to COVID-19? Well, if Paige Hareb is involved then there is only one solution: grab a handful of good people and indoctrinate them into the ways to......

Southern Surfing Wahine Share A Lockdown Beer

Derek MorrisonApril 15, 2020July 2, 2020

by Derek MorrisonApril 15, 2020July 2, 20200

Bored in lockdown and struggling to stay out of the water? You’re not alone, but in this Covid-19 tarnished world there is a bright side: get creative like these southern surfing girls did. The South Island Surfing Championships were supposed to have been held this past weekend (and the waves......

Artist Daryn McBride Offers Surfers Some Lockdown Relief

CPLApril 8, 2020July 2, 2020

by CPLApril 8, 2020July 2, 20200

Surf artist Daryn McBride has taken the lockdown message of community into his own hands. Now in his late 40s he’s offering New Zealanders a window into his art through a series of his colouring-in drawings. Daryn McBride is a living legend in the longboard scene. He’s a true talent and......

COVID-19 Lockdown: New Zealand Surfers Asked To Help In Crisis

Derek MorrisonMarch 26, 2020July 2, 2020

by Derek MorrisonMarch 26, 2020July 2, 20200

New Zealand’s surfing communities have been asked to stay out of the water for at least the next four weeks to play their role in curbing the transmission of Coronavirus COVID-19. While it’s a hard pill to swallow and certainly not a well-communicated component of the lockdown, leading surfing communities......