COVID-19 Archives - New Zealand Surf Journal

Team Backdoor Score Southern Gems

Derek MorrisonApril 1, 2022November 29, 2022

by Derek MorrisonApril 1, 2022November 29, 20220

The concept is simple: take a bunch of Backdoor’s best team surfers and put them into the best waves we can find in the south. Covid has other ideas. The lineup is impeccable: newly crowned national champion Daniel Farr, Under 18 national champion Ava Henderson, inaugural Super 16 champion Taylor......

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Breaking News: 2021 Scholastics Cancelled, Primary School Champs Postponed

Derek MorrisonSeptember 21, 2021July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonSeptember 21, 2021July 25, 20240

The 2021 Primary School Championships have been postponed and the National Scholastic Surfing Championships have been cancelled. The Sticky Johnson Primary School Champs were due to take place October 2-3 in Gisborne, while the National Scholastics Surfing Championships – one of the biggest events of the surfing calendar – was......

Lockdown 2021: Surfing Illegal In New Zealand … Again

Derek MorrisonAugust 18, 2021July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonAugust 18, 2021July 25, 20240

New Zealand records its first Delta variant cases and is plunged back into lockdown mode at the highest level, which makes surfing illegal. Level 4 is a frustrating situation to find ourselves in once again, but unlike our first lockdown back in March 2020, the rules around surfing are very......

NZSJ Podcast: Paige Hareb And Saffi Vette In MIQ

Derek MorrisonJune 24, 2021July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonJune 24, 2021July 25, 20240

New Zealand Surf Journal releases Episode 1 of its Good Salt podcast series with an in-depth chat with Paige Hareb and Saffi Vette as they endure MIQ in Auckland. Fresh back from the ISA World Surfing Games in El Salvador we discuss the Olympic dream, Tokyo 2020’s waves, and we......

WSL Updates 2021 Calendar, Oi Rio Pro Cancelled

Derek MorrisonJune 11, 2021July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonJune 11, 2021July 25, 20240

The World Surf League announces the updated calendar for the remainder of the 2021 Championship Tour leading into the Rip Curl WSL Finals in September. The Oi Rio Pro is cancelled, Mexico is in. The third leg of the Tour includes a stop in Mexico for the first time in......

Bask: A Film By Isaac Chadwick (AO)

Derek MorrisonOctober 16, 2020July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonOctober 16, 2020July 25, 20240

In Bask, 19-year-old filmmaker, Isaac Haki Chadwick, captures the essence of life as a student and young surfer set among the raw and tumultuous whims of the southern ocean. It’s rawness is equaled by its honesty, offering a window into something few would otherwise get to see. We caught up......

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......

New Zealand Surf Journal Scores New Toyota Highlander

Derek MorrisonSeptember 1, 2020July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonSeptember 1, 2020July 25, 20240

New Zealand Surf Journal lands a tidy new Toyota Highlander and $10,000 media package through the Toyota and Mediaworks Small Business Driver promotion. Designed to help businesses who suffered as Covid-19 took its grip on New Zealand in March and April, the Small Business Driver was created by Mediaworks and......

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......