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Watch: Goddesses

Derek MorrisonNovember 10, 2021November 10, 2021

by Derek MorrisonNovember 10, 2021November 10, 20210

Acclaimed filmmaker Morgan Maassen brings us his latest film, Goddesses, which explores the lives of three young Tahitian girls: Vahine, Heimiti and Kohai Fierro. Set in their home against a dramatic backdrop of Tahiti’s jungle, mountains and reefbreaks, this film is as mesmerizing as it is soulful. “My obsession with......

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Breaking Eggs With Filmmaker Isaac Chadwick

Derek MorrisonAugust 23, 2021August 23, 2021

by Derek MorrisonAugust 23, 2021August 23, 20210

The intake of students at the University of Otago is thick with talented surfers who have had their OE wings clipped by Covid-19. One of them, 20-year-old Isaac Chadwick, has been filming and documenting his mates surfing, the student lifestyle and their rise in the music scene since he arrived.......

Watch: Super Saturday Raw Footage Outer Reefs, Hawaii

Derek MorrisonJanuary 19, 2021May 3, 2021

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 19, 2021May 3, 20210

Filmmaker and surfer Fellipe Valadao brings us this raw edit from the super swell that hit Hawaii over the weekend. “I had the privilege to ride a couple of the best big waves of my life today here on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii,” he told his followers. “This......

Artist Insight: Spanish Visual Storyteller Sara Guix And Her Love For New Zealand

Derek MorrisonJanuary 12, 2021July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 12, 2021July 25, 20240

New Zealand has a special magic that is sometimes hard to see from within. For Spanish-born visual storyteller Sara Guix that elixir drives her creativity and has captured her heart. Since 2015 Sara has been based in Raglan and spent her time wandering New Zealand’s coastline, in search of waves,......

Watch: A Thank-You Letter To New Zealand

Derek MorrisonJanuary 12, 2021July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 12, 2021July 25, 20241

In 2015 Spanish-born filmmaker Sara Guix visited New Zealand for a year. She hasn’t left. In this film the 30-year-old visual storyteller shares a heartfelt thank-you to New Zealand. Filmed from January to December 2020 Sara offers the piece as “a gift for helping me find peace in a time......

Five Minutes With: 15-Year-Old Filmmaker Hunter Cooney

Derek MorrisonNovember 10, 2020

by Derek MorrisonNovember 10, 20200

Whangamata surfer Hunter Cooney is the guy responsible for producing Flightless Obsession – that’s the Kiwi surf film that was borne out of our Covid-19 Lockdown. New Zealand Surf Journal caught up with the young creative along the iconic shoreline of Kaikoura. NZSJ: Hello, Hunter. What are you doing standing......

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......

Watch: Soli

Derek MorrisonAugust 13, 2020August 13, 2020

by Derek MorrisonAugust 13, 2020August 13, 20200

Take up one super talented filmmaker. Team them up with one of Australia’s most exciting pro surfers. Send them on a lap of the World Tour together and this is what you get: the epic visual story of Indigenous Australian surfer Soli Bailey. 10 years ago, an Australian surf magazine......

Watch: Jordy

Derek MorrisonJuly 28, 2020July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonJuly 28, 2020July 25, 20240

Filmmaker Morgan Maassen teams up with South Africa’s Jordy Smith to bring this insight into one of the World Surf League’s most stylish surfers. “My longstanding attraction to surfing has always been through the elegance of style,” offers Morgan. “Watching the way someone can navigate a wave, connecting moves, making......

Watch: Solitude, From New Zealand’s Newest Wetsuit Brand

Derek MorrisonJune 30, 2020July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonJune 30, 2020July 25, 20240

Born of New Zealand, Coastlines Wetsuits, officially pulled up a chair at the global rubber buffet when they launched just a few short months ago. NZSJ discovered they have some heavy hitters on their team and their heart’s in the right place. A few months before the brand launched, former......