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Nats 2025: The Free Surf Sessions

Derek MorrisonFebruary 14, 2025

by Derek MorrisonFebruary 14, 20250

If contests are the buttoned down sports version of surfing then the free surf sessions that take place around the heats are the creative opposite. There is no pressure, no judges, no decisions, just free-flowing moments when the tide hits the banks just right. Even with a below-par swell running......

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Alexis Owen Takes Down Billy, Wins National Title

Derek MorrisonFebruary 6, 2025February 6, 2025

by Derek MorrisonFebruary 6, 2025February 6, 20250

One of the most promising rising stars in New Zealand, 16-year-old Alexis Owen, peaks in the 2025 New Zealand Surfing Championship Open Men’s final to pull the rug out from eight-time national champion Billy Stairmand and two-time national and defending champion Daniel Farr. Billy Stairmand knows what it takes to......

Ava Henderson Wins Second National Title

Derek MorrisonJanuary 31, 2025February 6, 2025

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 31, 2025February 6, 20250

Ava’s road to her second national title was a convoluted one … she nearly didn’t get there … but the likeable, laidback surfer from Christchurch soon found her feet in Stent Road’s lefts and rights to take the top gong. In 2020 Ava Henderson won her first Open Women’s title......

40 Frames: Westport Nats Day 3

Derek MorrisonJanuary 13, 2022December 5, 2022

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 13, 2022December 5, 20220

Westport delivers yet another day of sunshine and waves in the 2-3 foot range for Day 3 of the 2022 New Zealand Surfing Championships. With temperatures soaring and favourable wave conditions most of the day the event extended into the early evening to get through the required heats. Standouts include......

Westport To Host Nationals 2022

Derek MorrisonAugust 26, 2021July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonAugust 26, 2021July 25, 20240

The 59th edition of the New Zealand National Surfing Championships will be staged in Westport in early 2022, the second time the event has been held on the West Coast of the South Island. The National Championships brings together the best surfers in New Zealand and with the World Surf......

10 Best Moments From The 2020 Nationals

Derek MorrisonJanuary 13, 2020July 2, 2020

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 13, 2020July 2, 20201

With a forecast about as diabolical as you can get for a Dunedin summer the Health 2000 2020 Nationals had it all: early exits, upsets, elation and the emergence of two new champions. Here are our 10 best moments from it all. The Gathering of the Tribe There are few......

Maz Quinn Wins Exit Surf Canterbury Championships, Closes In On NZ Surf Series Title

Derek MorrisonApril 28, 2019July 30, 2019

by Derek MorrisonApril 28, 2019July 30, 20190

Maz Quinn claims his second win of the 2019 New Zealand Surf Series by taking out the Exit Surf Men’s Canterbury Surfing Championships held at Taylor’s Mistake at the weekend. The win elevates Quinn to second overall on the national rankings at a time when the 42-year-old has semi-stood back......