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Oscar Hetherington Wins International Surf Photography Award

Derek MorrisonNovember 15, 2023November 17, 2023

by Derek MorrisonNovember 15, 2023November 17, 20230

New Zealand’s Oscar Hetherington has won the world’s most prestigious surf photography contest, when it was announced that he had won the Follow The Light Surf Photography Grant award a few days ago at Laguna Beach, California. The awards are held each year to honour the late Larry “Flame Moore,......

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Video Review: Aquatech DC-5 Water Housing

Derek MorrisonMarch 16, 2022July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonMarch 16, 2022July 25, 20240

After more than 10 years of swimming around lineups with this housing we decide to give the DC-5 housing from Aquatech a thorough review. The DC-5 is designed for the Canon EOS 5D range of cameras and we ran in ours a 5D MkII, 5D MkIII, 5D MkIV and the......

Chasing Unicorns With Jean Pierre Guillotin

Derek MorrisonSeptember 21, 2021September 21, 2021

by Derek MorrisonSeptember 21, 2021September 21, 20210

Meet the French-speaking Spaniard chasing waves in New Zealand – not to surf them, but to photograph them. Jean Pierre Guillotin is bringing a fresh perspective to the waves and surfers of the North Island. New Zealand Surf Journal’s Derek Morrison caught up with 32-year-old JP during Auckland’s most recent......

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.......

From The Mountains To The Sea: Oscar Hetherington

Derek MorrisonJune 29, 2021June 29, 2021

by Derek MorrisonJune 29, 2021June 29, 20210

Every now and then a young photographer comes along who just seems to have an eye for surf culture. They see the waves, landscapes and humans in a new, more youthful light and that adds volumes to the story of New Zealand surfing. Award-winning photographer, Oscar Hetherington, is one of......

Fiji, As Seen From A Kiwi Photographer’s Perspective

Hayden CampbellNovember 13, 2019

by Hayden CampbellNovember 13, 20190

Southern surf photographer, Hayden Campbell, ditches his hood, steamer and booties in favour of some Pacific Island charm in the form of the crystal blue waters of Cloudbreak. Camera in tow, here’s his first story for New Zealand Surf Journal, directly from the coral heads of one of our most......

Meet The World’s Most Fearless Surf Photographer … He’s Only 18

Derek MorrisonApril 24, 2019

by Derek MorrisonApril 24, 20190

Launched yesterday, Red Bull’s Chasing the Shot documentary follows 18-year-old surf photographer Leroy Bellet, as he chases the ultimate point of view surf shot at some of the world’s wildest big wave locations. Bellet comes from the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia, where he has grown up surfing......

Surf Photography: Secret Surf Missions In Our Rural Heartland

Derek MorrisonMarch 13, 2019

by Derek MorrisonMarch 13, 20190

Surf photographers go to extraordinary lengths to capture our waves and those who surf them. One of New Zealand’s finest even employs SAS-level training and wears a specially made sniper suit to roam the coastline completely undetected. He does it to capture line-ups that you’ll never find. He makes sure......

Photo Essay: East Coast Pumps Part 2 – Gisborne

Derek MorrisonFebruary 28, 2019July 31, 2019

by Derek MorrisonFebruary 28, 2019July 31, 20190

The February swell that swept into the East Coast and drifted south made a direct hit on Gisborne. The wonky, wobbly swell hit with such intensity that only few breaks could properly handle the volume of water moving around. The unusual easterly swell direction added to the confusion. But if......

Photo Essay: East Coast Pumps Part 1 – Coromandel Coast

Derek MorrisonFebruary 28, 2019July 31, 2019

by Derek MorrisonFebruary 28, 2019July 31, 20190

A swarm of tropical cyclones swirled through the Pacific in the first half of February. As they dissipated they tracked south east and got trapped off the East Coast by a blocking high over New Zealand. That scenario created the perfect long range and sustained swell engine for the East......