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Surfing Australia Lands $1 Million In Federal Funding To Boost Women’s Surfing

Derek MorrisonOctober 3, 2024November 26, 2024

by Derek MorrisonOctober 3, 2024November 26, 20240

Surfing Australia has been awarded $1 million in federal funding to develop the “New Wave of Female Boardriders” project. In an announcement made this morning at the Hyundai HPC by local MP Justine Elliot, alongside key females from Australia’s surf community, the grant will be delivered over the next three......

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Five Minutes With 15-Year-Old National Champion Maya Mateja

Derek MorrisonFebruary 28, 2024March 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonFebruary 28, 2024March 25, 20240

At 15, Maya Mateja became one of the youngest surfers to win the Open Women’s title when she won the 2024 New Zealand Surfing Championships. We catch up with the Raglan-based phenom to find out how she did it and why she won’t be surfing for Team New Zealand. With......

40 Frames: NZ Surf Nats The Grand Finale

Derek MorrisonFebruary 28, 2024July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonFebruary 28, 2024July 25, 20240

Finals Day for the Open Men and Women goes down to the wire at the 2024 New Zealand Surfing Champs. No one in the packed crowd on the steps of St Clair Beach could have predicted the Open Men’s Final would boil down to a tie break between defending Champion......

Five Minutes With National Champion Daniel Farr

Derek MorrisonFebruary 3, 2024

by Derek MorrisonFebruary 3, 20240

Hot on the heels of his 2024 New Zealand Surfing Championship we catch up with Taranaki’s Daniel Farr to find out how it feels to win his second Open title … and the moment he knew he had won it. Daniel Farr wasn’t on the radar for the 2024 National......

40 Frames: NZ Surf Nats Day Of Groms

Derek MorrisonJanuary 17, 2024April 9, 2024

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 17, 2024April 9, 20240

Finals Day for the Under 18s, 16s and 14s at the 2024 New Zealand Surfing Champs reveals an historic moment. This is the sharp end of the contest for the juniors, made even more incisive by the fact a win here gives you automatic entry into the New Zealand surfing......

40 Frames: NZ Surf Nats St Clair Shakedown

Derek MorrisonJanuary 14, 2024April 9, 2024

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 14, 2024April 9, 20240

Day Five of the 2024 New Zealand Surfing Champs sees a shakedown of the premier divisions as the circus moves back to the St Clair Esplanade. Day Five saw the contest move back to the comfort of St Clair with light winds and a new north east swell promising some......

Daniel Farr and Maya Mateja Win 2024 Surf Nats

Derek MorrisonJanuary 14, 2024April 9, 2024

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 14, 2024April 9, 20240

Taranaki’s Daniel Farr and Raglan 15-year-old Maya Mateja win the 2024 New Zealand Surfing Champs held in Dunedin over the past week. An explosive final day of the 2024 National Surfing Championships has seen Taranaki surfer Daniel Farr claim his second national title by the closest margin in the history......

40 Frames: NZ Surf Nats … The Free Surf Sessions

Derek MorrisonJanuary 11, 2024July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonJanuary 11, 2024July 25, 20240

The 2024 New Zealand Surfing Champs is underway in Dunedin right now with a challenging forecast keeping organisers on their toes. There’s always a lot more to a surf comp than meets the eye. Especially when the swell, wind and tide combination is in a typical summer mode, with swirling......

40 Frames: Whangamata Grom Series, Part 1

Derek MorrisonFebruary 12, 2022December 5, 2022

by Derek MorrisonFebruary 12, 2022December 5, 20220

Taranaki surfer Skylar McFetridge surfed to her first national win at the second event of the Billabong Grom Series presented by Oceanbridge held at Whangamata today. McFetridge was joined by Sol Fritchley (Mnt) and Lola Groube (Pau) as winners in their respective divisions today. Fritchley backed up his stunning win......

Billabong Grom Series: Mount Maunganui, Part One

Derek MorrisonFebruary 2, 2022November 29, 2022

by Derek MorrisonFebruary 2, 2022November 29, 20220

Three winners emerged on a unique day at the Billabong Grom Series held at Tay Street, Mount Maunganui on Saturday. Event one in the three-event series, saw the contest fields split into two to accommodate the New Zealand Government’s red light settings. Finn Vette (Gis), Natasha Gouldsbury (Tara) and Tao......