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Another Winter Edition
![]() Yep
the boss is certainly back and cracking the whip as well. He's
demanding regular rollovers! So here we again from a new selection,
plus a bit from the files. There's also a hint of spring in the air -
between snow storms and the odd roast dinner! We're still building a
few other pages so keep loking through the site incase your staring!
![]() This is Jonny Wardrop catching himself in the Taylors Mistake freezer. If you look carefully you can spot the ice cube trays in the lip! ![]() A nice little low tide shore break. South Shore ![]() Cody McCusker looking for a lip unsuccessfully at Magnet Bay. ![]() Tucker Box carving off the bottom - both artificial hips pulling the full tweak,- go hard son!! ![]() Above and below Sam Dunfoy at The K. Same shot different pills! ![]() ![]() Jonny Wardrop: Magnet Bay Winter
2010
![]() Massive
Roll Over Cos The Boss is Back!!
Jump
on board cos every page has something new brewing just under the
title! Yep we've been North, South, East and West over the past
three months. Climb in and check out what we've found. More line ups
than you can poke a dgi compact at, more barrells than you can dream
about and even the odd air section. We've caught up with a few locals
here and there, covered the O'Neill Coldwater Classic in detail and got
the odd grom to do more than a chop hop! Yup Winter's been good swell
wise so far, cold and bloody good - like a good beer we suppose. Not
that the boss can see past a glass of JD on the rocks! Tha t reminds us
we've grabbed the full spread from JD Daniels 47 South. Check out the
spread on the sick spots page - all new and smokin barrells!
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T cruisin off the top, K River Mouth early morning.
![]() North Island hotty Tim O'Connor went down to Kaiks to win the Midwinter comp and scored a few waves around the comp site! ![]() The sun coming up from behind provides a cool translusence to this move Tim's focussed on. ![]() A couple of the 47 South tasters go to our Sick Spots page for a feast! ![]() A
TASTE OF WINTER
Forget
the steak n' Cheese Pie, Bluff Oysters, or even a steaming hot long
black. The first taste of winter has come knocking at the door, yep its
a cold southerly wind, reports of fresh snow and no doubt - yep no
doubt an endless supply of south swells for the next three or four
months. South swells that'll get the points, river mouths and
reefs firing both up and down the coast line of Aotearoa. We'll be
there, even the boss will be carting his old 600mm from the boot to the
beach. Frost and foggy breaths, long southerly lines - life couldn't be
sweeter he rec
New Brighton Pier
Easter Saturday and not goofy footer in sight!Easter Roll Over ![]() New Brighton Pier off the richter and not one knocker to surf it! ![]() Ben Rees, 12 O'clock South Side New Brighton Pier There's been a nice little swell
hitting the East Coast of both islands for the early part of Easter.
The East swell is transforming into a South Swell as the boss dictates
just what we should be saying in the intro. Kaikoura has been pumping
for the past couple of months. All the locals are walking around with
smiles on their faces just knowing that they've had it good!
Surfaotearoa had a photog up there a couple of weeks ago. He scored the
end of a south swell, it had been damn epic the week before.
Still managed to capture a few locals and vistors ripping it up.
The boss reckons its damned hypocrital of the Japanese arresting and charging Pete Bethune from The Sea Shepherd Protest in the Antarctic. After all the Japanese were down there performing an illegal whaling operation. After all the Japanese were breaking International Laws on whaling. "Lets hope" says the boss "That the New Zealand government will now stand up for the rights of a genuine New Zealand hero, someone who quite well could deserve a knighthood!" But nah probably better to keep giving them to people who race yachts subsidized by the New Zealand tax payer, who then jump ship when more money comes along from a foreign millionaire. And better still give 'em to the beer barons of this country whose product causes more anguish and deaths than the black plague caused centuries ago. Yup we've definitely got our morals right in this country reckons the boss - keep killing whales, even make it legal so the Japs can kill them legally seems to be the way things are heading! Maybe, just maybe a few more surfers could jump on board the protest machine. ![]() Sammy Dunfoy The fact that the government is about to give away the remaining fresh water in Canterbury to their mates with money. The fact that the government is about to vote to legalise whaling at the International Whaling Commission. Surfers are more in touch with the environment than many other sporting/lifestyle groups. As a member of the surfing tribe see what you can do to help ensure that our surfing environment and therefore our world is protected, cherished and nourished. Its gotta be worth a little effort - reckons 'The Boss'! ![]() Dan Grey ![]() Nash Robertson ![]() Nat Parsons DOUG YOUNG & SAM HAWKE BECOME FIRST KIWI TOW TEAM TO SURF MONSTROUS TEAHUPO’O, THE WORLDS DEADLIEST WAVE!!! In one session on St Patricks Day Dougie Young and Sam Hawke did more for South Island surfing than Surfing New Zealand has done in the past five years! Well done guys - reckons the boss, damn well done! Searching Yup finding a perfect uncrowded
wave can mean an early start to a special break in the country some
where. The idea of cruiz'n out into the country to find perfect
uncrowded waves is at the heart of the surfing experience. Grabbing
more than a couple of good ones with a few mates is a special
experience. Sometimes yuh might feel the need to yahoo at the end
of a wave or even 'CLAIM' a spectacular move or baz!
By all means do it if yuh feel the need cos when you're stuck in the 9 to 5 race you certainly need a few releases. ![]() A nice hollow little left peak, just wait'n to get slammed! Been stuck amongst the rat pack
paddling for the wave of the set, only to find that yuh lungs cave in
and your arms fade as some blonde haired bimbo of a grom races down the
face yellin' "My Wave Pops!" Did yuh smack the water with a clenched
fist, and swear to yourself that you would go to the gym instead of the
pub on the way home from work!?! Did yuh feel even more frustrated
knowing that a promise made to yourself is one you'll damn well never
keep cos no one else knows whether yuh will or won't!
A bit like the boss when he's at that back of the queue in the bakery and he's only got 'Steak 'n Kidney' on his mind, focussed, unswerving and totally illogical. If you know what we mean. Keep Chargin! ![]() A cruisy right hander, made for a mal and ten on the nose! ![]() Sun just creeping over
the horizon and a few locals in the line up just waiting to share their
waves with a carload or two - What do yuh reckon?
![]() Hayden Brain celebrating his new wetsuit sponsorship deal with XCel. ![]() Sam Courtney slammin a solid cutty. ![]() Big wave 'Paddle In' winner 09/10 Dougy Young work'n a non 30 foot face and still hyped on the joy of surfing and getting an early morning sess with a few mates! ![]() Jonny Wardrop not using calculus to calculate the g's in this little move! ![]() Sam Hawke, slid'n the tail after burying the rail. ![]() Jonny Wardrop poppin. Yes
![]() Spot X: 6am and a few locals onto it! Summer time is great for chasing waves when the days are hot and the water sometimes quite warm. Sure the breaks are definitely more crowded but the energy and excitement to grab a few or more than a few good waves with your mates watching is always a buzz! ![]() Sam Dunfoy: SSSlotted ![]() Above:- "Yep we'd like to know
where this break is as well." The boss just said that he needed a boat
to get there! Of course none of the crew in the office at the time
believed him!
![]() Above and below:
Not Pegasus Town; Just up the road a bit past the Shell
Station.
![]() ![]() Sam Dunfoy: Hang'n a rail ![]() Author Paul Hersey fires off the bottom: Taylors Session Great Waves ![]() ![]() ![]() Sam Dunfoy: Meatworks ![]() Peak: Marlborough County Surfing New Zealand ![]() Dunedin ![]() Dunedin: ![]() Dunedin: ![]() Blaketown: ![]() Blaketown: ![]() Tauranga Bay Westport: ![]() Tauranga Bay Westport: ![]() of as a good enough wave to hold a contest in by NZSA ![]() Tom Entwistle has just spent his usual winter break of at least a couple of months in Indo. This year he managed to have a couple of boat trips and luck into a lot of swells everywhere he went. Tom's a cruizy dude, enjoys a few Bintangs in the evenings and hunts out the biggest waves on the solid days. We're stoked to get these up our surfing website. THE LATEST SOLID SWELL AT DESERTS
Craig Sheriff our
Indo Agent was there to surf this solid 6 foot swell.
![]() TOMMY E Shoots Himself!!
![]() Exceptional Baz shot Tommy - great for letting us have this selection of images from this past winter in Indo. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() P Bay one of a number of line ups da boss is into at the mo. He seems to be getting nostalgic tucked up in a rug next to the heater. ![]() P Point more nostalgia, an uncrowded line up. Makes you realise how lucky we are to live and surf in Aotearoa New Zealand. Aaagh there is a guy on the inside wave, yup not so uncrowded after all!! ![]() Reef south of Brighton along the coast road towards a number of good breaks. Yup funny how the bosses memory slips sometimes, until he's standin in line ording the steak and red wine gravied out double pastry coated man sized grand daddy Truckers pie!! ![]() S Bay: The walk in will burn off even the the tennis ball sized lump of fat in the Truckers pie listed above! ![]() ![]() ![]() Whoops!!! We've had a break! Yep the boss got generous and shouted the crew an Indo trip. Spoilt rotten - 30 degree water and air temps for over a month and not a cream bun in sight! Although we did bust him at the Dunkin Doughnut shop at least twice! ![]() Al Temoananui: Racing the silver curtain. So yep we can share a few shots from here and there. But the main focus this roll over will be an "INVITES ONLY" spread to link in with a recent spread in KIWI SURF MAG. ![]() Sam Dunfoy: Testing his dad's board ![]() Matt McCory: Malibu magic or madness? ![]() Manu Schafer: Invited himself ![]()
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Demon: Dave Lyons
![]() Levi O'Connor Hot bath - anyone? The Baxter Bathhouse was again popular this year!! ![]() Sometimes the boss goes on a bit about this and that. One day he was saying that a photo is a lot more than an image, he reckons that a good shot will evoke feelings." A good shot is about the total feelings that you get as you view it. Sometimes drawn from your own experience as you take in what's happening in the photo" he mumbled. ![]() The guys in the office didn't agree and started to argue with him, we were bloody certain that a photo is just that - a bloody image. Then the boss started to show us a few line up shots, and you know what - we found out he was right. Looking at line up shots we were imagining all sorts of things to do with the day, the waves, what it was like, etc... ![]() Check these out -- you might start thinking like we did, then again, you could just be taking another bite from a cream bun like the boss did knowing that he was right again!! ![]() ![]() Dave Lyons above: Unaware of all the firewood on the beach. May Roll Over ![]() Yep, you guessed it New Brighton - North of The Pier voted worst beachbreak in Aotearoa by some spoilt brat prosurfers from north of the Strait. But yeah they had really bad no waves to surf in a comp once. For a much maligned bad beachie it does get quite photogenic in the 2 - 3 foot range! ![]() New Brighton: South of the Pier Makes you almost want to put your Indo tickets on hold - right...wrong!!!!!! Still not a surfer in sight. What's that I hear, a member of the breakfast club waxing up his mal somewhere past Doug's shack in the northern carpark. We've got a lot of new Pier Action on our Gallery Page for you to check out! Indo ![]() Thinking about Indo! We've got another early season update from Craig Sheriff's recent three day visit to Desert Point. Just a few shots to tempt you with - go on book those tickets now before its too late! Jeepers a real wave at last!! ![]() This little baby formed deep in the Antarctic Circle by fierce South Westerly winds blowing off a deep low. Double overhead on the peak it was screaming for someone to surf her as she broke, hollow and powerful and damned near perfect too! The Autumn Connection ![]() Welcome to the change of seasons
roll over. Autumn is always looked forward to on this Southern
Hemisphere island. A time of increased
south swells a time too of river mouth and point perfection. Either way
it a harvest time -for surfers and those who work the land.
Sometimes You
Score![]() Haydo Brain: Whale Rock ![]() Its a time too of cooler water temps, more off shore breezes and hopefully great waves with a few friends. Enjoy our wonderful country, don't abuse the privileges we have to surf pretty well any damn beach we want to; that is if you follow the basic rules and throw a bit of courtesy in or may be a half dozen as well when you speak to the local farmer. Courtesy and a little fore thought goes a lot further than bluff and bull shit we reckon - ay! Sooner or later the bluffers and the bull shitters will get what's comin - karma catches up. In the mean time don't let em spoil it for the rest of us!! ![]() Rowan Morris: Amberly Beach - Yep that's right Amberly!!! This Roll Over: Check out a couple of new SICK SPOTS: Whale Rock (See line ups above) and The Captain's Island We've got the latest Kiwi Surf to share a glimpse of. The editorial crew reckon its great to have a New Zealand Surf Mag that pays more than lip service to and regularly covers more than the top ten ...know what we mean!! Great to see Silas steppin up and kill'n it with style and imagination behind the lens too. Also check out:-
Cheers, The Editorial Team Surfaotearoa ![]() Sometimes You Score That is if you can drag your self out of bed at 5.30am, or if you're not stuck surfing some competition in a spot that seldom gets waves - if you know what we mean! Yeah we scored, along with a few others who got there even earlier than us and a carload or two that rocked up about the same time. Kinda worth the effort wouldn't ya think. But even now we realise we're probably preaching to the converted cos nothing, absolutely nothing beats surfing great waves! When ya look at an empty line up like the one above ya gotta feel more than a little envious - go on we know ya do! ![]() Same place, same morning;different time, different sand bank - ![]() ![]() Above: Twelve Year Old Luke O'Neill greets a new day with a dawn surf and ten over at his home patch. Yep - he also got to school on time! ![]() Sumner Beach Christchurch: An early morning in December. Just made for Malibu surfing. Noosa like waves from the Breakwater to Stoke Street. Yep if we hadn't seen it for ourselves we probably wouldn't have believed it either! A glimpse from the past... ![]() 1972 NZ Junior Champ Roger Strahl of New Brighton Beach surfing Taylors Mistake. Roger has been back in Christchurch for the past year and a half to help his elderly mum. During the late 1960's and early seventies he was one of the top South Island Juniors, he's been living in Sydney, running a surf school and nursing for the past twenty years. He's enjoying being back at uncrowded New Brighton surfing both sides of the pier! noticed. One things for sure through passages of time an's sizeable air reverse - Check out Clinic although we're not too sure how he regularly pulls moves like this! From our Archives : Warren Hawke Photo ![]()
Wazza Findlay :
Scarborough Reef 1984
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No doubt an Orwellian Tube ![]() Bali Bed and Breakfast; run by Craig and Kelly Sheriff Check out their website for bookings. Craig is an expert Indo guide and surf photographer as well as the perfect host. Advertising spaces are filling up on our site but we have a few more available, plus additional spaces as contracts run out. You can contact us through the site if you want to get your products out their to Kiwi Surfers. See the contact link at the bottom of t
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Winter This Issue: A new book: Yup its more than just pictures. Paul Hersey delivers the goodsin his new book: Searching for Groundswell. Go to our Product page for details. ![]() We're currently rebuilding our Groms Page Gallery Page Keeping checking the changes! While the boss supports the bakery down the roadsurfing1 . Billy Stairmand takes out the 2010 National Surfing Champs. Go top our news page for report and photos ![]() Al T ![]() Natty P ![]() Dan Grey ![]() Natty P ![]() Natty P ![]() Al T This latest Roll over features:- New shots on the gallery page. A bat tail feature on our news page. A few more new shots spread throughout the site. The North Wai Dunga Classic on our Mal Page. Enjoy!!! PRODUCT PAGE A major change! ![]() Surfaotearoa is pleased to announce that we are now marketing a unique Classic Range of Surf Prints. ![]() Go To Our Products Page to check out these superb prints. ![]() Framed Prints also available from Barron Surf Shop Bower Ave Christchurch and Exit Surf Ferry Road Christchurch WHAT's NEW!! This Roll Over Gallery Page a spread of shots from Kahutara plus a few from Hickory on New Year's Day A mini Feature on South Island Surf Artist Patch Bonner (From a feature in Slide Magazine) Go to our Profiles Page for this! Competition Shots Surfaotearoa had a photog at a Grom Comp at Taylors Mistake recently. Check out our Grom Page to see what he captured!! ![]() Al T ![]() Levi O ![]() Munza Jonny Wardrop New Brighton Pier Left and Below Spring Fever ![]() ![]() ![]() Above Sam Dunfoy ![]() Above and Below Grimma ![]() ![]() Felix Dickson Salani Left ![]() Jai Earnshaw Salani Rights ![]() Samoan Fire Dance Salani Check out our Kaikoura Shooting Gallery on our Gallery Page ![]() Nat Parsons Above,Below and Left ![]() ![]() Billy ![]() Rangi ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Go to our NEWS PAGE for an indepth INDO spread and some of the experiences of these two rippers! Plus a shot or two of a few old dudes scoring some great waves!! ![]() Leon and lunch ![]() Craig and Chilli Garlic prawns. ![]() Rocky "U want ride to Perescopes mista?" Bejeepers if only we could speak Indo as well as they speak English!! ![]() Leon S ![]() Rangi ![]() Billy Go to our News Page to see the full shots and Indo breakdown! Thanks to Craig Sheriff for these water shots. CUBA Surf Jam ![]() Go to our news page for some of the action from this event! Pier Action ![]() Baccy ![]() Dylan Barnfield ![]() Dan Warren Go to our mal page for more of this action. More Pier Action ![]() Will Newman ![]() Ben Rees Go to our gallery to see a massive new Pier feature ![]() This New Roll Over: We've got a bunch of early season shots from Indo. Thanks to Craig Sheriff and his photogs for sending these across the wires!! ![]() Mick Fanning 2009 Hyundai Christchurch Longboard ![]() Taylor Jensen Wins! We're still building this page: A few more days and a lot more shots plus the odd cream bun or two and we'll have it finished. In the mean time check it out and watch it grow! Womens Champs: Go to the Girls Page for some Photos: A Session at H Bay Go to our Gallery Page. ![]() Jonny Wardrop ![]() Check out our Product Page for shots of Shaun Streeter charging Nias 2009 Canterbury Surf Champs Go to our News page for Photos ![]() Also Check out our Grom Page for a small feature on Ben Bennett and Geordie Dearns of Dunedin. We've finally managed to get a few grom Comp Shots up as well. Our New Shooting Gallery The Christchurch Grom Comp Show Weekend ![]() Why was Doug Young (Above) also mumbling Mudlucka? Check out our sick spot page for a taste! Shooting Gallery Go to our Gallery Page
To check shots from Magnet Bay Sunday 12 October And Taylors Mistake On Tuesday 7 October 2008. This Rollover:
![]() ![]() Zenor: LakeyCraig Sheriff Photo Product Page ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Snap City Snap City Snap City
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![]() Matt Macgill Above and Below ![]() ![]() Carl Everett Above
![]() Images From Meatworks ![]() Sam Dunfoy above and below. ![]() ![]() Carlin Chambers ![]() Matt MacCrory Images From Hickory ![]() Craig Sheriff ![]() Manu Schafer ![]() Craig Sheriff ![]() The previously damaged sign at Hickory Bay. Must make a few idiots proud to call themselves surfers. Be great to know who these idiots are so they can pay for their work! Some Roadie Images from Dunedin ![]() Above and Below Jamie Richards ![]() ![]() Nat Parsons ![]() Luke Murphy ![]() Jai Earnshaw Images From Taylors Mistake ![]() Mike Christensen
![]() Axe Stanley ![]() Axe Stanley ![]() Sam Dunfoy ![]() Hamish King ![]() ![]() Ben Lubbers South Sides ![]() Ben Lubbers ![]() Pier cranking ![]() Reeso cranking
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