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Garrett McNamara paddles into the biggest wave of the year

Posted on Friday October 28th at 11:41 a.m.

Three days of perfect swell hit Praia do Norte. Ocean explorer, Garrett McNamara and Floridian, CJ Macias were in the right spot to take full advantage of what Nazaré had to offer. This was the first session with large waves to start this year’s ZON North Canyon Show 2011 exploration.

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Rena on the Rocks

Posted on Thursday October 13th at 9:00 p.m.

The container ship Rena hit Astrolabe Reef about 12 nautical miles off Tauranga early on October 5th. The surfing community is left in shock as 10 days on oil continues to pours from the stricken ship onto our beloved beaches. We will keep this blog rolling. If you have any photos or content you would like to share email us at team@surf.co.nz

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Finless Rebellion

Posted on Tuesday October 11th at 3:01 p.m.

Just pay attention to what is happening at your home break on any given swell. Fundamentally things have not changed much: finned surfboards are still used by more then 99% of surfers. Yet the few finless boards present, if any, will be the center of attention at the peak, regardless of how friendly surfers might be.

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Adam Grimson takes out the Gisborne Boardriders Triple Crown

Posted on Thursday September 29th at 4:42 p.m.

New Zealand representative surfer, Adam Grimson, showed his class at the second contest in the Gisborne Boardriders club series, which was held last weekend (Saturday 24, Sunday 25 September) at the Red Bus break at Makarori.

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Teahupo'o Tow Session

Posted on Sunday August 28th at 8:51 p.m.

Tow wins the day at the biggest Teahupo’o in years. The Billabong Pro Tahiti had to be called off today at Teahupoo with surf simply too big to paddle in to - however - about 15 of the world's top tow in surfers charged the world's most feared wave in a memorable day of surfing.

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Blow Up - Full Length Movie

Posted on Saturday July 2nd at 10:32 a.m.

Billabong presents BLOW UP, featuring Laurie Towner, Creed McTaggart, Granger Larsen, Ian Gentil, Ryan Callinan, Reubyn Ash, Jack Freestone. Grab a cuppa and kick back for half an hour. This movie will want to make you surf!

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Matt Hewitt #1

Posted on Monday May 30th at 12:46 p.m.

Matt-Lewis Hewitt has claimed victory at the ASP Chill Pro Junior presented by the City of Stirling after combining big moves with style and flow to take out Australia’s Garett Parkes (NSW) in what was a highly anticipated final at Trigg Point, Perth yesterday.

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O'Neill CWC Classic Gisborne 2011

Posted on Tuesday May 10th at 10:59 a.m.

Gisborne New Zealand was the location for the first event of the third series of the O'Neill Coldwater Classic. As well as the obligatory surf porn the show features elements of the Maori culture (Haka, tattoo, chanting etc), the O'Neill team feed stingrays and surf down a waterfall on bodyboards.

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Day 3 - TSB Bank Women’s Surf Festival

Posted on Friday April 29th at 7:56 a.m.

Curl Magazine has been snapping away for Round 1 of the Subaru Pro TSB Bank Women’s Surf Festival in Taranaki, yesterday.

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Seven Ghosts

Posted on Wednesday April 13th at 1:12 p.m.

It's been a long ten days. Hell, it's been a long six months. But when word came to the Tip2Tip brain trust that a remote Indonesian tidal bore would be turning out its best deluge of waves in 19 years, we knew we had to keep searching...

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