NZ SURFING MAGAZINE - Issue 185

In this issue

Blazing out of the heat of the 2018/19 summer comes the latest issue of NZ Surfing packed with the goods from the shores and surfers of Aotearoa. ON SALE NOW!!!!

On the COVER we feature our rising star Kehu Butler who after recently graduating from the junior ranks, is taking the big boys world in his stride and has already notched up several impressive results on the WSL Qualifying Tour.

Inside you’ll find:
THREE WRONGS DON’T MAKE A RIGHT- We hit the road with the Raglan Surf Academy who spend most of their year going right. The stars aligned and we scored three unique pumping right-hand points in three days.

7EVEN- Mr 7X Billy Stairmand just beat his own record taking his National Title haul to 7, we catch up with Billy on his new found focus for 2019 and what the title means to him as well as what he has his sights set on for the coming year.

THE NATIONALS: A welcomed return to the Naki after a 12-year hiatus saw a return to the legendary surf breaks of Surf Highway 45 and what sits as one of the greatest weeks in National Champs history.

CAPTURED PHOTOSPREAD: Kiwi surfers on kiwi waves caught in the moment and preserved for eternity.

THE TARADISE SESSIONS: The week of the National Champs pumped, yet there were plenty of epic sessions going down in between the heats and hooters over at the comp site. We feature some of the moments that clarify why locals call this place Taradise.

The 2019 WETSUIT GUIDE: The latest and greatest technology from the best wetsuit manufacturers on the planet, and word from their Kiwi ambassadors on their experiences with these suits.

PLUS:

Design word from the legendary shapeshifter Roger Hall on the mighty single fin.
Rising Grom- Taranaki’s Natasha Gouldsbury.
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The Way It Was

As we feature and celebrate the latest and greatest of wetsuit technology for 2019 (starting pg62). In this modern day and age with huge technologic advancements which allow for longer and more comfortable time in the water, we don’t really appreciate how lucky we have it. But for those that kick-started this surf craze here in NZ who are still at it today, their appreciation of how far we have come is worthy of sharing. TaffKennings was one of the first generation forefathers of surfing here in NZ, he grew up on the North Shore of Auckland, and was one of the pioneering surfers of Raglan and Whangamata, where he now resides. And was one of NZ’s first international representatives On any given swell whether it’s West Coast or East you will still find Taffin the water. He shares with us his recollection of the way it was.

2 mins

Three Rights Don't Make A Wrong

BUT THEY CAN MAKE A LEFT!We hit the road with the Raglan Surf Academy late in 2018 bound for wherever the forecast would lead us . . . but what lay ahead on this adventure lay far beyond anyone’s expectations!

10 mins

7Even!

Billy Stairmand re-writes the record books . . . AGAIN!!

10+ mins

One For The Record Books

After a 12-year hiatus, the most prestigious contest in our land returned to the Taranaki region and the legendary surf breaks of Surf Highway 45.

7 mins

The Shapeshifter Roger Hall

Alternating Rhythms: Exploring the back-beat and running with the sound of your own drum.

5 mins

Rising Grom Natasha Gouldsbury

Meet 14-year-old Natasha Gouldsbury — one of those who had a dream and made it happen by way of her self-belief and discipline, growing up in the most unlikely place for a champion surfer to come out of, yet now ready to take herself to the next level living amongst the core scene of surfing in Taranaki.

4 mins

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NZ SURFING MAGAZINE Magazine Description:

NZ Surfing Magazine is dedicated to New Zealand surfing. NZ action photos, NZ surfer profiles, NZ interviews with champions and the guy at the beach. New Zealand Surfing magazine is New Zealand longest running and most READ surfing magazine (New Zealander's have produced surf mags since the early 1950s, but New Zealand Surfing is the only one to have been continuously published for TWENTY EIGHT years). Each issue is wave after wave of hardcore surf action.