The World Surf League will descend onto the waves at Manu Bay in Raglan from May 15-25, marking the first time a championship tour event has been held in New Zealand. Announced in February, the event will see the world’s top 36 men and 24...
The World Surf League championship event at Manu Bay is rapidly approaching, but there’s already plenty going on behind the scenes before contestants take to the waves. With a short lead-in time to prepare for the competition - which was...
More than a quarter of a century since catching his first waves at Manu Bay, top New Zealand surfer Billy Stairmand is about to go full circle in realising a lifelong ambition. The Raglan local has won a record nine national championships,...
Twenty seconds. In the world of highperformance surfing, it’s an eternity. For Taranaki’s Tom Butland, it was a blur of salt spray and adrenaline as he threaded a fast, barrelling right-hander in the Philippines, disappearing into...
Most 15-year-olds are focussed on doing well at school and spending time with friends. Alani Morse, on the other hand, is gearing up to compete against the best surfers in the world in her own backyard no less. The World Surf League is crashing...