behind the cover

This sessions occurance came about by a joint team effort of several tropical storm systems, first Cyclone Gita started the work followed a week later by another un-named system which saw the heavens open, record floods and road closures occur. Those first systems laid the foundations which lay and wait for Cyclone Hola to weave its magic spinning out wide off the coast of the North Island in a perfect swell delivering position for East Coast surfers. Work and commitments were put on ice the entire length of the eastern facing shores from the Far North to Otago, and our surfers set off in search of cyclone dreams. While tales of success and broken hearts were aplenty one particular spot that had in itself broken hearts may times before was having its ‘day of days’ and local lads like Ben Hazelwood were making pigs of themselves, knowing that opportunities like this only occur several times in ones surfing life. Photo: Cory