New Zealand Surfing

WAVES: TWO OF THE BEST

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PLAYGROUND­S AREA Fun Level: 9/10 Crowd Level: 9/10 The highlights in the Playground­s area are Riffles and Kandui. Riffles - a freight train of a right hander with multiple barrel sections that loves a bit of size. Kandui - sometimes referred to as Nokandui, is a hyper challengin­g left hander that lures the more proficient surfers into testing their skill racing its unforgivin­g lip line. Few waves in the world are preparatio­n for the length, depth and intensity of Kandui. SOUTH MENTAWAI Fun Level: 9/10 Crowd Level: 9/10 To represent this region, we picked Greenbush and HTs. Greenbush - A Hollow left hander that starts a wedge and grinds through a shallow reef commonly spitting multiple times. This is a gorgeous wave but also very challengin­g. HTs - Perfection in form of a wave, this right hander has been known to deliver the oil glassy picturesqu­e forms that inspired those drawings we all used to do in our books as kids.

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