Piha surfer Gaby Sansom earned a wildcard by winning the New Zealand open enabling her to compete in a world surfing women’s event at New Plymouth tomorrow. Only 15-years-old, Gaby  [ Read More ]

Sitka’s Mischa Davis has this past weekend been crowned the overall Women’s Champion at the final round of the Hyundai New Zealand Longboard Tour for 2012 at Port Waikato. With  [ Read More ]

Latest YouTubes from Elliot Paerata-Reid, surfer boy extraordinaire. Love that filming of Lion Rock down the tube, and that snapper. Did he catch it off his board? http://vimeo.com/37711530 And Here’s  [ Read More ]

Two Piha surfers will represent New Zealand at the ISA world junior surfing championships in Panama this April. Tane Wallis and Elliot Paerata-Reid were selected alongside 10 other surfers from  [ Read More ]

Piha’s Elliot Paerata-Reid was first in the under-16 boys over the weekend, at the second round of the Billabong Grom at Whangamata. Elliot achieved 12.3 points, ahead of Dune Kennings  [ Read More ]

  Here’s a message from Matt McNeil in the coastal team at Auckland Council. He wants some help in compiling the Auckland region’s best surfbreaks for protection in the Auckland  [ Read More ]

The titles might not have gone tumbling down to Piha contestants at finals day 20 January of the National Surfing Champs at Piha, but Piha was quite a presence, despite  [ Read More ]

The Hyundai 2012 National Surfing Champs are for the first time, awarding a Most Outstanding Performance Trophy which will go to the stand-out performance at the 50th anniversary champs. It could be  [ Read More ]

Peter Byers, pioneer surfer and board maker, will be honoured at the Hyundai National Surf Champs at Piha with the establishment of an award in his memory. Byers died earlier  [ Read More ]

VANITA PRASAD  Mischa Davis enjoys swapping her longboard for a custom-made tail when she’s not competing in top level surfing contests. The 23-year-old is in the women’s longboard and open  [ Read More ]