Another week of Lockdown nearing it's end! Here's hoping our 5 weeks of Home Detention is drawing to a close....and you got all the home projects done that you wanted.
It was a good week for us virtual surfers; The WSL Finals at Trestles were held with the new weird format. Clearly, from the spicing in that sentence I didn't think the format was that great. BUT we had hours of surfing to entertain us on Tuesday...and the new world champs Carissa Moore and Gabriel Medina were the dominant surfers of the year.
Sorry not sorry Gabriel... 11 years ago at Piha when a very young Gabby won the ISA World Juniors. It was evident then his was going to be a force to reckon with.
And then on the local Front..
2020 National Champ and Piha local Elliot Paerata-Reid has just dropped a great clip. It features fellow Piha locals, Ware Wano and Dune Kennings as well as Kehu Butler. Its really good, I'm not going to bleat on, just watch it.
...And Then There's Billy
8x National Champ, Olympic Surfer and at present the only Kiwi on the Challenger Series; Billy Stairmand. Billy flies out today to compete on the Challenger Series. It's full on, he flies to California today for the Huntington Pro starting 20 September, Then to Europe for the Portugal and France events early October. Then on to Hawai for November. He'll be away the entire period, with no MIQ booked for his return. It'll work out aye! This is Billy's opportunity to qualify for the Championship Tour, definitely watch this space.
And Over On Recreational Society...
If you don't know about The Recreational Society, it's a NZ website made to provide a portal of information and inspiration for anyone thinking about or right into exploring NZ... which in this current world is EVERYONE aye!
This week's Feature, Ash Longhurst and his Blue Whale is HERE
The website is going so well we made a book of it!
The Recreationalists: Intrepid Kiwis And Their Campers
4 pallets of the book have arrived on schedule!!!! They are safely in a warehouse in Northcote ... and with Level 4 restrictions, no access the premises or any distribution. BUT Pre-Sales are open, and have been trucking along real nice- thanks fellas!!! As a bit of an enticement, Postage and Packaging is free. If you want to see the whole book, find out a bit more about it AND maybe just maybe take up the Pre Sale offer check it out HERE
From The Galleries
This place may or may not have been pumping last week. This image is from the 2015 Mega Swell event. You can check it out bigger HERE