Fresh off the press, Soggy Toes, the tidy little zine by talented photographer Guy Thompson. Forty four pages of high quality gloss to get you amped for summer. A unique grass roots peak into a small corner that is the culture of New Zealand surfing right now. Purchase here.
Written by Craig Levers and Brent Courtney.
The most ambitious surf book to come out of New Zealand. A lavish 224-page hard cover book pooling the best photographs from NZ’s leading surf photographers; the best of the best. A beautifully presented collection of NZ’s waves and surf from the Far North to the Deep South.
Combined with a beautiful introduction and short histories on the evolution of surfing, the surfboard, and surf automobiles in New Zealand, this well present hard cover is a great read for locals and tourists alike.
To purchase go here.
A little something for you from us while we are here in California. A cool little trailer to an epic looking film. We are loving it here in California at the moment.
Enjoy this early footage of Mount Maunganui legends Allan Byrne and Kevin Jarrett surfing Puni's Farm during the early 70's shortboard revolution. The clip also features an interesting history of how how Byrne and Jarrett developed chopped down surfboards for flat day fun behind a ski boat, which later developed into skurfing and ultimately the sport of wakeboarding.
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A behind the scenes photo essay by Ryan Glover on a recent voyage off the East Coast of New Zealand. Skip James, Jack Mander, Ryan and Captain Ben Millard loaded up the thirty foot H28 yacht 'Midas' with supplies and set sail for a small Archipelago of island out from the Port of Tauranga. The journey was just as much the destination - they were hunting waves and the unknown and didn't mind taking their time to get there. Typical to New Zealand they were assaulted with a myriad of weather conditions. The weather man was never right. Special thanks to Captain Ben Millard, Corona, Skip James and Damaged Goods Zine. Photography: Ryan Glover | Surf Photography: Skip James Jack Mander. Dawn. ...
