Northland Kneeboarder

Local Tutukaka lad Phil Stubbs is one keen Kneeboarder, he is out in the surf every chance he can be to get ready for The Opunake Kneeboard Surfing Classic on Saturday the 23rd of November, the penultimate NZ Kneeboarding event before the 2020 Worlds, Phil is super keen to keep Kneeboard surfing and it's culture alive and well in Northland, great guy to talk to and super passionate about his sport, Mike C.

hollow wooden boards

It was great to catch up with Thomas Bauer at this year's Fry with his beautiful Hollow Wooden Surfboards, hours of work with fantastic end results, well done mate, thanks for coming along again, see you next year, Mike C.

the don

Don Edge is a true local surfing legend, in his 80's he is one of a handful of early Northland surfers who hit the waves in the 1960's on the East Coast of NZ (mostly at Waipu Cove), Don has attended all TCFF events sadly this time without his surf mate, surfing legend in his own right and brother Ross who passed away last year, here Don stands with one of his first ever surfboards made from a solid Kauri coffin lid circa 1962, he will be at TCFF 2016 this year and will be bringing this slice of Northland surf history with him, Mike C.

looking fishy

I have a list of shapers and surfers that I will be catching up with asap but most of them are just out of range at the moment, I have plans to catch up with some from Auckland, Dargaville and Opononi but if you know of any interesting characters a little closer to Whangarei please let me know, mmm.cunningham@xtra.co.nz cheers Mike C.

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Surfer profile on Innes Jenkins, arguably one of Northland's best noseriders and all round nice guy has been scoring some great East Coast waves as of late, if you get the chance to see him surf you will be in for a treat, Mike C.

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A small profile of Phil Jam, a classic longboarder with an extensive surfing background, can be seen sliding across faces at Waipu Cove and glassing surfcrafts at Wayne Parkes on the Northshore of Auckland, one hell of a nice guy, Mike C.

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Long time surfer and all round nice guy Tony Baker has been giving up a lot of his free time to help Northland Grommets, his involvement with youth surfing clubs and activities is fantastic, good work Tony, plus he is a great supporter of TCFF and will be at next year's event on the 13th of March 2016, Waipu Cove NZ, Mike C.