11 Year old Jackson Dorian Ripping Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch

Two of the most amazing things you we’ve seen is Shane Dorian’s 11 year old son getting some mean barrels and Kelly Slater’s wave pool looking like surfing heaven!

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Moxwai.com surfers and website designers

Just a quick to shout to the guys from Moxwai, who have helped out with our website. Www.vertigosurf.com is now one of the better surfing websites in NZ (we think its the best – cue the trumpet;) and we wanted to say thanks to Barney and the team at Moxwai for the help getting us there. We recommend if you looking for a website or just want yours to work better, head over to Moxwai…

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Endless Waves – Short Board Foiling with Kai Lenny

Ok this is now officially blowing our minds! Just a couple months ago we were looking at clips of the guys in Maui ridding standup paddle boards like this, but check this foil boarding clip from Kaim Lenny paddling his 5’6″ board on to wind swell of the coast of Maui. The fact that you can now do this opens the door to heaps more fun in the ocean. Turn a shitty cross shore 3 ft…

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Hydrofoil Surfing with Kai Lenny

Check this Video from Kai Lenny. Heres what he had to say about the experience: One of the most incredible feelings I’ve ever felt in surfing is when you can paddle for one wave but ride two! Hydrofoil Surfing has opened my world to new experiences and surfed spots I would have never looked twice at.

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Richie Jacksons Death Skateboards Video

Richie Jackson Having watched several million skateboarding videos over the years, its not that often that we see something and think ‘that’s fresh’. Well here it is mates, check this s##t out! Richie Jackson is our new Rodney Mullen… great innovation. Apparently a Kiwi also i read somewhere! Now if only we have spent the 26 mil from the flag shambles on developing skateboarding in this country!

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Jaws vs the Lyon 25

Jaws vs the Lyon 25 Check out this video of one of the biggest stair drops we’ve ever seen, and 10/10 for the perseverance! Shout out to Thrasher Magazine for sharing this one.

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Crazy Kite Surfing Stunt

Here is some classic footage from crazy kite surfing land! I doubt they could have fitted the Hugo Boss logo in there one more time… besides that i still have no idea WTF Hugo Boss actually sell?? Kites? Mercedes? Boats???

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Rental Cars New Plymouth

Shout out to our mates from New Plymouth Airport Rental Cars! If you heading to Taranaki and looking for car hire, then give these guys a call. The have wagons and people movers, as well as mini vans and sub compacts. The team are friendly, the service is fantastic and being located at the airport means to you don’t have to lug your gear anywhere!

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Start of the 75km SUP

Stoked to be heading up to the coromandel with some buddies to go on a big cuddle and maybe catch some fish. After spending half an hour writing a massive list of shirt but I had to pack I completely ignore them through I’ll bunch of junk in the car and headed North. After years of living in New Zealand driving through the North Island remind me of how lucky we are to live in…

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Sunday Arvo Surf Session at Jonos

Below is the data from Jono’s Rip Curl GPS watch, the light white line is the paddling which confirms he paddles round like a mad man between waves! Couple shots of Jono above and below surfing the right hander named after him! The waves were a bit hard to get into and paddling a 7 foot surfboard was a definite advantage. Great to see you out there mate – after a Saturday afternoon on the golf…