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A Yarn with Mikey Potslopper presented by Hughes Surfboards

April 10, 2020

We've set out with Hughes Surfboards to have a yarn with a few of the surfers who have picked a Hughes board as their weapon of choice on the waves. Whether it's a custom design or a board from the lineup that we have in-store year-round, we catch up with them to find out more about their board (or boards), how it impacts their surfing and a bit about what they do when they're not in the water.

FCS II H4 In-store Now

March 13, 2020

Precision Swiss engineering matched with a highly evolved template, provides an unprecedented level of control and predictability at high speeds.

The FCS H4 looks and surfs different to any other fin.

The primary use of injection moudling, combined with fused unidirectional carbon, allows us to achieve synergy between all the materials and the geometry of the fin, to create a flex that’s best described as intuitive.

The best thing, the flex is perfect on every single fin, offering a consistent feel every time you hit the water.

Fin School Part 2: Construction & Flex

December 17, 2019

In our second film with New Zealand Surf Journal, we guide you through construction materials and how they affect a fin’s weight, flex and overall performance in the water.

Fin School Part 1: How to Choose Surfboard Fins

November 28, 2019

Trying to find your way through the quagmire of fins available these days can do your head in. We teamed up with New Zealand Surf Journal to help guide you through the basics of fin design and geometry … and what that means in the water.

Surf Into Summer: Phil McCabe

November 27, 2019

It seemed only fitting following on from our conversation with Malibu that we sit down with Phil McCabe. At the time of our interview, back in 2016, Phil was leading KASM (Kiwi's Against Seabed Mining) into yet another battle against Trans-Tasman Resources, who were reapplying for a permit to mine the seabed in South Taranaki. Phil's work over the years has inspired us as both surfers and residents of Raglan, living and growing in this place we are so lucky to call home. It's people like Phil who remind us that as surfers, we experience the changes of the ocean first-hand. And if we want to continue experiencing those beautiful lefts in all their glory, we have to stand up and fight for them.

Surf Into Summer: Malibu Hamilton

November 14, 2019

A conversation with Malibu Hamilton about Raglan, surfing, and the activism that was inspired by a passion and will to protect the waves of Aotearoa. Our conversation with him that day steered the column down a new path, where we began to explore some of the local environmental initiatives and seek out those behind them. As we reshare the next few columns, consider this... what do the waves mean to you? How far are you willing to go to protect them?