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Athlete Blogs: Sophie Schollum – The Ultimate Wakeboard Road Trip
With boards, tents, a good crew and winches packed in our cars we set off on the ultimate winching road trip. Our goal was to winch places that have never been ridden before. We set off from Auckland to Queenstown scouting out the raddest places, riding where we could and camping our way down New... Read Post
- athlete blog, roadtrip, sophie schollum, Wakeboard
- 27 Apr 2016
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Tubular Belles – Canterbury Women’s surf champs results
After much deliberating to find the best contestable wave, the 13th Annual Canterbury Women’s Surf Champs remained at New Brighton Beach yesterday. A hot sunny day with a packed beach, the comp ran its course over approximately 6 hours. 2ft clean surf in light winds, the girls all enjoyed their... Read Post
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ZONES: Episode 1 – Wakeboard Winching NZ
Sometimes you’ve got to shift your perspective a little. More often seen behind a boat, T7 athlete Sophie Schollum and friends hit the road with their portable winch and the goal of chalking up first rides on some of the most unique terrain ever hit on a wakeboard in NZ. From Auckland to... Read Post
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Athlete Blogs: Sophie Schollum – Winching, the new form of Wakeboarding
When I was in Queenstown I met Dan from ‘DKT Edits’ and Hamish from ‘Huss Clothing’. Hamish had a wake board winch and knew of my background so hurled Dan and I along for a lot of epic winch missions. We were in Queenstown for 6 months and made the most of that heavy, steel... Read Post
- 26 Jan 2016
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Happy Holidays!!
What a year it’s been… As everyone prepares to head off to the beach, to their favourite campground, or just to be with those close to them, we can’t help but look back and reflect on what’s been a truly epic year. We’ve grown a lot since our merger between Torpedo7... Read Post
- 24 Dec 2015
- James Mulcahy
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Athlete Blogs: Danial Bremner – Windy Wellington Winter
When I first moved to Wellington I thought there is no way I would be kayaking over the winter, it is way too cold. Kayaking is so good for you both physically and mentally, the days on the water in the K1 where your cutting through the clear water listening to the sound of the water off the hull... Read Post
- athlete, kayak, race, Wellington
- 16 Sep 2015
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Diaries Downunder Episode 2
Snow, Surf or both? A Canterbury excursion with Blake Thornton Read Post
- canterbury, Diaries Downunder, snow, surf
- 19 Aug 2015
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New Zealander Daniel Kereopa takes out inaugural The Ultimate Waterman crown
New Zealand athlete Daniel Kereopa has been crowned the inaugural Ultimate Waterman today (Saturday 21st March) toppling seven international athletes to claim the title. The Kiwi went into the final day of The Ultimate Waterman driven by Subaru with a minimal points lead over Kai Lenny (HAW) and... Read Post
- 30 Mar 2015
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Volcom True To This – Chapter 4
Join Volcom on the rock and melt into the purity that lurks within the insanity. Despite the cameras, crowds and calamity, the ride remains the drive as the Volcom team dives deeper into the heart of the True To This movement. Read Post
- Hawaii, Skating, Surfing, True to This, Volcom
- 25 Feb 2015
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Wahine on Waves
A brief write up by event organiser Fiona Duncan on the recent Wahine on Waves women's surf event as part of the Gisborne Sunplash Festival Read Post
- 29 Jan 2015