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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?

The '92

October 25, 2019

In honour of the beginnings of the Raglan Surf Company, we are proud to release the first pieces in our exclusive Heritage line: The '92.

Surf Into Summer: Mike Court

October 23, 2019

Mike Court is one of the original trailblazers of surfing in New Zealand. He was the first to start doing ding repairs back in 1962, he introduced the Billabong brand into NZ and he started up The Hamilton Point Boardriders Club with a few of the other Original surfers of Manu Bay. The Boardriders has since been renamed, more aptly, to The Raglan Point Boardriders and continues today. We were lucky enough to catch Courty out in Raglan one day, where he provided endless stories and an incredible photobook of memories.