Back in early Jan TC Evan graced our shores, many spots had their day during the swell, from the main ones to lesser known little nooks and corners, this is a roundup from a few spots in the Bay of Plenty area all the way up to the Far north of NZ. We’ve saved the best of it for issue 03 set to drop in March.
Ozzie Wright Interview
Ozzie Wright is the inspiration for a whole generation of alternative surfers, from the way he approaches waves and the boards he rides, to his taste in music and art. The kids of today would not look the same if … [more]
Loose But In Time Gallery
Back in early February we hit the road in search of good times with Ellis Ericson, Asher Pacey, Troy Elmore and Jason Salisbury for the Loose But In Time road trip with Corona NZ. This is some of the leftover … [more]
halves #6 / dead enzed
The Sixth edition of Halves (DeadEnZed) is the result of seven days in NZ with Noa Deane and Jay Davies. Fast food, fast sunglasses and fast surfing. A lot of Kms covered, a lot of Waikato’s drunk and a lot … [more]
Halves issue #5
Welcome to HALVES issue #5, this time round we teamed up with the Billabong NZ crew and hit the road on the ‘Springvibes’ journey. Five days spanning two coasts and a reward at the end none of us expected.. Enjoy … [more]
Halves Issue #4
DGZ and our good friends at Corona collaborated recently to create DGZ45ºSOUTH, basically a bunch of friends set loose with a camper in the lower south in search of frigid weather and even colder waves. This is a photographic journal … [more]
RIP AL BYRNE
Sad news for the the surfing world today to hear that we lost Allan Byrne, a true New Zealand legend. The master shaper held no less than eight New Zealand national titles, a second placing at the 1981 Pipe Masters … [more]
DGZ Interviews Rasta
Aside from being a phenomenal surfer on all types of craft David Rastovich also devotes a large portion of his time to combatting the ever growing issue of environmental destruction that man carries out, ocean pollution and the affects it … [more]
HALVES | ISSUE 03
Welcome to the Third edition of Halves. The allure of a camping trip in the far North got thrown around for a while. We had waited weeks for the right swell to pass through the Tasman and with the arrival … [more]

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