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Champagne Sorbet

Meet Luke Grifo, young gun and talented lensman of “Champagne Sorbet”, featuring a full crew of NZ rippers and showcasing the wave drenched coast of New Zealand, click in and enjoy.

This film isn’t a big project with companies bankrolling us. It was us pretty much stringing together a trip every few weekends whenever the waves were good. Traveling around NZ with my best buddies was what made it special. Leaving the parties behind to find waves was refreshing and I recommend it for sure.

Some surfing in this film isn’t quite of the caliber from those films that inspire my friends and I. Rather than making a 10 minute piece featuring the best waves from each trip, the film has a loose sort of narrative to make you feel as if you’re partly there on the trips themselves. From the best waves to the blow ups, and all the other antics between.

Hope you enjoy the film as much as we did while making it. I recommended viewing the film super loud with a crew of mates, and too many cold beverages. – Luke Grifo,

Nias Magic

South swell with almost no wind all day long, dropping tide in the morning and only 10-12 people in the lineup made this day special. The morning was still a bit slow, long waiting for the sets, many wide ones made it a bit difficult to get a good tube.

Around midday the cross on wind got a bit stronger till 4pm. Around 5pm when the tide started to go out, the Wave machine of Lagundri Bay turned on, set after set, perfect clean tubes with a beautiful sunset!

Quiksilver X Stranger Things

Iconic surf-lifestyle brand Quiksilver is thrilled to announce its collaboration for the upcoming fourth season of the Netflix Original Series Stranger Things. The show will be released in two parts, with Volume One premiering on May 27 and Volume Two premiering on July 1. In alignment with the show’s multiple release dates, Quiksilver will drop multiple capsule collections throughout the season, delivering a nostalgic throwback to the brand’s surf-inspired ’80s era while integrating elements from the Stranger Things 4 storyline. Quiksilver has never partnered with a brand on this level, and is excited and honored to bring this Stranger Things collaboration to life. The apparel collaboration aims to seamlessly introduce both brands in a fresh and exciting way to new audiences worldwide.

Over the past three years, Quiksilver and the Netflix costume team have worked closely, diving into the Quiksilver design archives to not only take design and style inspiration for the cast wardrobe, but also to revive some of the most iconic pieces and develop collaborative apparel collections available for consumer purchase. The Stranger Things series takes place in the 1980s, and with access to classic styles from the Quiksilver archive, Netflix and Quiksilver have been able to develop truly original and era-specific collections reflective of the show’s setting and Quiksilver’s roots. The official Quiksilver x Stranger Things 4 collections will feature exclusive Quiksilver pieces worn by the cast throughout the show, fashion-forward pieces inspired by the Quiksilver 1980s archive, and Season 4 episode-specific merchandise.

To celebrate and amplify the apparel-collection launch, Quiksilver plans to hold unique consumer-facing pop-ups and larger-scale activations globally. The apparel collections will be available for purchase worldwide via Quiksilver.com.

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Surfers Not Street Children

Surfers Not Street Children was founded in 1998 by activist and surfer, Tom Hewitt MBE. Originally under the name Durban Street Team (DST), it was run by a maverick crew of social workers, carers and activists scouting the streets of downtown Durban to identify and assist homeless street children. The organisation fused mentorship and care with arts and sports programs—including surfing, which the children totally embraced, leading to the organisation to be renamed Surfers Not Street Children. The organisation has played a major role in the response to the street children phenomenon in Durban, and empowered many children to leave street life. Many have gone on to engage in global advocacy and fight a frontline battle for the rights of local street children, and they’ve had a great impact on changing how society perceived and treated street children in South Africa. Through it all, surfing has been the heart and identity of the organisation, and the model of fusing surfing with mentorship and care became the backbone of the work that continues today in Durban and Tofo.

O’Neill is proud to announce a new chapter in our decade-long partnership with Africa’s transformative, community-based surf mentorship program, Surfers Not Street Children (SNSC).

Surfing can transform lives, and nobody understands that better than the incredible crew of young surfers and mentors over at SNSC. For more than 20 years, the organisation has helped street children in South Africa and Mozambique find safety and stability on land, and pure joy in the water. That’s why we’re thrilled to partner with SNSC through financial support and product for the organisation and the children they work with.

O’Neill and Jordy Smith have been allies of ours for many years,” Says Sandlie Mqadi, the Country Director for SNSC South Africa. “This next chapter in our partnership could not have arrived at a more important time. Now is when the most vulnerable children need even more support. Thank you to O’Neill and Jordy Smith for standing with us at this time, and for journeying with us in the past. Together we can transform more lives. Siyabonga Kakhulu!”

For more info on the SNSC organisation and to donate, follow this link: surfnotstreets.org/support

Producer: O’Neill
Directed by: Timothy Hay
Assistant Director: Kyle Judd Smith
Sound: Ryan Hall
Camera operators: Kyle Judd Smith, Gregg Kitto, Timothy Hay
Water Camera: Timothy Hay
Drone pilot: Simon Mulholland
Edit: Timothy Hay