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The design process at needessentials

  As we start feeling cool mornings and offshore breezes excitement builds for another autumn/winter wave season. Today we catch up with needessentials designer and founder Ryan Scanlon and assist...

An update from the Indian Ocean - Torren Martyn

                 The 35ft sailing boat Calypte tucked into anchorage in the jungle The idea seemed simple, learn how to sail a boat, then embark on a year-long expedition from the South China S...

Return to the Coral Sea - Laurie Towner

The first time Laurie Towner visited this little outpost in the Coral Sea he was a frothing 14-year-old. Travelling with his dad on an old fishing trawler, the ocean crossing was rough and rolling ...

Ishka Folkwell

      Photo Thomas RittmannsbergerAdventure filmmakers are a rare breed – humble, highly skilled individuals who often put themselves in the same precarious situations as the stars of their films....

Captured Moments - Rambo Estrada

Kiwi master photographer Rambo Estrada has a passion for capturing coastlines that make us all drool. Over the decade Rambo's works really enrapture what we are all seeking. Rambo and his partner ...

Torren Martyn interview with Albe Falzon

To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the classic surf film Morning of the Earth, filmmaker Justin Misch meticulously restored, remastered and digitalised the original film rolls to make this editi...

Hayden Richards

We caught up with legendary surfer / photographer Hayden "Rich" Richards last week and he sent us through a few of his recent shots with classic comments. Last year Rich was profiled in the Storie...

Talking surfboard design with Simon Jones - Morning of the Earth Surfboards

Torren’s lines are so unique: how has he influenced your boards over the past decade? Torren is someone who’s comfortable being the person he is - that’s where you see the lines come from. Which i...

Laurie Towner & family on the road

We recently spoke with Surfer Laurie Towner to hear how life's been, doing an apprenticeship as a designer, pattern maker and product developer for needessentials while chasing waves with his fami...

Rambo Estrada

needessentials founder Ryan Scanlon met Kiwi master photographer Rambo Estrada hiking back from a remote wave about seven years ago.

Living the Rich Life - Hayden Richards

We recently spoke with legendary surfer / photographer Hayden "Rich" Richards (aka SA Rips) and are stoked to share a selection of his recent images with you. How's winter been in your neck woods...

Humble Beginnings - Johanna Brebner

Johanna Brebner is on an adventure of a lifetime, taking on the length of Aotearoa New Zealand by bike - surfboard in tow - experiencing a full range of emotions, as she establishes a deeper connec...

A Change of Pace - Johanna Brebner

Johanna Brebner is on an adventure of a lifetime, taking on the length of Aotearoa New Zealand by bike—surfboard in tow—experiencing a full range of emotions as she establishes a deeper connection...