Massey University Student Association Awards

Winners of the MUSA 2009 award for Outstanding Contribution of the Year

Congratulations Phil and Ed!!

MSC Beach Clean up mission

5th September, cleaning up South Beach

Surf Mission 23/08

Sunset at Waiinu Beach

A Perfect Right Hander

Mañolandia invade la Isla Norte

Relajación mental de camino a Wellington 12/04

Castle Point 11/04

Tongariro Crossing 10/04

Wai-O-Tapu thermal valley 9/04

Rotorua

Caromandel peninsula 6-8/04

Sunrise at Porangahau Beach

This year’s first Surf Camp with Massey Surf Club was on the lat weekend of March at Porangahau Beach, on the East Coast of the North Island. There were more than twenty five people (including non-surfers, like me ;-) ) BBQ, sun, nice waves and a big fire at night. The weather was awesome, especially in the morning of the second day, which is when Phil took this picture.

Surfing weekend in Castle Point

Christmas in Northland

Cape Reinga

Surfing at Rarewa beach

The Kauri Forest

Raglan

A road trip to Northland in Summer? A surf-addict is driving?...
yes, you guessed right, the first stop on our first kiwi Christmas road trip to Northland was...
Raglan.

For those of you who might not know, Raglan is the number one must-see for New Zeland surfers. If Phil was the one writing this, he would tell you about the famous breaks, the swell, the longest left hand ride in the world and why this spot is so cool... I can only tell you that the beaches we went to (with black sand, by the way) were packed with surfers of all levels who seemed to be having the best time ever!! The landscapes on the coast were beautiful, with lots of Pohutukawa trees in bloom, and the town and people looked very laid back, living in a "peace-and-love" atmosphere that I had not seen before (that's the thing with new Zealand, just when you thought you couldn't find a more relaxing place, you find yourself in towns like this... :-D). It was hard to leave, really.

Oh! and I obviously got overexcited when I saw this bar in the centre of town:

Zaragoza, in Raglan!!
sadly I couldn't find out the why, where, how and so on...I'll try to, next time.

Pohutukawa-New Zealand Christmas tree

Castle Point II

Surfen am South Beach (Wanganui)