{"id":283908,"date":"2026-09-11T09:27:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surfgirlmag.com\/?p=283908"},"modified":"2026-09-09T09:30:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T08:30:03","slug":"people-of-surfing-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surfgirlmag.com\/people-of-surfing-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"People of Surfing: New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.8&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.8&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.8&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.8&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"906\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j29tGv3d53A\" title=\"PEOPLE OF SURFING EP01 | Laure Mayer meeting the surfing community of New Zealand\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/surfgirlmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Doodle_Line-15.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Doodle_Line-15&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.8&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.8&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>If you enjoyed Laura Mayer\u2019s People of Surfing films from Brazil and South Africa, here\u2019s her episode featuring New Zealand.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you missed the first episode from Laura Meyer here she is exploring New Zealand&#8217;s beautiful coastline and meeting the local Kiwi surf community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a surf series about the People. I want to highlight the culture of the destinations I visit through the voices of a few locals I will be meeting and surfing with\u201d says Laura. This series is about human connections, travels and adventure in search of waves.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the other videos in the series here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/surfgirlmag.com\/people-of-surfing-ep3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">South Africa<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/surfgirlmag.com\/people-of-surfing-brazil-edition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Brazil<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This series is about human connections, travels and adventure in search of waves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10000599,"featured_media":283909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[53,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-283908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","category-news","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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