Name: Craig Sherrif
Age: 35
Years surfing: 15
Homebreak: New Brighton
Board Dimensions: 6'4"x4, 6'6", 6'8"
Sponsors: Barron, Body Glove USA.
Favourite Waves: Padang Padang, Lakey Peak, West Coast
Best results: South Island Surf Champs, 3rd place Masters
Best Session: Lakey Peak 2002
Favourite Surfers: Tom Carrol, Tom Curran.
What's cool: Surfng in board shorts with your mates, Brizillian bikinis
What's not: 5.3, Booties, Helmets, Surfing in cold water, mulets, bogans
Best thing about surfing: Surfing: big waves, larrels, havin' a good time
What do you most get out of surfing? The enjoyment & stand up pits
Name: Jonny Wardrop
Age: 22
Years surfing: 11+
Board Dimensions: 5'10 by 18", 5'5" by 19", 6'3" by 18"
Sponsors: Barron, Body Onboardz.com, O'Neil Wetuits
Favourite Waves: 5' barrels
Best results: Finished Kelly Slater Pro Surfer on Playstation once
Best Session: Nah, I don't do drugs
Favourite Surfers: Slater, Slater, Marchardo & Slater
What's cool: Spending your life doing what you like doing
What's not: Wasting time, trying to please other people
Best thing about surfing: Big fat kegs
What do you most get out of surfing? Everything I need
Name: Matt Martin
Age: 22
Years surfing: 8
Board Dimensions: 62-18.5-2.25
Sponsors: Barron, Exitsurf, Xcel, Xtrak
Favourite Waves: Stoneyhurst Rights, Ninemile Westport, Lakey Peak
Best results: Free Surfer
Best Session: Few weeks back at Ninemile - perfect rights, I had one of the longest rides ever on a beach
Favourite Surfers: Always Slater, Andy Iron, Chris Ward, Parko, Deano
What's cool: Surfing with friends + family, warm water, travelling, sick pits
What's not: Winter, idiots in the water, bogans - having to wear booties and a hood out surfing.
Best thing about surfing: Barrels. Always with a good crew of surfing mates. New surf spots
What do you most get out of surfing? Just to have fun, surf as long as I can and travel heaps
Name: Keri Ranginui Tahau
Age: 36
Years surfing: 18
Homebreak: New Brighton
Board Dimensions: 9'1", 7'6", 6'8"
Sponsors: Barron, Snow & Surf
Favourite Waves: Kirra, Kautara, Long Point
Best results: Staying Alive
Best Session: Kirra, Long Point
Favourite Surfers: Pottz, Slater, Carroll
What's cool: Ethnic foods, snowboarding, kart racing, fishing
What's not: The s%*ts from ethnic foods, ice, crowds, no fish, arrogance, ignorance
Best thing about surfing: Barrels, travel, seeing the best of nature, getting deep