Changing lanes
Changing lanes
Changing lanes
Joe Morley interview
Interview: Sup Mag UK
Hey Joe, how's it going out in NZ?
Have you been scoring sick
conditions - kayak or SUP?
Te l l u s a b o u t y o u r b a c k g ro u n d i n
kayaking - we know you charge
some silly WW conditions at times.
Now then. It’s going well thanks. It’s been a dry season so
there’s not been heaps of white water knocking about but what
is on offer is world class so no complaints there. In terms of
surfing; a good swell is pretty consistent here so it’s not too
difficult to find decent waves. From home it’s 20 minutes to the
closest beach break in Maketu (east coast) with multiple others
not much further. It’s easy to up and go when the time’s right.
Raglan (west coast) is even more consistent and that’s about
two hours away so day trips there for good conditions are
usually the go every couple of weeks. We got a couple of epic
days on the east coast off the back of Cyclone Pam the other
week – for sure the biggest waves I’ve ever surfed.
I’ve been kayaking for about 15 years, firstly as a sprog I
paddled recreationally, just messing around in swimming
pools, lakes and gentle white water. From there I got into the
slalom racing side of things and went on to represent GB in
major competitions all over the world for around eight years.
Alongside that I would always go on missions running bigger
rivers until my desire to do that overtook my interest in slalom.
This was about the time the extreme race scene blew up – the
opportunity to compete on big white water became huge and
fully engulfed me. Since then I’ve had the pleasure of
travelling to some epic locations around the world to search
out sweet white water and compete at the biggest races.
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