Author: Niall
Surf and Spring in Raglan
[singlepic id=236 w=500 float=left] The winter has been keeping us indoors and sometimes out of the surf too with shorter, colder days. Yesterday gave us a taste of what’s to come. We had a beautiful sunny day here in Raglan. Sunny Day We were down at Manu Bay filming […]
GoPro Hero 2 to rent at PiwiWiwi Surf Campervans
GoPro Hero 2 cameras are amazing! The first of our GoPro Hero 2’s arrived this week so we set off test it immediately! Here’s our first attempt. Not bad for a novice cinematographer of limited surf ability on a mushy day! You can now rent them when you rent a […]
PiwiKiwi, That’s Piwi Kiwi or even Piwi The Kiwi, not PiwiWiwi!
When they hear our name a few people, well actually a lot of people, say, ‘Oh, PiwiKiwi, what’s that mean?’. We then have to explain no no no, its Piwi Wiwi.. We’ve now faound an actual PiwiKiwi, or more accurately Piwi The Kiwi. A Kiwi clearly not happy with being […]
River Surfing in China
This looks crazy! Try not to drink the water…
Surfline’s New Zealand Photo Article
Surfline is America’s (and so probably the world’s) biggest swell-check website. Like most Surf-check websites it does far more than this. It has merchandise, advertising and of course some useful content too! ‘Surfline Travel’ has lots of great articles and photos about getting out and seeing the rest of the […]
Smorgasboarder Surf Magazine Visits PiwiWiwi
[singlepic id=182 w=175 float=left] Having shared a last surf with a couple of happy customers, Ewan & Mairi (check their blog here, its pretty cool), I was chilling out waiting for them to turn up from the beach before taking them back to Auckland. Instead three Aussies turned up & […]
50th customer
Piwiwiwi have had a very busy first summer. We’ve gone from having no practical experience of running a rental company to our 50th customer & so far they’re all happy ones too. We think we’ll have a little celebration! 50th Customer [singlepic id=177 w=250 float=left] Our 50th are a couple […]
Central North Island Getaway with Bikes
Anna was bringing a van back up from Christchurch leaving me in charge at PiwiWiwi base. Thule Proride 591 Bike Carrier I decided we needed to test our new bike carriers before we could give them the thumbs-up for customers. We met up in a lovely little DOC campground, ‘Urchin’ […]
NZ Travel Guide: Surfing Mini Documentary
This is almost fits into the category ‘NZ travel guide’. I think calling it a ‘mini documentary’ is a bit optimistic, but it gives a mellow feel for the waves & coasts here so watch away: NZ Travel Guide: Surfing Mini Documentary The other videos from ‘Pure New Zealand’ offer […]
Charity Auction Follow-Up
The auction went ahead, PiwiWiwi’s donation contributed nearly 10% to the total of $4000 raised. Fantastic! To read the full story, click here
