Wearing a high-school jersey with the sleeves cut out and tugging a plywood surfboard, Ron Carter paddled out to the breaking waves. JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON/STUFF Ron Carter has been shredding the waves in New Brighton since he was 7. JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON/STUFF Carter will be a judge at the New Brighton Duke Festival of Surfing this weekend. JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON/STUFF The retired jeweller has been a familiar face in the New Brighton surf for more than six decades. New Brighton Pier and Foreshore Promotion Society member Warren Hawke said no-one could compare to Carter's "smooth style and grace".

Source: Stuff March 14, 2019 15:56 UTC