A surf trip to New Zealand -- usually the thought conjures up images of long days at Raglan, epic water hues at Piha and good times on the road with a few mates. This is all well and good if you're just tripping around the North Island -- but things get decidedly more rugged and remote when you decide to jump the Cook Strait and land on the South Island, as Albee Layer, Kain … [Read more...] about The Almost Coast