A Maori surfer in New Zealand has won national championship since his 16.
He is also New Zealand's youngest ever National champ.
As sponsored by advertisers, he started to participate in worldwide championship,
and used to rank 43rd worldwide.
But now the host of the competition has changed the rule and only allows the top 32 players to join the competition,
making the Maori surfer lose the opportunity to play in the worldwide championship,
which affects his advertising revenue and sponsorship largely.
Some people from New Zealand has started a campaign trying to raise fund for him to support the Maori Pride to return to the worldwide championship.
Backside bottom turn
Backside air reverse
Ride out of a tube
He is the Maori surfer Richard Christie
24-year-old Christie was born in Dunedin of the South Island.
Christie said, the waves are where he belongs to.
For Christie who has started to surf since his childhood, ocean is a special lure to him.
He has been determined to be a professional surfer since he was 12 years old out of his love for surfing
and won the National championship in his 16.
He is New Zealand's youngest ever National champ
Since then, many sponsors have approached him.
In 2009, he started to join the world's championship.
And Christie used to rank 43rd worldwide.
However, as later the world's championship has changed the rule and allows only the top 32 players to play in the championship
Christie does not only lose the opportunity to compete with the experts from the world,
but also loses sponsorship largely.
Still, as supported by his family, Christie has never given up his dream.
Even though he can't join the world's championship temporarily, Christe still practices 8 hrs per day
As Maori people are usually stronger than other people, the players are more likely to be in an unfavorable situation as long as the site's tube is not big enough.
So Christie has tried to control diet
As moved by Christie's striving for success, now some people in New Zealand have tried to raise fund for him to join other competition
in hope that he could become the world's top 32 and return to the world's championship