Scratched is an original web series that finds and celebrates the lost sporting legends of Aotearoa. Winner of best sports programme at the 2020 NZ TV Awards. Made with the support of NZ On Air.
Catch up on Scratched, the Spinoff's video series celebrating New Zealand sporting heroes who never got their due.
Meda McKenzie's massive Cook Strait swim, Tuariki Delamere's somersault long jump, Lee Ralph's trailblazing ride to the top of the skateboarding world and more – all streaming now!
In the late 1980s, New Zealand skateboarder Lee Ralph had the world at his feet. Then he was kicked out of the US – and out of the limelight for good.
One of the first names on the team sheet for Auckland in the 1950s – in almost every sport.
VIDEO | At the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand fell in love with English weightlifter Precious McKenzie – and vice versa. So much so that by the next games, he was lifting in a black singlet.
VIDEO | Two New Zealand gymnasts won gold medals at the 1990 Commonwealth Games – but only one of them made the headlines.
Catch up on Scratched, the Spinoff's video series celebrating New Zealand sporting heroes who never got their due.
Season two of the NZ TV Award-winning series features Meda McKenzie, Tuariki Delamere, Lee Ralph and more.
VIDEO | Long jump is one of the oldest events in track and field, virtually the same since the first modern Olympics. Tuariki Delamere wanted to change that.
VIDEO | Not many people have swum across the Cook Strait – fewer still have turned around and swum all the way back again too.
All this week we're looking back on some of the best videos published on The Spinoff in 2020. Today, when Scratched caught up with Joeli Vidiri.
From tennis champions to dance craze inventors, Scratched celebrates New Zealand sporting heroes who never got their due.
From tennis champions to dance craze inventors, Scratched celebrates New Zealand sporting heroes who never got their due – but whose legacies deserve to be in lights.
Catch up on Scratched, the Spinoff's video series celebrating New Zealand sporting heroes who never got their due – but whose legacies deserve to be in lights.
Scratched celebrates New Zealand sporting heroes who never got their due – but whose legacies deserve to be in lights. This month, matriarch of New Zealand football, Barbara Cox.
Scratched celebrates New Zealand sporting heroes who never got their due – but whose legacies deserve to be in lights. This month, quadruple Commonwealth Games medal winner, Chunli Li.
From tennis champions to dance craze inventors, Scratched celebrates New Zealand sporting heroes who never got their due – but whose legacies deserve to be in lights.
From tennis champions to dance craze inventors, Scratched celebrates New Zealand sporting heroes who never got their due – but whose legacies deserve to be in lights.
Introducing Scratched, an original web series that finds and celebrates the lost sporting legends of Aotearoa.
