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.