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The North Face Frontier Freeride World Qualifier to Welcome World’s Best Skiers and Snowboarders
Registration is about to open forThe North Face® Frontier and event organisers Snow Sports NZ look forward to welcoming the world’s best big mountain skiers and snowboarders when competition gets underway at The Remarkables Ski Field on 22 August. Read Post
- freeride, freeski, remarkables, ski, snow, Snowboard, The North Face, winter
- 18 Jul 2016
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Crankworx Rotorua Lands an Enduro World Series Stop for 2017
Rotorua opens the 2017 EWS season, bringing international racing back to New Zealand Read Post
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Athlete Blogs: Geoff Hunt – Skin to the Summit
The advertising sounds great and some ‘touring’ on Coronet Peak in May on new equipment had me excited about this race. Some long poles and a early alarm clock and up and away. The advertising said 0700 so that means a real early start (0540 alarm) Away by 6 with only a mouthful of muesli.... Read Post
- geoff hunt, remarkables, ski, skins, winterfest
- 14 Jul 2016
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Athlete Blogs: Fiona Dowling – The Price of Adventure
A misfortunate connection between rock and front wheel. A simple push in the wrong direction. And before I know it I'm freefalling, bouncing, falling again then tumbling... Read Post
- Bike, fiona dowling, injury, mountain bike, old ghost road, recovery
- 14 Jul 2016
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A Brief History of the Peak to Peak Winter Multisport Race
New Zealand’s longest running winter multi sport event is approaching its 23rd year celebration. Over this period the race has seen the best of the New Zealand multisport athletes race from the Remarkables skifield, across Lake Wakatipu and up to Coronet Peak. The original concept, developed in... Read Post
- adventure, history, multisport, peak to peak, queenstown
- 14 Jul 2016
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Athlete Blogs: Hamish Fleming – A Sneak Peak, Tips for Success in the Peak to Peak Multisport Race
Torpedo7 athlete and winner of the Torpedo7 Peak to Peak multisport race Hamish Fleming shares his tips and insights for preparing for one of New Zealand's longest running adventure multisport races. Read Post
- advice, hamish fleming, multisport, peak to peak, queenstown, racing, tips, training
- 14 Jul 2016
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Athlete Blogs: Danial Bremner – Journey to Malaysia and the Kluang Adventure Challenge
Packing up my gear and driving up to Auckland, boarding a plane to Australia and then onto Malaysia, I should have known I was in for an interesting adventure week. Before boarding the plane in Australia my team mate Andrea Peebles said I would need to catch a train from the Singapore Airport to... Read Post
- adventure race, athlete blogs, danial bremner, malaysia, travel
- 14 Jul 2016
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Haka Tours: 6 Reasons Why Christchurch is a Mountain Bike Paradise
While areas such as Rotorua and Queenstown are well known in the mountain bike scene, Christchurch is pretty sweet in its own right – and here’s why... Read Post
- Bike, christchurch, Christchurch Adventure Park, craigieburn, mountain bike, trails
- 13 Jul 2016
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2017 Giant Recreation Bikes now in-store
New bike season is always an exciting time and this year is no different. We’ve got brand new 2017 Giant Recreation Bikes landing daily so keep an eye out for your favourite models online and in-store soon. If you have any questions around bike arrival dates, pricing, or advanced ordering a... Read Post
- 2017, bikes, city, cruiser, family, giant, mountain, mountainbike, mtb, recreation
- 13 Jul 2016
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The North Face: Further
The North Face brings us a new doco on the first Haitian to run the length of Haiti Read Post