Where are you at right now? I’m currently in Wanaka, about to boost to Aussie to catch up with friends and do some work before heading north.   Where did you spend the winter? I was based in Wanaka for the winter doing some filming with my brother.   Best day of the season? […]

  Local Canterbury rider and photographer Niels Ypelaar has been following developments up at Mt Hutt recently which have seen the birth of their first Superpipe…Heres his report from pipeside as to what’s been going down over the past few weeks…Check the full story coming in the May 2014 issue… At the end of the […]

  Cardrona Alpine Resort has for the last couple of decades cemented itself as one of New Zealand’s best snowboarding destinations. Although Cardrona does have a name for being a little on the mellow side of the freeride scale for those in the know there are pow stashes, chutes cliffs and backcountry spots to satisfy […]

It is hard to beat the feeling of a being up the mountain on a glorious Spring day. Let us paint you a picture – the sun is beaming down and you have nice soft snow to shred and plenty of daylight. The birds are chirping and the barbeque is waiting for you after riding..AHH..it […]

FRIDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER   WANAKA, New Zealand (September 13, 2013) The second annual Burton ‘High Fives’ presented by MINI snowboarding competition, concluded today at Cardrona Alpine Resort in Wanaka, New Zealand with the climactic halfpipe finals. Burton riders, Taku Hiraoka (JPN) and winner of last year’s Burton High Fives, Kelly Clark (USA), took home US […]