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WINTERTIME LOVE

Come with me dance my dear Winter’s so cold this year And you are so warm My wintertime love to be ... – Wintertime Love, The Doors

What’s your winter love? Here at the On office we pretty much love everything about winter – warm coats, crisp mornings, mountain adventure. The opening of Wanaka’s snowfields heralds a season of alpine athleticism and downtown jubilation. With the Winter Games and the World Heli Challenge both on the agenda, we are treated with a double bill of top-level snow events for 2013. Whether you’re here for a holiday, a competition or you’re local the merino months are bound to make you grin. To keep you smiling, we’ve compiled our most pithy ‘zine yet – loaded with the goods on all you need to know to keep your winter humming. With the insider’s word on the best this town has to offer and a showcase of resident snow warriors, this pocket-sized bible is designed for stashing into your jacket then passing on to friends. The object of your desire may be fresh tracks in powder, a podium placing or curling up by the fire: either way, you’ll find your wintertime love in Wanaka. Arohanui,ANNABEL WILSON.

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PART WHERE ARE THEY NOW? ONE When Rod Aubrey, Ray Cleland, Ralph Markby, Gordon McLaren, Don McMillan and Murray Raffills set off from Cattle Flat Station in a Land Rover armed with a winch and a tow rope in July 1968, they started an institution that would later spark the most authentic buzzword of ’s varied marketing campaigns. These guys embodied the personality of classic Olly Burke ‘Coneheads’ – the tribal crew of stalwart snow junkies who are fiercely loyal to their mountain. 1. The photos were taken at the Country Club; About a decade ago, the folks in charge at an old party digs of the Mills family now on the TC acknowledged that its challenging terrain outskirts of Meadowstone. attracts a certain breed of hardcore skier year 2. Jah Harris, Reon Morland, Jean, Ju Bray, after year, and so the Conehead moniker was Deano Johnson. born. Opinion leaders from each different sector 3. I’m a hunting guide, farmer, father, skateboarder of TC’s staff and clientele were selected for a and snowboarder. series of posters. What I’ve been wondering each 4. Free passes! time I rumble past Seventh Corner on the way 5. Triple Treat under the chair, snow or not. to snaffle some norwest-blessed powder is where 6. are they now? I put the word out on the Taking an hour and a half to snake my way to and got some pretty cool feedback. the top of the double then T2 for mass powder. Then in one summer it all changed with the THE QUESTIONS… arrival of the six seater express. 1. Memory of Coneheads photoshoot? PRUE WALSH (NEE.OVERTON) 1. Reon Morland 2. Who else was in your Coneheads photo? In 2002 I had just started my job at TC - 1. 3. Where are you at these days? What’s shakin? Marketing and Events. It was a fun time and luckily It was Hetty’s idea. She got the idea off an ‘Alva’ 4. also a good snow year because I don’t remember skate poster, all black and white with dreads What does being a Conehead mean to you? there being much of a marketing or events budget. 5. everywhere was the attitude that she wanted. Favourite run at TC and why? 2. Bob Irwin, Jackie van der Voort, Judy Thomas 2. 6. Our one was with Ju, Jah, Jean, Olly, Deano and Best memory at TC? and Brent Walton. me was almost a Boardhouse team photo and 3. I’m now married, a mother of two living in predated all other Conehead posters by a year. Wanaka. I’m pleased to achieve about 20 days 3. If you rode too far down second pipe you had riding each season - my mental health days! to walk back up to the Saddle T. If you went out 4. Love TC longtime to the chutes you had a really big walk on your 5. My favourite run used to be Payback before the hands. We would ride down from the learners to new chairlift made the access so easy to get there. helipad corner and hitch from there most days Matukituki is always a goodie, and Gunbarrel is because there was snow there! a good blast. 4. Being a Conehead meant everything at the time. 6. Hot milo and sausages on the deck of the 5. Fave run - under the Six! old day lodge followed by a chopper ride to the 6. Best memory - falling alseep on the six and not summit with Tim Wallis many years ago when falling off. Falling asleep on Triple Treat while Dave Pickard, Tim Hudson, Richard Hutchinson, there were no lifts in the Saddle. Any powder day riding, waking up wrapped up in red tape off the Steve Scurr, Chris Riley has got to be good too. cat track.  on MAGAZINE. Lee Raffills, Katie Deans, Tony Harrington, NICOLA CAMPBELL Suze Kelly, Steve Schikker 1. We got picked up in a van and taken to a remote location just out of Wanaka. I remember Olly had his big teeth coming in which he was very proud of and wanted to show them off. 2. Sam Smoothy (NZ Freeride icon), Olly Allan (lil ripper still killing it in the freestyle scene), Jaxon Strange, Bridget Hazeldine and Nick Kingston (from Tassie, now a mechanic in Oz). 3. I’ve found that Wanaka is the place I want to be, so I built a house here. A lot has happened from that photo until now. I think I was only about 15 then. As long as I’m still I’m happy with that. KARL HALL 4. It was a pretty cool marketing ploy. Coneheads 1. Going out to Sandy Morris’ woolshed and in my definition are those who love to ski and having a few laughs. ride Treble Cone. They will be the ones that 2. are there for every powder day, will be there Dean Telfer, Grant Cagney, Garry Templeton on weekdays and will try to get their way out of and Noel Wilson. work just to get a piece of what TC has to offer 3. I’m still in Wanaka and out of the snow that day. You know a Conehead, not because of industry but I still enjoy the winter here and the the photoshoot 10 years ago, but because you buzz it brings to town. always see that person on the mountain! 4. Treble Cone has always been a pretty special 5. It’s hard to single them out. I’m more of a main place for our family. basin fan though: either Sidewinder or straight 5. I just like cruising down Main Street. under where the double used to be. I love the cat 6. My first memory is driving to Helipad corner track drops and all the undulating features. in 1972 and flying the rest of the way with Tim 6. I have a fair few awesome memories at TC, Wallis. Another great memory was about 1990 especially when I was a kid - ripping round with the staff put on these great Concert parties. Nick and Sam in our bike helmets and jumping I remember Mark Jones from ski school was off the rock at the Double’s Mid Way Station. hilarious. - ANNABEL WILSON

SEE CONEHEADS PART 2 NEXT ISSUE. Interviews with Sam Smoothy, Shaker & more.

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the BEST ACCORDING TO... 2013 Janina Kuzma - freeskier BEST OF BEST APRES SKI BAR Woody’s…I love the PHOTO: big open fire place. Byron Wells Best terrain park/PIPE … Cardrona Fave date restaurant WANAKA WINTER Relishes Best stash … Poor Man’s Heli, Cardrona Fave run Decades of Wanaka winter experience combined with a comprehensive reader survey Powder Bowl, Treble Cone BEST have been collated in the On guide to the ultimate snow season 2013. From healthy Describe your ultimate Wanaka ski STASH living to hedonism, we’ve compiled a hitlist of local favorites and insider tips. Stick day Drive down to Base Ultimate Rentals with this, and your winter will be epic. just in time to meet up with Southern Lakes Best breakfast … Federal Diner Best spots for fireside canoodling … Heli shuttle and then sneak in 10 runs of Best coffee … Anywhere Robert is working; The Landing, Edgewater, The Creek, outside untouched powder! currently Kai fires atUrban Grind and Post Office Lane Best cocktails Tips for saving money as a ski bum Best juice … Yohei … La La Land. Ask Shannon to make you a bespoke cocktail that reflects in Wanaka Best Bloody Mary … Gusto Early bird pass at Cardrona. BEST your mood. Hitching spot corner of McDougall and Best private function venue … Brownston Street. And cheap vegie deals at PHOTO: CARDRONA ALPINE RESORT BREAKFAST Lounge Bar Best long lunch … Bistro Gentil the Mediterranean market. Mitch Brown Best kept secret … Hidden Valley Insider’s advice for newbies to Best sidecountry… Summit slopes & Best affordable adventure … Wanaka Motutapu chutes at TC, road runs at Cardies Check out the ‘Upper Clutha Best date restaurant Best splurge … Trading Post’ and the ‘Wanaka Winter … It’s a threeway Season Accommodation & Work Forum’ between Francesca’s, The White House and on Facebook. Also always good to grab Bistro Gentil, so you have to go on three dates a Messenger which comes out every – you’re bound to get lucky, or at least enjoy lovely food in a dashing setting PHOTO: BRIDGET HALL Wednesday. Best LAZY SUNDAY SESSION BEST … Federal Diner Best non ski activity Running tracks DATE RESTAURANT – their cheese scones are the best! and bike trails around Wanaka. My favorite Best place for a ski / board tune … Base are Mt Iron and the Outlet track. Best place to sweatwork (exercise + Best place to chill out network) … Mt Iron Home. Best place to buy organic … Soul Food Best kept secret Deli counter breakie – we love their bliss balls Best afternoon tea burger at New World for $4.50 – Bun, Eggs, ... cheese rolls at Lago Bacon and hashbrown. The best breakfast on - the sushi of the south ! BEST the go before you head up the mountain. PHOTO: MICKEY ROSS

Best pies … Wanaka Golf Club COCKTAILS PHOTO: MIEK DEUNINCK Tania Grieve from the White House 10 on MAGAZINE. on MAGAZINE. 11 Best SERVICE … Jordi at Ruby’s Best family restaurant … Lone Star Best old school pub … The Cardrona Pub Best place for live music … Fitzpatrick’s the Best après ski bar … Kai BEST Best place to play pool … Woody’s ACCORDING TO... Best playground … The Dinosaur park Best local shop … Chop Shop Lachlan Humphreys - film maker thedailydumpsnowreport.com BEST Best thing about being In Wanaka LOCAL SHOP The people: there is this relaxed and cruisy yet productive vibe. It’s like everyone is grinning as they know Wanaka is the best. Tips for new shredders Try it all, every mountain, plenty of options. Secret to a successful season PHOTO: WANAKA.TV Money, managing your savings is the trick! Get a job so you have some Best down day missions … Sky diving, cash flow, pack your own lunch to Have A Shot, Wastebusters, Bowling Club take up the hill, share the petrol cost Best takeaways with a full car or hitch to the slopes. … Sasanoki – try their Sexy A thermos of coffee. Squid legs and killer katsu curry! Best place to watch the game Best way to look like a local - Saturday afternoons at the showgrounds Mons Royale anything. Best place to pick up … The Singles line Fave run TC chutes. Best place to chill out … Cinema Insider’s advice for newbies Paradiso: ice cream, hot cookies, great movies in a comfy chair to Wanaka Move into a house with Best free activity … - great a fireplace. Wanaka library reads, dvds, audio books, friendly staff. Best non ski activity Checking out Best place to dance … Jive nights at Barluga the snow reports and forecasts. Best view From Mt Albert or back of TC. BEST ACE TO DANCE BEST PL VIEW PHOTO: LAURA WILLIAMSON

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Wanaka’s snow warriors will compete against the world’s best when the third Winter Games NZ descends on Central from 15-25 August. Local athletes such as Carl Murphy, Janina both and freeskiing, plus two IPC Kuzma, Bex Sinclair and Lyndon Sheehan (all World Cup adaptive alpine slaloms and an IPC pictured below), the Wells brothers, Adam Hall, para-snowboard cross World Cup. Steph Zeestraten, Stefi Luxton and Sam Smoothy Completing the programme is the cross- will battle it out against their counterparts from country skiing Continental Cup at Snow Farm the 24 nations represented at the Games, in and eight days of world-class competition at order to score vital qualifying points for the Naseby’s International Curling Rink. upcoming Sochi Olympics. Ranked as one of the We have some of the biggest names in snow top five winter sports events in the world, the sports living right here, and we reckon they’re programme features seven World Cup events: made of pretty gutsy stuff. To the feisty bunch FIS World Cups in halfpipe and slopestyle for prepared to shred with the best, we salute you.

Bring it ON!

Photography: WANAKA.TV Make up: Gena Bagley and Victoria Booth with M.A.C cosmetics Hair: Theresa Goodwin Clothing: Base With thanks to: Kristin Boyes & HOOPLA JANINA KUZMA freeski queen

Carl wears: RPM Jacob jacket, Lower Tony tee, RPM pants Janina wears: Lee Shaggy Biker jacket, Rusty army tee, Lee pants Bex wears: Rusty Cookie coat, VonZipper Patola pants Lyndon wears: Lee Swagger Skins pants, RUCA Henchman shirt

T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T staff discount! Bring along your staff pass and receive 15% off any treatment. CARL MURPHY   boardercross baron   LYNDON SHEEHAN ski lord Wandering warrior Time to soothe your restless soul Close your collar against the cold NEW Find your mountain, pursue the snow. WINTER ARRIVALS

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On the first day of the infamous Wanaka inversion, RAEGAN TIPPING sat down with Roger Gardiner, a founding members of the Cardrona Curling Club, to learn a bit about the game. On a corner of a section of private land in the Cardrona Valley lies a purpose-built curling rink, home of the Cardrona Curling Club. It’s early days for the club of 30 odd members, but there’s a sense of old-world charm about partaking in one of the oldest winter sports around. Not to mention it’s a great way to get a bunch of mates together for an afternoon of fun, which is exactly how the Cardrona Curling Club came about. Curling was introduced to by the early Scottish settlers in the mid 1800’s and Keen? The Cardrona Curling Club is just has been played in Central Otago ever since. It’s getting started, and not quite ready for the public a game of skill and strategy that comes with its to rock up and get their curl on. So if you think own culture, code of conduct, traditions, and curling sounds like your cup of tea (or scotch), rules. Yes, there’s more to curling than ice, kick head across to the curling capital of the south, ass hats, cups of tea and speedy broom work! Naseby. Their indoor rink is open year round. Here are a few tricks of the trade. KEY CONCEPTS FOR CURLING SUCCESS: Naseby is also the venue for the curling events during the Winter Games NZ, • Make like Popeye and get some spinach on catch the action at the Maniototo Curling board. Packing a hefty 19kgs a piece, a curling International Rink, August 15-25. stone is no pond skimming record breaker. • Mind your p’s and q’s! Rule #1: No swearing. • Wear appropriate footwear. Leave the belly slides to the penguins. • There is no ‘I’ in team! This is a game of camaraderie and team spirit. • Obey your ‘Skip’ (team captain), at all times. Especially when he’s dishing out the “mandatory drinks breaks”. • Keep your feet warm. Frostbite is not

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Tuesday18 June JUNE • The Outlook for Someday Film-making Saturday 1 June Workshop, Lake Wanaka Centre • Jive ON welcome to winter party and On Friday 21 June Magazine winter launch, with Aloha or die! • American Express Queenstown Winter Barluga, Post Office Lane, 8pm Festival, Queenstown (21-30 June) • Stone Cold Bush, Bullock Bar • Cardrona opening day. • Tony Kerr, Hotel Friday 22 June

Sunday 2 June • Maggie Ruddenklau, Bullock Bar

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Tuesday 4 June • Degustation dinner, Bistro Gentil

• Into the East performing live on Good Monday 27 June Morning • Official Treble Cone opening day WEDNEsday 5 June Wednesday 29 June

• No Lights No Lycra, Scout Den • Maggie Ruddenklau, Bullock Bar Friday 7 June • Jane Mitchell and Louise McRae, Gallery 33 (June 7-28) Saturday 8 June

• The Yardmen, Bullock Bar Saturday 15 June

• Rockhopper, Wanaka Bullock Bar PHOTO: BRIDGET HALL • Performance poets Carrie Rudzinski and Ken Treble Cone Arkind, workshop & show, Colab Creative Space JULY Friday 5 July • New Zealand Mountain Film Festival, Lake Wanaka Centre (5-9 July) • Richard Adams, Captured Light, Gallery 33 (July 5-26) • Assembly Required, Bullock Bar Saturday 6 July • Jive - 1st Saturday of every month @ Barluga

• Maggie Ruddenklau, Bullock Bar Wednesday 10 July

PHOTO: COLIN BOYD • Ice Carving at Treble Cone (10-14 July) Wanaka in winter. • Mount Aspiring College Champs, Cardrona 24 on MAGAZINE. Saturday 13 July • Big Kitchen, Bullock Bar AUGUST Wednesday 17 July Thursday 1 August • Cardrona Kids Cup Slopestyle, Cardrona • Wanaka Tech Series, Snow Sports NZ, Treble Saturday 20 July Cone (1 - 3 Aug) Friday 2 August • Jenn Shelton and No Reason, Bullock Bar • Glass Exhibition, Gallery 33 (Aug 2 -23) BOUTIQUE BURGERS Wednesday 24 July • Cardrona Kids Cup Gravity-cross, Cardrona Saturday 3 August BOA BREAKFASTS 8-11AM • Treble Cone Cat’s birthday, Treble Cone • Jive - 1st Saturday of every month @ Barluga Friday 26 July • Mission WOW Intermediate backcountry & FRESH TORTILLA WRAPS touring, Treble Cone (3-4 August) Winter Games, Snow Farm. • Junior World Heli Challenge • Big Kitchen, Bullock Bar Thursday 15 August FRESH FISH & CHIPS Saturday 27 July • Junior World Heli Challenge Awards Night • Winter Games X-Country Skiing Sprint BOA FRIED CHICKEN • Mission WOW Intro to backcountry & Sunday 4 August Freestyle-Continental Cup, 10am, Snow Farm touring, Cardrona (27-28 July) • Winter Games FIS Freestyle Ski Halfpipe • World Heli Challenge Athlete Registration and FAIRTRADE BOA COFFEE • The Yardmen, Bullock Bar World Cup-Qualifying, 10am, Cardrona. Dinner, Wanaka • Winter Games Opening Ceremony, 5pm, SIDE DISHES Tuesday 30 Monday 5 August Queenstown • FIS Tech Series GS & SL, Cardrona (30-31 July) PRE COOKED MEALS TO GO • World Heli Challenge competition window, Friday 16 August Mt Aspiring National Park • Winter Games FIS FIS Freestyle Ski DAILY SPECIALS • Otago Southland Secondary Schools Halfpipe World Cup-Finals, 10am, Cardrona Championship, Cardrona • Winter Games Snowboard Slopstyle World JUICES / SMOOTHIES Wednesday 7 August Cup-Qualifying, 10am, Snow Park HAPPY GLENDUBAY EGGS • Special Olympics, Cardrona • Winter Games Curling Fours & Mixed Double, 10am, Naseby Saturday 10 August • Winter Games Opening night @Wanaka hub • Hard Yards, Bullock Bar Saturday, 17 August Sunday 11 August • Winter Games Snowboard Slopstyle World Winter Games action at Cardrona. • Junior Interfield, Treble Cone Cup-Final 10am, Snow Park • Winter Games Curling Fours & Mixed 137 Ardmore Street Double, 10am, Naseby www.facebook.com/boaboafc • Merino Muster, Snow Farm NZ • Jenn Shelton and No Reason, Bullock Bar Sunday 18 August • Winter Games Alpine Giant Slalom, Men, 10am, • Winter Games Curling Fours & Mixed Double, 10am, Naseby Monday 19 August • Winter Games IPC Para-Snowboard Cross World Cup, 10am, Cardrona • Winter Games Alpine Giant Slalom, photo: WANAKA.TV photo: Women, 10am, Coronet Peak Clothing Boutique & Espresso Bar • Winter Games Curling Fours & Mixed Shop 3, Pembroke Mall. Ph 443-8297 Double, 10am, Naseby

chop ad.indd 1 13/11/12 7:04:45 PM Thursday 29 August • Wanaka Sled Dog Festival, Snow Farm NZ (29-31 August) Saturday 31 August • Treble Cone Ski Masters SEPTEMBER Sunday 1 September World Heli Challenge Tuesday 20 August • On mag Spring issue launch party - A French • Winter Games SBX Continental Cup, 10am, Affair @ Bistro Gentil 1 Sept, 2pm Cardrona Monday 2 September • Winter Games Curling Fours & Mixed • FIS GS & SL, Snow Sports NZ, (2 – 4 Sept), Double, 10am, Naseby Treble Cone Wednesday 21 August Friday 6 September • Winter Games Alpine Slalom, Men & • Dynastar Ski Masters, Cardrona (6-7 Sept) Women, 10am, Coronet Peak Sunday 7 September • Winter Games Curling Fours & Mixed • Jive - 1st Saturday of every month @ Barluga

Double, 10am, Naseby • PUMP Mini Mountain, Treble Cone Thursday 22 August Saturday 14 September local and loving it! • Winter Games IPC Slalom World Cup Day 1, 10am, Cardrona • Triple Comp, Treble Cone • Winter Games Curling Semis & Finals, • Secondary Schools 10am, Naseby Championship, Cardrona (14-15 Sept) • World Heli Challenge Showcase Awards Saturday 21 September • Night and Canon Shootout Awards followed • Interfields Ski Race, Cardrona by Afterburner Party, Wanaka • Wanaka Workers Race, Treble Cone Friday 23 August • Mission WOW Backcountry camp (21-22 Sept) • Winter Games Snowboard Halfpipe World • Hard Yards, Bullock Bar Cup Qualifying, 10am, Cardrona Monday 23 September • Winter Games IPC Slalom World Cup Day • Big Kitchen, Bullock Bar 2, 10am, Cardrona TUESDAY 24 September • Winter Games Curling Semis & Finals, 10am, Naseby • Upper Clutha Primary schools Ski and Saturday 24 August Snowboard race, Cardrona Thursday 26 September • Winter Games FIS Freestyle Ski Slopestyle World Cup-Qualifying, 10am, Cardrona • NZ Alpine Skiing Youth Series, Cardrona • Winter Games Snowboard Halfpipe Saturday 28 SEPTEMBER World Cup Finals, 10am, Cardrona • Release Mission WOW retreat, Intro to off-piste • Winter Games snow industry showcase + & backcountry, hut/glacier, (28 Aug-2 Sept) DJ, downtown Wanaka Sunday 29 September • Big Kitchen, Bullock Bar Sunday 25 August • Treble Cone Closing Day • Winter Games FIS Freestyle Ski Slopestyle Monday 30 September • World Cup-Finals, 10am, Snow Park. • SSNZ Junior Ski & Snowboard National • Winter Games Closing Ceremony, 2pm Championship, Cardrona (30 Sept – 4 Oct) 28 on MAGAZINE. “  stars” ON Rated best Indian in South Island Trip Advisor 2011&2012

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SEARED WILD HARE SADDLE WITH MIXED BEAN MINESTRONE I have converted many backcountry men and farmers alike from throwing the hare to the dogs. This earthy minestrone dish complements the hare perfectly, and is my favourite way of enjoying this hugely under-rated game meat. ] Saddle of 2 large hares (four back steaks) brined and trimmed of sinew ] 400g dried mixed beans - soaked overnight ] 1 large onion - diced ] 5 garlic cloves - roughly chopped ] 2 large celery sticks - diced 3 beers ] 2 large carrots - diced ] 100g tomato paste now ] 5 tomatoes - skinned and diced on tap! ] 1 litre of beef stock ] 50g flat leaf parsley finely chopped

Drain the soaking liquid from the beans and and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally and cover them with fresh water in a saucepan, bring adding salt and pepper to taste. to the boil and simmer for 1.5 hours. Drain the beans and add two thirds to the In a large saucepan sweat the onion and minestrone, pulp the other third with a potato garlic with salt and pepper and a tablespoon masher and add to the pot. This will help with of olive oil, add the celery and carrot and bring thickening the minestrone. Continue simmering to temperature before adding tomato paste, for a further half an hour. Wine Bar and BottleShop tomato, beef stock and parsley. Bring to the boil Meanwhile bring a heavy-based fry pan to a hot heat and have the oven preheated to 200 degrees. Season and oil the hare saddles before Come in and enjoy a pint and a frying each side until browned, pop them in Francesca’s Pizza the oven for about 5 minutes to complete the cooking to medium. Rest the meat for 5 minutes before slicing into medallions. Purveyors of fine wine, spirits and craft beers Serve the hare saddle medallions on top of Open: Mon-Thu 10-8pm, Fri-Sat 10-9pm, Sun 12-7pm your mixed bean minestrone and enjoy with fresh bread. (Serves 4) 24 Dungarvon Street www.pembrokewines.co.nz SCOTT BICKLEY 32 on MAGAZINE. ON

ARE YOU FIT TO SKI? It’s been nine months since you last hit the slopes. You’ve bought your season pass but, despite good intentions, you’ve let your fitness slip a little and you’re worried you won’t be able to keep up with your kids/mates. Most of us only hit the slopes one season per year. This makes it fun, but also potentially dangerous. Without a proper build-up, the risk of injury increases. Following a specific pre-season training program will both help prevent injuries and improve your skiing. Here are some ideas on how to become ‘Ski Fit’. As with any new exercise program, always consult a medical practitioner or exercise specialist first. CARDIOVASCULAR FITNESS & MUSCLE ENDURANCE BALANCE At least 30- 60 minutes of aerobic exercise Controlling side-to-side motion and being 3- 5 times a week is recommended. Examples: aware of your body position (proprioception) cycling, hiking, running, circuit/ interval classes. are also important. Examples: wobble board, STRENGTH & POWER single- leg & Swiss ball exercises. Functional exercises for your quadriceps, A well-planned and progressive program, gluteal, adductor (inner thigh), and hamstring including the components discussed, will provide muscles are best. Plyometric exercises can you with the right fitness to start the ski season be added once you have a solid strength base feeling strong. You will be able to ski better for Examples: lunges, squats, single-leg exercises, longer, and be less likely to injure yourself. side-to-side movements for lateral control. JACKY TOEPFER is an endurance coach and CORE STRENGTH nutrition consultant based in Wanaka. She Increased core stability will help control your holds weekly outdoor SkiFit and RunFit classes. upper body when you hit a mogul or soft For further info, call Jacky on 021 384 079. snow, enabling you to stay upright. Examples: exercises to strengthen transverse abdominals There are a range of and lower back muscles. FIT AS therapists in Wanaka FLEXIBILITY A FIDDLE AND to help sort out those winter aches. Ease Flexibility allows a greater range of movement STILL FEELING your pain with a visit and can help prevent injuries. In particular, SORE? ankle flexibility is needed to keep your weight your local chiropractor, forward on skis. Examples: deep calf (soleus), physio, acupuncturist or leg, hip and lower back stretches. massage therapist. 34 on MAGAZINE. ON HOT TUB TIME MACHINE (2010) Forty-something guys fall into a hot-tub-time-travel portal at ‘K- Val’ ski resort and end up back in the eighties. Like A Christmas Carol, except there’s a Poison concert in the middle. Best ski scene: When the boys all tumble off a cliff together and land on a squirrel.

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A HELI of a GOOD TIME

One of the snow season’s highlights in Wanaka is the World Heli Challenge, in which world class athletes get down and dirty in the backcountry to see who can go the biggest, the steepest and the gnarliest on some of the best terrain Aotearoa has to offer. August in Wanaka sees the town host conditions for flying and competing can be adrenaline-seeking freestyle skiers and chosen to lift athletes, guides, judges, media MAKING SPACE snowboarders competing in the World Heli and support crew to the zone. Challenge (WHC). The comp runs from The Freestyle Day showcases an athlete’s August 4-17, with a Showcase Awards evening acrobatic and aerial skills, as they take what RAEGAN TIPPING checks out Colab Creative Space, where Wanaka’s creatives come on the 22nd at the Lake Wanaka Centre. they have learned in the terrain park and together to get inspired and get to work. The two core elements of the WHC are the apply it to natural features in the backcountry. Straight up, I’m just going to throw it out flexibility to buy desk space on a short- or ‘Freestyle Day’ and the ‘Extreme Day’ held in On the Extreme Day, athletes ride big steep there: this has to be one of the funkiest office long-term basis. It’s the perfect blend of feeling the backcountry of the majestic Southern Alps mountains, dropping cliffs and chutes. The spaces I’ve been in. With an open plan set up like you’re working from home, but with the surrounding Wanaka. The competition is held aim? The “wow” factor that will set them of upcycled desks and furniture (10 points professional, functional space that an office over two weeks, in which two days of optimal apart from their competitors. for green awareness) and a living room that provides. Judging results and footage from the could’ve been transported from the 70’s, you Colab is more than just an office though. It’s competition days, as well as behind the scene couldn’t help but get creative up there. a creative hub. A recent partnering with local antics from the athletes, will be on view at the The brainchild of film and media gurus Jase muso Civilian Sol to create Colab Sessions is Showcase Awards evening on the 22nd, held Hancox and Mickey Ross, the idea was born just one of the ways the team is broadening at the Lake Wanaka Centre. This event is open out of the boredom, distraction, monotony their horizons. to the public and is a great way to get a taste and self imposed exile that working from So whether you’re a lyrical genius, working of the action. - REBECCA BROSNAHAN home delivers. Throw in the opportunity to be freelance but requiring a proper ‘office’, or you’re able to work for themselves (no more ‘sickies’ just simply in need of a little more motivation on a powder day!) and it was a no brainer. than the kitchen table is currently providing, For more information on events With the ink on the lease dry, they set about get yourself some desk space at Colab. By the happening over the two weeks of painting, staining, making desks out of doors, week, by the month, BUY the time, but do it the WHC, check out the On decorating in an eclectic mix of old vs new, and quick! My pick is there won’t be any hot desks Magazine ‘What’s On’ gig guide Colab Creative Space was born. A year down left this winter. the track, they’re both at the helm of their own or the WHC website: businesses and they’re happy as Larry. For more info check out: www.worldhelichallenge.com. The ‘office’ houses six workers comfortably facebook.com/ColabCreativeSpace freestyle day at the WHC and the “hot desk” system gives you the 38 on MAGAZINE. on MAGAZINE. 39 ON PHOTO: WANAKA.TV

Jon Griffiths and Danny Fairly DROPPING THE NEEDLE JIVE TALKING Dig yourself some updated bebop or Winter is here and I can see snow on the mountains of the magical South Island from fancy dancing the Lindy Hop? The the bottom of the North. swingin’ 50s ethos of the sock hop and The temperature of the water that Jangling Beatles chords, towering Zep jukebox is enjoying a resurgence at the separates us is sinking slowly but seagoing riffs, the pulse of New Order’s seminal ‘Blue new Jive nights down Post Office Lane, is still pleasurable if you’ve a thick suit. Monday’, they were all so fucking heavy. the first Saturday of every month. When not bewitched by the waves of the Substantial slabs of plastic carried ocean I am beguiled by waves of sound. reproductions of classic grooves in all Designed as a fresh take on the classic old Specifically those emitted by a turntable, their glory. Individually light and easy for school rock n roll dance party, the event was the gifted to me by my brother. a player to spin, collectively a few hours of idea of two local muso mates Jon Griffiths and I can plug it directly into my Jambox music can weigh 20 kilos or more. Danny Fairly who had become “unmotivated by speaker but it’s very quiet so it looks like The process of distributing these items, playing indie and electro to dancefloors where I’ll need a Behringer U-Phono UFO202 to while streamlined due to their massive dancing wasn’t ‘cool’... we wanted to change amp it, cable it into the iPad with a camera popularity, was also slow and laborious. that.” As Jon explains, the Jive nights are about adapter, put it through the Audiobus app or Electroform, stamp, mould, cover, ship, “getting people up dancing”. Self-styled as Dr straight into Garage Band, then wire it to wait for days. Repeat. Dee and the Vellum Banditos, their signature the woofer. However despite my desire to lighten my mix of rockabilly sounds spliced with surf pop Clearly channeling the spirit of analog load, records will always hold a special place and electro swing has seen Wanaka-ites packing is a challenge for those transitioning to a in my heart, and I’ve recently retrieved out Barluga since the Jive gigs began, with many digitized future. some from the houses of family members. attendees dolling up for the occasion in full 50s I look forward to wallowing in nostalgia, Little did I know how spoiled I was in the attire (think swept back hair, high ponytails, and the big bay. - MAL 80s, bathing in the warm vibes of vinyl. cinched in waists, pin-up glamour). It’s a far cry from shuffle-inducing dubstep and generates a SEA-THEMED TOP 5 cool Happy Days vibe that tends to make people Download / stream MAL’S mix from givingupdrugsforlent.podomatic.com: ‘Tides’ the smile and get their groove on. With the bar xx, ‘Water No Enemy’ Tall Black Guy, ‘I Ran’ Flock of Seagulls, ‘Yeah Yeah’ Willy Moon, open til 2.30am, Jive is probably the only place ‘Ocean Size’ Jane’s Addiction* in town where you can legitimately jitterbug the - ANNABEL WILSON *Crank it night away.

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TOP TIPS FOR YOUR OHAU TRIP 1 Stop at the 7/7/7 sign at the Ohau turnoff for a photo: 7 kms to Ohau, 7 kms to and 7 kms to . 2 Try the American hot dogs on the hill. OH, Yank-ilicious! 3 Lap until the very last minute. I have never failed to convince the lifty to give me “one last run, pleeeeeease!” OHAU! 4 Beware the traffic police. There is a speed LAURA WILLIAMSON shares her favourite spot for an out-of-town slide. gun holed up between Omarama and Twizel.

Ohau could only exist in New Zealand. It’s in the middle of nowhere, a three-hour Wanaka’s local yarn bomber knitsy, loves Ohau too! drive from the nearest city, the last bit of which is up an access road that starts with a river ford and ends with a stomach-knotting drop off. It’s worth the trip. Ohau looks small (it Wanaka’s BEST PRICE for rental skis & snowboards....Guaranteed has one chairlift and three groomed runs), but, like that trick where a magician pulls an LOCALS SKI RENTAL endless train of handkerchiefs out of his watch FROM pocket, it has terrain that keeps on giving. HOOKUPS Depending on the time of year, the trick is WE LOOK AFTER THE to start at one side of the hill and work your way along, following the sun as it tracks across LOCALS, ASK THE CREW $22 the snow. By traversing from the top of the lift, you can pack in everything from groomer hero turns on Boulevard, treacherous steeps on Escalator, undulations and sneaky slots below Powder Run and the wide open face of Sun Run--spring corn heaven. If that’s not enough, go for walk. Head straight up from the top of the lift and you’ve got at least three BOARD RENTAL FREE UPGRADE! more basins to explore; that’s an afternoon FROM MENTION THIS AD & GET A blown and beers earned for sure. FREE UPGRADE! SAME PRICE, Speaking of beers, Ohau also boasts one of the best pubs in the country to work off PHOTOS: LAURA WILLIAMSON $25 MORE AWESOME GEAR Stairway to heaven: hiking for glory at Ohau. 42 on MAGAZINE. ROCKET RENTAL 39 Helwick St - Phone 443 ROCK ON ON

THE FORRESTS By Emily Perkins

The Forrests starts out worryingly like it’s going to be one of those multi-generational family sagas that clog Man Booker Prize shortlists and are all somehow the same, lifespan after lifespan of tragedy, adversity, sin, redemption and pain. After introducing the Forrest family, though, the narrative focus of Perkins’

fourth novel narrows to tell the story of Dorothy Forrest. We follow her from PHOTOS: LAKE WANAKA TOURISM precocious seven-year-old to young mother, through a middling marriage, four children, and a sometimes requited love for her foster brother Daniel, an oversexed feckless drifter whose obsidian eyes make you nonetheless understand ROB ROY GLACIER WALK the attraction. It is only one lifespan, and not much of an extraordinary one at that. For this reason, I liked The Forrests more than I thought I would. Rather A classic walking track with an adventurous edge, the Rob Roy Valley track is a half than go for the epic, Perkins tells a life through moments lived, details noticed, day mission that has it all: beech forest, alpine vegetation, waterfalls, dramatic cliffs, and it resonates. clever parrots, and, just to top things off, an active glacier. To get to the start of the track, head out of spectacular Rob Roy glacier. The noise of Meeting Daniel again after a long absence, Dot Wanaka towards the West Matukituki Valley. tonnes of crashing icefall should be warning contemplates her changed perspective. “The It’s a 54km trip, the last 30km is unsealed, and enough, but if it isn’t, take note: Stick to the memory of those months after he’d gone made the final 10km is on a fair-weather only road. safe viewing area. That’s a lot of ice up there, her pity her former self, a twenty-one-year-old It’s prone to floods and washouts, so don’t and it’s heavy. girl who was small in Dot’s mind as though she’d even think of heading that way without first Rob Roy valley is also a popular stomping been photocopied on a reduction setting,” Perkins checking weather and road conditions with ground for the cheeky kea, the South Island’s writes. You know just what she means. Then come the Mount Aspiring National Park Visitor famous mountain parrot. They are curious the physical details of her surroundings: “The sun Centre. Got it? Good. and they are smart, and if you leave your shone through stacked, strangely cornered dark Once you do arrive you’ll find a pearler of daypack unattended they will steal everything clouds, and down the street an empty parking a track. Park at the Raspberry Creek carpark inside it. They are also beautiful, especially at the road’s end, and start by following the when they take flight and expose the fiery space glittered with window glass, like shattered Matukituki River for about 15 minutes to orange feathers beneath their wings. mentholated sweets.” That is good writing. These the recently-upgraded swing bridge. From This is a stunner of a trip that always amazes, glimpses of time and space are what make up the here you head up, and up, first through no matter how many times you do it. story, so it is sometimes disjointed, and sometimes fecund beech forest, all mossy and warm, events seem to have no context. Which is a lot like along a track that follows the Rob Roy stream DISTANCE: 10kms, 3-4 hours return Pick up your copy at memory, the way we look back on life: instants half- - a steep, dramatic waterway with a split DIFFICULTY: A reasonable level of fitness Paper Plus Wanaka, caught, images, feelings. If you love action, The personality, peaceful eddies giving way to is required. This track can be avalanche 23 Helwick Street prone in winter. Be prepared with adequate Forrests is not for you. If you love words, it is. boulder-strewn rapids and vice versa. LAURA WILLIAMSON Near the top you’ll emerge onto a scrubby clothing, footwear and food, and check weather and track conditions first. alpine landscape that perfectly frames the 44 on MAGAZINE. on MAGAZINE. 45 ON

SUNNY SLOPES ARE PRONE TO SLIDES

She clutches the sink, considers the science. Loose, hollow pyramid-shaped crystals compromise cohesion; form a rupture layer. He was keen for her to learn the terms. Riming, wind-affected drifts, convex terrain, crevasses. Deep down, sugary particles shift settle like dust. Danger increases with gradient. Above 25º, every snowy aspect becomes unstable. Risk gathers the further you go, the longer you stay. Always write your intentions, e.t.a, i.c.e – don’t forget me. Sunny slopes are prone to slides – a slight shift in balance can cause a w h o l e s l a b t o break away, an irreparable rift. Spring. Late season. Fragile interior layers cackle and whisper, re- configure. Hear the crack ricochet round the valley, across the steel lake. See the crown wall. Recognize this haemorrhage, the rupture of departure.

ANNABEL WILSON

ON SPRING ISSUE ON THE STREET SEPTEMBER 1 Join us for A French Affair launch party at Bistro Gentil from 2pm.

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