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Vol. 3, Issue 8, Winter 2013 What’s On Wanaka & Beyond WE OHAU CONEHEADS SNOW WARRIORS BEST OF WANAKA MEN WITH BROOMS Special on MAGAZINE. ON Vol. 3, Issue 8, Winter 2013 4 concept 24 what’s on 40 on the beat Wintertime love Gig guide & events Drop the needle 6 on snow 30 opinion 41 on the page Coneheads Failure is ok Jive talking 10 on the town 32 degustation 42 destinations Best of Wanaka winter Seared wild hare Oh Ohau! 14 fashion 34 on form 44 on the page Snow warriors Are you fit to ski? Book review 20 on ice 36 on screen 45 on foot Men with brooms Skis on film Rob Roy glacier 22 on/off 38 on snow 46 inspiration What’s cool, what’s not A heli of a good time Poem 23 directions 39 on location 46 later on Wanaka & Hawea map Making space Next issue The contents of On Magazine are copyright and may not be reproduced in any form without written permission. Printed on FSC paper by Taieri Print. To advertise with On Magazine contact us on: 022 0188 314 or (03) 443 4629. [email protected] www.onmag.co.nz. Follow us on Facebook & Twitter. COVER: Colin Boyd, TC Backcountry by Mickey Ross Ramen,Before Udon or - Japanese after the Noodles. show, Sasanoki’sSasanoki winter addict, warmers bro.. SASANOKISASANOKISASANOKISASANOKI 2626 Ardmore Ardmore St St LakeLake Wanaka Wanaka Tel:Tel: 03 03 443 443 6474 6474 2626 Ardmore Ardmore St, St,Lake Lake Wanaka. Wanaka. Tel: Tel: 03 03 443 443 6474 6474 2626 26Ardmore26 Ardmore Ardmore Ardmore St, St,Lake LakeSt,Lake Wanaka. Lake Wanaka. Wanaka. Wanaka. Tel: Tel: 03 Tel: 03 443Tel: 03443 647403 443 6474 443 6474 6474 ON 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. magazine Editor Deputy Editor Design Advertising Annabel Wilson Laura Williamson Bridget Hall Prairie Pritchett [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Contributing Writers: MAL, Raegan Tipping, Scott Bickley, Jacky Toepfer, Miek Deuninck, Rebecca Brosnahan Contributing Photographers: WANAKA.TV, Mickey Ross, Colin Boyd, Ross Mackay, Miek Deuninck Web: On Magazine is supported by Micimage Design & Photography Be part of On Magazine... 1 Send us your photos, 2 Join our 3 Send us an email stories or art. Best submissions online community. with your thoughts or will be published online onmag.co.nz suggestions. or in the mag. Twitter, Facebook [email protected] on MAGAZINE. ON 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 Treble Cone’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 chairlift 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 skiing 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.