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British Disabled Ski Team – Swingerfied!

The British Disabled Ski Team are used to danger, excitement, adrenalin, the wind whipping through their hair …… and they felt like they needed something else …. for one sunny morning on a quiet August Saturday …. we were … that something else …. We had a few of these amazing athletes venture out with us recently [...]

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Customers of the Moment!

We’ve got an awesome Swing story to share with you all! Have a read and you will soon see why these brilliant people have been named our official Customers of the Moment! Marc & Christina were scheduled to be in Sydney for work commitments and decided to extend their trip to take a late honeymoon and [...]

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I-Swing & I-Swung – World Champs Winner

Well in the lovely month of May we had an awesome contest to see who could do the most flippin flips, who could hold on the longest for the Indian Rope trick and who was the most stylee of them all …. It was great fun and we had a lot of entrants, the prizes [...]

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June 2009 Charity Fundraiser – Wakatipu Search & Rescue

You may remember last year we ran a May/June fundraiser to raise money for a new tracking device for the Royal Albatross Centre in Dunedin and raised a whopping $12,365.40c! Well this year we have decided to help the local Wakatipu Search and Rescue volunteers. For the whole month of June we will be offering [...]

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Shop Refurbishment

Can you believe that we have been operating in our shop on Shotover Street for 2 whole years now!!! It's crazy how quickly time flies! Well, we decided it's about time we had a wee freshen up so we are giving our shop a pretty facelift over the next couple of weeks. Don't worry, we are [...]

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i-Swing Championship – May 2009

From 11th – 31st May 2009, we are running a brilliant competition for our customers! We have challenged our customers to set a new record for holding on to the ‘Indian Rope Trick’ and for the number of ‘Flips’ during freefall. The competitors go in to win an i-Pod Touch and there’s also a couple [...]

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Multi multi multi-shots!!!!

Our very clever computer gurus have developed a new photo product for customers – the Multishot! These are available on request (as they are handcrafted by the video gurus themselves!) for $25 each, or for $5 as an add-on to one of our existing Packs. Here are some samples of their genius-ness!  (Click to see [...]

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Queenstown Map & Frisbee Golf

Hi! We've been busy creating our very own Queenstown map and these awesomely useful pieces of highly quality info hit the streets recently. We've teamed up with the guys at ITAG visitor guides and designed a doubl-sided A3 size that covers downtown Queenstown, Queenstown and Frankton suburbs and a larger regional map that includes the ski [...]

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New, New, New!!!!

We’ve had quite a few changes happen in the past couple of months out here at the Swing! We have had a few beloved staff members leave – Franko is off back to Aussie, Taelor has gone onto adventures in South America, and Jack has gone to work in a vineyard in Nelson. Best of [...]

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Bring on 2009!!!

We at the Swing hope everyone had a phenomenal holiday season - with too much eating, drinking and way too much merriness! We would like this opportunity to welcome everyone to the amazingness of 2009, may it be a brilliant year for all of you! Just a wee note to try and book your Swing at the [...]

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