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Win Virgin flights for you and a mate!

Yup, just by typing in the name of your favourite New Zealand activity (or as we like to call it, the Shotover Canyon Swing!), you will be put in the draw to win 2 free return flights with Virgin Pacific Blue.  Yes, it really is this simple!  Just follow this link, scroll down to the [...]

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The Return of Marc and Christina – swinger-tastic!

Remember them?  Of course you do, the amazing American couple who not only cancelled other plans in Queenstown to swing, not only changed flights to swing, but also came back from Australia instead of flying home to LA – again, for more swinging!  They racked up 17 jumps last year…  Well… THEY’RE BAAACK! Having heard [...]

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Swinging amongst the white stuff!

Just in case you haven’t been up the mountain yet or you’re itching for more of it (keep saying your prayers to the snow fairies!), here’s a snippet of the fun you can have swinging in the snow. And for the summery soul hiding inside, we’ve got the heaters cranking and have spare duck-down jackets [...]

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Queenstown Rickshaw Racers – what legends!

We swingers are very proud to have supported Queenstown local Tina and her buddies in their recent charity rickshaw race across India.  Their once-in-a-lifetime journey took them through torrential rain, desert roads, steamy jungles, extreme heat and awe-inspiring mountain ranges.  They visited Orissa, where their whopping fundraising total of $5,000 NZD will be helping locals, [...]

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Tandem Gimps are GO!

Totally not even hot off the press yet – this is the first anyone knows of it! After some top-secret meetings and photo shoots, we are ever so excited to announce that we are now offering Tandem Gimp Boy jumps!  So not only does the Shotover Canyon Swing give you the highest tandem cliff jump [...]

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$20 extra swings until the end of June – that’s half-price!

To celebrate the excitement of the winter wonderland that Queenstown and Swingworld have become, we’re giving our customers half price extra swings until the end of June. HOW completely brilliant – so you can jump off a cliff a couple of times and still have time to  zip up the hill for an afternoon of [...]

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Swingers have hearts too!

BIG hearts, as it goes.  And big, deep pockets.  We’ve been thrilled with the response to our ‘Have a Heart’ campaign and amassed a whopping $4,785!  For 2 weeks in May, we gave away second swings in return for donations to Heart Children Central Otago, a local branch of the nationwide charity who support families [...]

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We catch you all the way down!

This year has seen the addition of mutli-shots to our video and photo packs.  These brilliant multi-burst photos capture you all the way through your freefall, so you end up with one photo containing lots of you!  We’re very proud that we’re the first peeps to offer this in New Zealand for our customers – [...]

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Everyone loves a swinger in costume!

Monday 24th May 2010 became the first swinger NNFDITWPD (Nearly National Fancy Dress in the Work Place Day). What an epic, fun-filled day – all swing staff dressed up in the name of fun and games, giving our customers even more of a unique swing experience. Where else can you be checked in by a [...]

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