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 and the boys took great pleasure in throwing them off 109 metre cliff … check out some of these awesome pictures and read the full story on stuff.co.nz !

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Customers of the Moment!

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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 spend some time in Queenstown. They’d seen Lord of the Rings and were keen to come a check it out the real scenery for themselves. Initially only Marc was keen to try out our swing as part of his holiday and his wife reluctantly agreed to come and watch. Marc tried out a few different jumpstyles and vowed to come back for more.

Once back at the hotel Christina decided she would also take the plunge the following day, but we were full. They pushed back their flight to Auckland so that they could book on with us again and both came out to play!

They then flew to Sydney but after only 2 days decided to return to Queenstown and take an extra few days to come and jump with us again. They had to forfeit their return flights to LA and re-book the entire return journey with no refund! As soon as they were off the plane they came straight to our shop to book on again.

The following morning, not only did they come out for their scheduled trip, they also requested to stay on out at our site and join the next group to come through. They were out at site with us for over four hours, swinging happily and joining in with the fun. They said that we felt like family to them. They were due to fly out on Friday at 3pm so decided to fit in one last Swing session first thing on the Friday morning!

TV3 News loved the story and the couple’s positive outlook on life so much that they even included it in the Friday night news!

Marc and Christina, we love you guys!!!!!

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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 being awesome swing clothing packs and the piste de la resistance top prize was an awesome I-Pod Touch.  And …..

DDDDDRRRRRRRUUUUUMMMMM RRROOOOLLLLL PPPLEASE …..

Flip Champion:  Jonathan Law a 25 year old from Northport UK.  Amazed us with his massive eight full flips …. wow!  He now basks in the knowledge that he has gained the title of I-Swing Flip Champion, he has also made it to our Swing Fall of Fame and on top of that is walking around in some really, really, really styley swing clothing … he looks hot!

Indian Rope Champion:  James Faire 19 years old from Halstead, England.  A massive 38 seconds on the swing rope, is now the proud owner of I-Swing Indian Rope Trick Champion title, logged into the Swing Fall of Fame and is sitting pretty with an awesome swing clothing prize pack.

And the most Styleee Swing Champion of Champions goes to ……

Serge Stamm, aged 20 years from Germany for his wonderfully impressive Stylee Double Gainer, winning the tittle of I-Swing Most Stylee Swing Champion, reaching the dizzing heights of the Fall of Fame and more importantly has won the awesome I-Pod Touch.

Thanks to everyone who entered, swung and gave it their utmost flipping, indian rope tricking stylest, bestest effort.

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June 2009 Charity Fundraiser – Wakatipu Search & Rescue

sarYou 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 extra swings (usually $39) in exchange for a minimum donation of $10 which will go toward the training and equipment needed for the Wakatipu Search and Rescue. The entire crew at Wakatipu Land SAR is made up of volunteers who drop sticks and run to help any time of day or night to help locals and tourists in a variety of situations. Thanks to these guys we can all go exploring the local mountains & surroundings, safe and secure.

Visit www.wakatipusar.co.nz for more information on their work. We’re hoping to raise as much money as we can to buy the equipment needed for the Bush and Avalanche Rescue dogs and the training of both dogs and handlers.

Throughout the fundraiser, the retail price of a swing booking remains at $179. Extra swings will be FREE OF CHARGE, but all we ask is that a minimum donation of $10 is made. As always extra swings are on a time available basis as we don’t want to rush anyone off the edge of the platform. Don’t worry, in usual Shotover Canyon Swing style, each customer will still be allowed the time they need on the platform to gather that courage and to consider if they are brave enough. As always, underpant reinforcement is available at site for those who need it. If you would like to make any additional donations to the cause, please let us know; additional collection buckets will be at Swing Site and our shop.

Happy Swinging!!!!

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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 still fully operational during this time, and the onky change is that:

From Saturday 30th May until Tuesday 9th June, we will be checking in our trips at the Info & Track Centre, 37 Shotover Street. (Yes, it's just next door, so you shouldn't get lost!)

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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 of Swing merchandise packs up for grabs as well!

Our current Flip record (but don’t worry, he’s not in the competition) is held by Mad Flippin’ Filip “Flippad” Ljungberg who came out a couple of years ago. Check out his amazingness:

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(The Canyon Swing part is about 1min 39secs into the clip, but it’s worth watching the whole thing, this guy is AMAZING!!!!)

And the record for the ‘Indian Rope Trick’is held by a staff member (also not part of the competition), The Man of Pinkness,  who held on to the rope for 1min 05secs!!!! Craziness!!!!!

Good luck to everyone entering the competition! We will be posting up the results as soon as they’re in!

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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 full piccies)

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Chair Of Death

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Forwards Leap

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Backwards Fall

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Queenstown Map & Frisbee Golf

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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 fields, the region's best walks and detailed inserts of Sunshine Bay and Arrowtown. The maps come in rip off pads and also a very handy pocket-sized prefolded version! These maps are available at our shop and various information centres all around town!

We are also always on the look out to help Swing customers make the most of Queenstown and not burn a hole in their wallets, so we are now proudly displaying information on the Queenstown Frisbee Golf Course in our shop! When we designed our Queenstown Map, we thought it would be great to give the old favourite pastime of plastic disc throwing some support! Information on the course is now available in our shop as well a fantastic range of frisbees to rent. Woohooo!!!!!

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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 luck to you guys, we miss you!

When staff members leave, we obviously get new people to come out and play with us, so welcome to trainee Jumpmasters Pete and Pirate Steve, and new Domette (customer service staff) Sally!!!! Come on out on one of our trips to meet these guys!

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Pirate Steve in disguise as a baby! Very clever!

Pete, who we have decided is our Operations Manager Harry's long lost son, looks like this....but younger!

Pete, who we have decided is our Operations Manager Harry's long lost son, looks like this....but younger!

 Sally a.k.a. Danger Mouse

Sally a.k.a. Danger Mouse

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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 earliest opportunity as we are coming into a busy time and we would not want any of you to miss out on the magic of Swing Love! So give us a ring, drop us an email or use our secure online booking system (accessible via our website) and come out to say hidy-ho!

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