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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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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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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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Our new mate Gary!

Guess who came out to play on our giant rope swing the other day???? 2009 Brownlow Medallist and AFL legend Gary Ablett!!!!! On a holiday with his mates, Gary came out and did some seriously scary jumps – The Chair and Gimp Boy Goes To Hollywood! Check it out!!!!
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Customers of the Moment!

This video was embedded using the YouTuber plugin by Roy Tanck. Adobe Flash Player is required to view the video. 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 [...]
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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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