We’re stoked to hear Bex Sinclair (one of our favourite Snow Warriors) has won a silver medal in the second halfpipe comp of the FIS World Cup snowboarding series in a fiercely fought battle between her rivals China’s Shuang Li and France’s Clemence Grimal. As the Kiwi coach Tom Willmott explained after the event, “It was a tight one. Bex […]

Many have written about the connection between mountains and mysticism – the way that through exploring the mountains, we are able to be in the present moment, or what Eckhart Tolle has called The Power of Now; the spiritual dimension. Few have captured this sense of the Sublime successfully on film. From the meditative opening sequence of Into The Mind […]

ONmag hosted RJMC at ON HQ for the Audi quattro Winter Games NZ whilst he was MC-ing the snowboard events at Cardrona Alpine Resort. We had a chat with  him on the couch about his take on behind the scenes at the pre-Olympic competition. Here’s his standout snippets from this world-class snowsports summit. Catching up with Gjermund Braten and Silvia […]

Already fired up to watch The Denali Experiment and Superheroes of Stoke on night four of the Winter Games Adventure Film Festival at Cinema Paradiso, the audience got a sweet surprise when Red Bull Perspective – A Skateboarding Film was added to the roster at the last minute.   This first film brings together four skateboarders from across the US […]

Wanaka’s Will Jackways and Abby Lockhart both convincingly claimed World Heli Challenge titles this year, taking the top spots on the podium for snowboarding and proving they know Wanaka’s backcountry like the back of their hands. Sam Smoothy, also flying the local flag, reclaimed his title with first place in the skiing section following up on his solid third placing […]

Local athletes Will Jackways and Abby Lockhart will have their fingers crossed when the awards are announced at the iON Showcase Awards for the World Heli Challenge this Thursday night. The recently engaged couple won the event last year and are hoping one day will be enough to repeat their success following the cancellation of the second scheduled day. Both of […]

The ON crew went night riding in the weekend at Coronet Peak and we’re still amping! Here’s 10 reasons why, with insider’s advice from Pete Oswald – one of our favourite Kiwi freeskiers: 1. Less kooks 2. The darkness makes it harder for the courtesy patrol to catch you 3. Schnapps 4. Less chance of kids being on your landings […]

This weekend Mission WOW went sidecountry up Cardrona. Under the expert guidance of Anna Cook and Laetitia Campe from Aspiring Guides we got familiar with skinning, and practiced transceiver searches, probing and digging techniques.  Cardrona’s back bowls offered up some smooth, almost spring-like turns. Scoping new terrain is always the highlight of slack, back or side country!  We finished off […]

Wanaka’s snow warriors will compete against the world’s best when the third Winter Games NZ descends on Central  Otago from 15-25 August. For the winter issue of ON magazine we asked lensman Antony Hansen (WANAKA.TV) to photograph local snow athletes Carl Murphy, Janina Kuzma, Bex Sinclair and Lyndon Sheehan in full snow warrior character. There were so many great shots […]

  Lined up and good to go at Curio Bay    PHOTO: Ross Mackay, Stash Media Worx   SARAH WADSWORTH headed south with Mission WOW for an all-women’s surf weekend, and got up close and personal with some local wildlife. Bliss. Tranquility. Unadulterated fun. I was lucky enough to experience all three sensations in one glorious weekend recently – the Mission […]