Adventure Magazine

Osprey’s Hikelite 26 is perfect for dayhikes and everyday use. It has excellent comfort, incredible ventilation, and added features. Integrated raincover keeps your pack and gear dry in inclement weather Trekking pole attachment with upper compress

Legendary Mark Matthews had an idea about double towing at ‘The Right’ in Australia, and at the same time he would shoot Taj Burrow from behind. From Russell Ord: “On this day both Mark and Taj started with a couple of warm-up waves, smaller, cleaner

The day was Tuesday, 17 August 2021. It was a stormy mid winter day that the Southern Lakes had been looking forward to all season after a lean winter on the snow front. Majority of the early winter storms had hit the eastern coastal pathway of the S

Tai Juneau is a freelance photographer and digital marketer who specializes in lifestyle and action content. Tai spent his entire life in the outdoor community either in the mountains or by the ocean. He was born in the Eastern Sierras of the US and

When my friend called to see if I wanted to head out on an overnight hike on Mt Ruapehu, my first reaction was, “absolutely”, followed closely by “what if the skiing is good that day?” The issue with hiking in an alpine environment, is that you reall

There was no better time to book my first trip to Mount Cook Village. At a time when the Hooker and Tasman Valleys would typically be sprawling with tourists from all over the world exploring the majestic lands that lay below Mount Cook – instead,

In early July 2020 we received this message from our good mate Bob - ‘We’re doing it!...wanna come too? Chopper into Dusky...play and explore...passage up to Breaksea and Doubtful...get some stories...connect with magic NZ...exit via Lake Manapouri 5

Being an avid skier and snowboarder since I could walk, I’ve always loved the mountains but as I grew older and became a pro surfer to follow the summer around the world for the past 14+ years, I naturally spent less and less time in the snowy hills.

A lot has been written about the development of the Dunstan Trail and the canter-levered tracks that suspend over Lake Dunstan. However there was so much more to this bike track than a marvel of engineering. Despite Covid disrupting travel for many i

ROXBURGH GORGE TRAIL: This trail is one of Central Otago’s most visually spectacular rides. Scattered with remnants of the gold rush, you’ll head deep into the remote Roxburgh Gorge from Alexandra to the Lake Roxburgh Hydro Dam. To ride the full trai

My earliest memories are fishing with my dad on English rivers, catching coarse fish like roach, rudd and perch. We then moved to New Zealand, and I soon discovered the joy of sea fishing and I still love it today. But twenty years ago we bought a pr

Growing up on the family farm in rural Waiuku, twins, Amber and Serena Shine, found their shared love of the outdoors early in life. After leaving school they both trained in the army before heading the Australia to work in the mines. With the money

No one knows the Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park like local guide and mountaineer Charlie Hobbs. Having lived and run his own successful adventure guiding businesses since 1989, his name is synonymous with the area. We sat down with Charlie to chat

Throughout my whole career as a professional surf photographer and more recently in the high-end world of VIP travel facilitation and adventure photography showing and shooting clients wildest adventures across the globe, I’ve always found the time f

In the 1960’s surfing arrived in New Zealand not surfing as we know it but Longboarding. A few clubies were playing with hollow surf skis but not until 1959 did two Americans come in New Zealand and kicked alive a revolution and a culture. However, s

Vanuatu is best known to divers around the world for the wreck of the SS President Coolidge, but as a diving destination, there is much more to Vanuatu’s underwater world. Encircled by, and in common with, its Pacific Ocean neighbours Fiji, New Caled