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9/02/2012
Snowboarding one minute then wakeboarding the next

Snowboarding one minute then wakeboarding the next

A wild new competition combining wakeboarding and snowboarding has raised $500 for a Wakatipu »»

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Great conditions greet Lake Wakatipu race

Great conditions greet Lake Wakatipu race

Blue skies and strong winds proved ideal conditions for kiters and windsurfers competing in the Big »»

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Wakatipu High rowers collect national medals

Wakatipu High rowers collect national medals

Wakatipu High rowers will be returning from the New Zealand Secondary School Rowing Champs tomorrow »»

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We’re winding up for our oar-some challenge

We’re winding up for our oar-some challenge

Wakatipu High rowers, from front Mike Foley, Alex Hall, Marco Dyson and Matt Nicholson with cox »»

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Rookie rowers’ surprise silver

Rookie rowers’ surprise silver

Two Wakatipu High rowers have nabbed silver at the national champs – despite being involved »»

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Vroom with a view

Vroom with a view

  Getting paid to teach watersports to hardy punters on freezing Lake Wakatipu »»

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Fast crew coming through

Fast crew coming through

Putting in the hard yards is paying off for Queenstown rowers (from front) Josh Speight, 14, Alex »»

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Roaring Ken’s fast river victory

Roaring Ken’s fast river victory

Queenstown’s Ken McIntyre (main) breaks out of the toughest gate on the Kawarau River to win »»

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Rowers pull into finals

Local teens got to finals at Twizel’s Maadi Cup rowing regatta.  A 14-strong Wakatipu Rowing Club crew at the national secondary schools’ comp last week made semis or finals, head coach Allan Ruffell says.  Results: Under-15 boys’ quad B (Michael Foley, Ethan Horsley, »»

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Eat my river victory spray

Eat my river victory spray

Southland driver Roger Preston (obscured) and navigator Kerry Wilson tear up the Shotover towards »»

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