2018 Exhibitors

Welcome to the exciting world of Red Paddle Co, the world’s most popular inflatable stand-up paddle boards

A world where you can go wherever you want, whenever you want. Chuck your SUP in the car, take it on a plane, carry it on your back – just take it with you. Then unpack, inflate and explore your world.

Inflatable is unbeatable when it comes to stand up paddle boards, and since 2008 Red Paddle Co has been making the best. We live, sleep and breathe SUP. We are passionate about discovering new ways to make SUPing easier and more accessible to deliver the most authentic experience possible – paddleboards made by paddleboarders.

We are an online retail outlet of skateboards and land paddles, as well as makers of unique solid timber skateboards. Our business stems from a passion for the outdoors and a desire to bring new adventure to New Zealand.

As the NZ suppliers of Kahuna Creations longboards and land paddles, we can help you carve the pavement in style. Cruiser longboards, master-crafted boards built for long smooth arcs or straight up stability, are perfect for you, whether you are land paddling, street surfing or just cruising.

We’ve firmly planted the Skullcandy flag at the intersection of sport, music, youth culture, art, film and fashion and are dropping in to become the experts at pushing human potential through the power of music. Our goal is simple: innovate to solve real problems and democratize amazing audio experiences with quality and style. For people like you—like all of us. We inspire life at full volume.

We founded ZeroTwenty2 SportsCo with one goal in mind, to provide a high-quality, smart, and reliable online sporting goods store for endurance athletes. We are the New Zealand agents for Alpinamente Eyewear, Orange Mud and CrampFix.

Our passion for excellence has driven us from the beginning, and continues to drive us into the future. We know that every product counts, and strive to make the entire shopping experience as rewarding as possible.

The Crankworx World Tour is where ordinary humans perform the extraordinary and launch into the realm of the unimaginable, riding faster, climbing further, flying higher, and going bigger than what was once thought to be possible, taking on the world and the challenges set before them with seemingly superhuman power and passion. In 2019, Crankworx brings their feats of two-wheeled magic to four stops around the world. Come along for the ride as the Crankworx World Tour travels to Rotorua, New Zealand (19-24th March 2019)

Out Wear has been around since 2004.

We started distributing Original Buff® Multifunctional Headwear. Since then we have taken on other unique brands focusing on quality and performance.

Our aim is to provide products that are of the finest quality which help our customers to perform at their best. We have sports accessories from your head to your toes! We aim to supply excellent customer service.

Looking forward to meeting you out there on the trails or at an event, displaying our unique range!

Adventure can be on a mountain, river, or in your backyard!

SylvanSport was founded in 2004 in Brevard, NC, for one reason: to make outdoor adventure accessible. What started as an idea to create the most innovative pop-up camper has evolved into a line of the best designed camping and gear trailers ever made.

It’s true that Giant is the world’s largest producer of high-quality bikes, but we never forget where we came from. We started small. And we were founded on the idea that the best way to inspire passion for cycling is to create the best products, and make them accessible to all riders. That’s what we did back then. That’s what we do today.

Evolve Skateboards was born in Australia through sheer passion and obsession for finding the link between snowboarding, surfing and all things carving on land. After scouring the world for the best electric skateboards Evolve was developed out of a frustration over the clumsy, oversized, heavy & low quality parts used on electric skateboards that were on the market.

The thing about socks for the feets of action sports people, the assorted charismatics on the go is…MERGE4 knows that not only must socks look cool, sock construction must endure the punishment of action-people and charismaticans, making them comfortable while looking particularly above-average and miles ahead of the cool curve with a list of artists deeper than Lake Tahoe.

Dancing Moose bikepacking and cycle touring bags are designed and made in Rotorua, New Zealand to "get out there" on your bike – on full day, overnight, or epic multi-day trips.

Hand made custom fitted frame-bags for YOUR specific bike, as well as a complete range of additional bag solutions.

Tech consumers are primarily driven by one thing - innovation. That’s why Kaiser Baas is committed to developing and delivering innovative, cost-effective products with class-leading price, performance and reliability. From conception to design and development, Kaiser Baas keeps the end-user in mind, striving to provide practical, easy to use products for use at home and outdoors.

We focus on tents from ultralight minimalist hiking tents to 50 kg canvas family tents and vehicle roof top tents. We know about tents and are involved in the design and manufacturing of our own branded camping tents.

Always diving in head first

In 1987, Red Bull not only launched a completely new product, it created a whole new product category - energy drinks. From day one, Red Bull has been giving wings to people and ideas, setting many milestones in sports and culture.

GoPro frees people to celebrate the moment, inspiring others to do the same. From cameras and drones to apps and accessories, everything we do is geared to help you capture life as you live it, share the experience and pass on the stoke. We believe that sharing our experiences makes them more meaningful and way more fun.

Safer Places, Safer Activities, Safer People

We are a national organisation who has been working for more than 50 years with a mandate to encourage safe participation in land-based outdoor activities.

Making off road bikes is our one and only love, our heart and soul out there on the trail or the road less traveled. We are 100% committed to impeccable designs & exquisite ride quality. It’s a dedication we want to share with you on every ride.

The plant bottle is our first step towards this future and our first commitment to a circular economy. It is better for us and the planet.

And now, for every box of Better Bottles that gets delivered, we have pledged to plant a tree. This means that 24 Better Bottles = One seedling planted. By giving back to Mother Nature we reduce our carbon footprint and ensure that as we grow, so does our planet.

We love the mountains. We love good food. And we are vegetarian. With limited options for a lightweight, hearty vegetarian meal we decided to make our own to take with us to the hills. And they were bloody good! We started experimented with making meals we loved to eat, full of flavour, and dehydrating them.

On our missions in the hills we found ourselves hungry for a well proportioned and nutritionally balanced dinner, knowing we would need the right amount of protein for recovery and carbohydrates for tomorrow’s energy.

Educating great people to become the world’s best chiropractors.

The College offers a state of the art Chiropractic Centre and is home to the Centre for Chiropractic Research. Students are primarily skilled in spinal analysis and chiropractic techniques. Most students are employed immediately after graduation with many students receiving job offers in their final year of study.

Bushbuck is an outdoor e-commerce clothing & gear company, proud to be based & owned in New Zealand and ship internationally. Founded in 2012, Bushbuck continues to grow at a fast rate thanks to you! By eliminating the middleman and selling directly to you, we strip out the traditional retail markup, ensuring that we deliver the absolute best quality gear at the best price

Ozone is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of kites and paragliders, created around a small but dedicated team of passionate riders and pilots. The Ozone team share the same outstanding passion for nature, exciting sports and progress.

“Our philosophy of riders building kites for riders, remains at the center of everything we do. Our core mission is to improve our sport through technological innovation, intensive R&D and our enjoyment of the sports we love.”

Lifestyle Gear was originally started in a personal search for a sun shelter equipment suited to New Zealand’s environment. Along the way was the discovery of the Sport-brella and other successful international brands that had not previously made it to our shores. What we have discovered was our passion to bring stylish and functional outdoor gear to New Zealand.

While Lifestyle Gear is a Kiwi owned and operated online store, our business is not “faceless”! Too many people hide behind emails and websites nowadays. So customers can contact us at any reasonable hour of the day.

We were born during the infancy of the NZ craft brewer revolution

when brewers sculpted a unique identity that is rich in kiwi spirit and adventure. Fired on by this brewer break-away, 8 Wired has always stood for innovation and ingenuity.

– Robert Bruce, Founder.

Got To Get Out was founded in January 2015 by keen outdoorsman and entrepreneur Robert Bruce as he trekked through the Himalayas to Mt Everest Base Camp. He found his inspiration at around 5,000 metres into the hike and decided his purpose in life was to help people have amazing experiences and change their lives by arranging safe, exciting group adventures.

Daniel Kereopa is New Zealand's most accredited multi disciplined surfing athlete and an international Ultimate Waterman.

Daniel Kereopa (DK) is from Raglan, NZ and has spent many years as a professional surfing athlete.

In 2015, DK and his partner Renee, began DK Surf School with the heart and goal to lift New Zealander's ocean skills, confidence and courage in New Zealand water.

DK Surf School specialises in on-going tuition because it provides a stable platform for kiwis to progress their abilities and knowledge with quality guidance. DK Surf School is unique because it teaches within the DK ocean culture and Maori culture and aims to make surfing accessible to kiwi whanau as a tool to enhance water safety knowledge and grow the next generations of Kiwi surfing athletes and recreational surfers.

The Team: The DK Surf School team is made up of NZ locals because we believe in grass roots initiative and culture.

DK Surf School operates in Raglan (west coast, Waikato) and Orewa Beach (east coast north Auckland) and Northland. DK Surf School offers school term surf programs, holiday programs, youth & adult surf camps, customised group learning programs, Stand up paddle and surf clinics and athlete surf and SUP coaching.

VISION – Enriching Kiwi lives through the positive development and enjoyment of surfing.

PURPOSE – Building a better surfing future for our New Zealand Surfing Community and athletes.

ENJOYMENT | RESPECT | PASSION | INNOVATION | COMMITMENT

OUR PURPOSE

Our purpose is to offer our customers a natural alternative to synthetics and to lead the outdoor industry towards sustainable solutions. It’s why we exist

At Outfitters we stock an extensive range of global outdoor adventure brands for your next big adventure. See us for travel, tramping, trekking, alpine and lifestyle clothing and gear, all set in a unique environment in Newmarket, Auckland.

We bring you the widest range of Rab clothing, sleeping bags and equipment and the most extensive range of Lowe Alpine backpacks, accessories and travel gear available in the Southern Hemisphere.

From head to toe and for every activity, we supply some of the best brands in the world to enhance your travel or outdoor adventures.

HempThreads is sustainable streetwear. Our global fast-fashion cotton industry is a broken system from start to finish. It is time to make a change for our planet and our people. HempThreads clothing is made from 100% hemp fiber, a hard-wearing and long-lasting material that wears in, not out. Our garment construction is made to last, so you know you will look and feel good when you're out carving up the streets. hempthreads.co.nz