Over winter we ran a text competition on the ski fields. The entrants had to let us know their favourite NZ adventure to win a mystery weekend for two. Here are the entries, all we need now is your help to choose the winner. Vote for your Favourite Advent
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3 weeks roadtrip of the south island
4 days ski touring on black peak with aspiring guides including one night solo snow caving Best nights sleep ever
A friend I were hiking back country snowboarding Got to top of peak A chopper landed Spoke of the hardships of walking and got a free ride
A seven drop heli ski with amazing powder awesome views and a great guide and delicious lunch all for free Right time right place
An epic day of jetboating in queenstown followd by night skiing at coronet peak thn hittin th beers on a pubcrawl til th early hours
Being tied to a chair and kicked off a cliff by a couple of kiwis for australia day Canyon swing is awesome
Best thing I've done is surf a random beach on the west coast of the south island in a storm epic
Boarding in queenstown
Bungy Jump
Capsizing in a rapid on a 3 day trip along wanganui river
Did my first bungy at queenstown the ledge
Eating a road kill pie at the bush mans cafe on the west coast choice
Eating bbq d huhus at Wildfoods while dressed in neon fur
Extream riding of fresh powder at remarks
Extreme skimboarding being towed on waters edge at 50km h by a 4wd at muriwai beach
Finding secret stashes of fresh untouched powder to ski down in all the Queenstown resorts
Going off piste on my 3rd day ever and nearly dying
Going scuba diving up north has got to be my favorite trip all the scollops and crayfish you can find
had an awesome time hunting down kiwis on stewart island
Hiking up Ruapehu and snowboarding down into the crater
Hitting the slopes and the bars in wanaka and surrounds with my norwegian friend
Hot air ballooning methven
Huka falls jetboat
I got cocky when I was learning and flew off a jump out of control The sunset from the helicopter was beautiful despite the pain
I just learnt snowboarding and I love it
I went up the remarkables snowboarding and nearly got blown off the mountain
Ice climbing at the Remarkables
Judge boarding in queenstown
Jumping little Thailand in queenstown
Jumping off a 10metre drop into a river
Kayaking
Kayaking in waves at ohope Brenton
Living in ohau
Luxuriating in hot pools Welcome Flat
Mountain biking rotorua
Mountainbiking at Whakarewarewa
Mt hutt snow boarding
Hiking to the top of Porters Heights and building a big jump and droping in to fresh powder on my snowboard
Skydiving lake taupo
Climbing mt te aroha in th waikato on a clear day and seeing th amazing 360 view for 100s of km
Paddling to Mou Waho in lake wanaka and camping on the lookout with no one else around except a flightless bird an amazing view
Powder skiing at treble cone after a fresh dump of pow pow
Relaxing in the hot mud pools at Welcome flat hut after walking the Copland track Well worth it
Road trip to catlins southern most point of southisland
Road trip w 2 pers mt bikes snowboards a cat not being able to move on until t cat came back fr walkabouts
Rock climbing
Fri coronet nite ski afta wrk sparks frm skis on lnding big hit Urly drive 2 coast surf colac dance in field on way hm livin th dream
Rotorua luge
ruapehu skiing
Ruby jumpin off a 30 ft cliff into the sea
Shooting in the middle of the night
Boarding on powder
Ski touring on the remarkables and climbing single cone at sunset
Skiing at Turoa
Skiing back country powder at mt hutt thn skinny dipping in th rakaia river and bck home 4 a hot spa
Skiing down thun luzzy
Skiing off piste at treble cone
Skiing the crater at mt ruapehu
Skiing treble cone in the sun
Sking down a steep mountain with little Just waiting 4 the moment when I am going 2 fall Scary but excilarating
Skippers Canyon jet boat is an awesome adventure made to feel like a gold rush pioneer thrown into a roller coaster a real buzz
Skydiving in2 kaikohe
skydiving over lake Taupo on a perfect day Loved the rush of the initial drop out of the plane Awesome
Skydiving over Mt Hutt
Slashing up outward bound on a powder day
Snow kiting over massive natural wind lips on un tracked terrain and then down for stories and mulled wine
Snowboading the back country Seeing a heli at the top havin a yarn and gettin a bump to the top
snowboarding
Snowboarding in the sun 1 hour after landing in queenstown
Snowboarding the remarks
Snowkite up the pisa range in wanaka with my mates in knee deep untracked powder Cheers
So stoked for Wanakite snowkite session at the end of August kite girls rule
Spending a week with Greg the takahe as a doc volunteer on tiritiri matangi
Spring snowboarding at mount hutt
Super scary ascent to Ball Pass Mt Cook and camping bneath the Caroline Face listning to avalanchs all nite long then grippng ice to climb
To full moon ski broom broom rev up the wagon road trip to colac surf bump bump is that a shark Cheese rolls all round mmmm jimmy s pies
Tramping around lake waikaremoana
Treble cone sking
Waitomo caves
We spent the day at fox glacier and did the day hike All was ok until i got on the ice When i rediscovered an elementary fact Ice
We went boarding mad jumps on the ski hill
Went for a hike up 2 qtwm gondola at mid night during this massive storm and went snowboarding under the lights of the luge track
White water rafting at Kaituna falls
Wing drop stalls during a flying lesson over mount maungaui
Winter road trip to mt ruapehu with mates snow boarding all day and partying all night