The Project Archive
This portfolio archive is set out as a series of posts, documenting some of my work for 10 years from 2010 to 2020.
Welcome to The Hawea Grove
This is a project in achievable sustainability, documented from a consumer's perspective. As a journey in sustainable, eco-focused building, the goal of The Hawea Grove project is to create a tasteful, sustainable living and visitor sanctuary, among a grove of...
CAMP3 Snowboarding
During my many years in the snowboard industry, I've noticed a gap in the market for high-end riding camps for adults. In 2018, I worked with Richie Johnston to establish an incorporated society specifically aimed at running these types of camps around the world....
E-Learning taking forefront and centre
Over the past three years I've been slowly growing my experience in creating e-learning platforms and courses. This began with Snowboard Instruction NZ in 2016 and has evolved rapidly. I've since had the pleasure of creating 8 different courses for SBINZ, including...
In front of the camera with SBINZ
It made a nice change for me to be in front of the lens for a change... As a six-part video series, designed to explore in detail a selection of the newer theories and concepts in the recent SBINZ manual (published 2017), this project brought together my knowledge of...
3-mins-in-360… a new 360 degree video series!
It was a natural progression from 360 degree photography, even if it did take a few years for technology and internet bandwidth to catch up. 360 video is now here to stay and it's a VERY unique way to showcase a location and tell a story at the same time. In November...
Media Shoot with Aomori Spring Ski Resort in Japan
As part of an on-going relationship between 360nz and Aomori Spring in Japan, I spent the first two weeks of February 2018 on a contracted shoot at the resort, working with numerous professional freeskiers and snowboarders. With the 2018 Winter Olympics being within...
Recent Video Productions
In the past year we’ve had a number of projects that began with a single digital asset but quickly grew into a multi-asset marketing strategy. Many of these projects included short promotional videos or “sizzle” reels to be be featured on the client’s websites, used in agent booking offices and featured heavily on social media.
Outdoor Japan Article on Aomori Spring
Earlier this year I found myself spending a few weeks at a Japanese ski resort, that I had never visited before. That's actually quite rare for me, considering I spent three years working on a guidebook about skiing and snowboarding in Japan (Snow-search Japan). My...
A Complete New Snowboard Manual for SBINZ
It's been a year in the making. A full year of planning, writing, editing, photographing and designing. It was a mammoth task and I was the lucky person given the lead on the project. Our goal was clear... to create a well-structured resource with a strong layout and...
Japan 2017 Photo Recap: A Perfect Six Weeks
The 2017 Northern Hemi winter was my tenth year visiting Japan. With the preceding seven or eight years holding longer stints for me, I was content to shorten this year’s trip to just six weeks; more work for 360nz back home in Wanaka, a tad more summer (when it finally showed up), and plenty of time riding dirt instead of snow.
Testing out the MyPakageNZ product
360 New Zealand Ltd. -- our small but effective digital media business -- has recently partnered with MyPakageNZ, who are the New Zealand distributor for the best mens underwear the World has ever seen. And I'm not embellishing in the slightest! One of our first...
E-Learning Systems for Snowboard Instruction NZ
During the first half of 2016 I spent a great deal of time focused on a new project that would bring together two of the main aspects of my working life; web design and snowboarding.
Classic Japow: Why you need to visit before it’s too late
The year was 2007. The first ever iPhone was announced. The 7th book in the Harry Potter series sold 11million copies in its first 24hrs on the shelves. Shaun White was still the man to beat in both snowboard halfpipe and slopestyle. AND… it was my first taste of the incredulously deep and oh-so-light Japanese pow pow! Little did I know this would be the start of long, affectionate relationship with the land of the rising sun.
The Redesign of 360queenstown-wanaka.com
UPDATE: 360queenstown-wanaka as a brand has been wrapped up and consolidated into the 360 New Zealand brand. In 2012 I started New Zealand's first virtual tour centred information website, 360queenstown-wanaka.com, working alongside the already established...
Chile Time!
Following on from representing Snowboard Instruction New Zealand at the 2015 Interski event in Ushuaia, Argentina, I was fortunate enough to squeeze in a 10 day snowboarding road trip in Chile. Here's a short video from the trip, focused mostly around time lapse...