The Waxroom

26/01/2024

My on hill set up at the top of Slope. It’s been a pretty good week at XGames as far as conditions go. Looking forward to the comp days and some sunshine 👍

10/11/2023

Today was bittersweet. Today is the day I sold my two machines that I started The Waxroom with back in 2014. We spent a lot of hours together over the years and they have been good to me but it’s time to part ways.
The good side of this is, it’s a bit of a full circle for me. For those of you who don’t know Tim Hudson, he owned and operated Thunder Boards back in the day. He had two workshops. One up at the base at Treble Cone and the other in Town (Wanaka), which ran up until 2009. Thunder boards was the shop locals would always go to. Tim was the ‘guy’.
Tim introduced me to tuning back in the early 2000’s and started me on my course of becoming a ski / snowboard technician. When I started The Waxroom back in 2014 Tim came into the shop to check it out and saw my machines that I’d bought. Offhandedly he said ‘let me know if you ever sell them’. I kind of laughed it off not thinking much of it at the time as he is a bit of a jokester. Tim used to run the same machines (very similar) in his shop. Here I am almost 10 years later upgrading my machines thinking who can I sell my old machines to? And then I remembered… I’ll ask Tim if he was interested. Surely not… Well he was. After running by Beth, his wife, he got the go ahead (she’s pretty cool). So now they are going live in Tim’s garage where he can look after his friends and family’s skis. Or maybe just to have bragging rights over his mates! How many people do you know have a ski tuning machine in their garage? It’s pretty rad.
So long story short. I’m stoked they are going to a good home and are not going to be neglected in the back of some ski shop. I know he’ll look after them and probably get another 20 years out of them.

21/05/2023

These are our pre season shop hours. They will chance once the mountains are up and running 👍

21/05/2023

Doors open 11am Monday ✌️

05/05/2023

30 Seconds of me setting up a new pair of Volkl Revolts 121s

29/05/2022

My wife Janina Kuzma] will be running a 5 day Junior Backcountry Freeride Awareness Camp from the 11th - 15th of July!

Join Janina Kuzma] and IFMGA guide to learn essential skills for ski touring / split boarding while learning about backcountry awareness. Get away from the crowds these upcoming school holidays and let’s go explore the backcountry!

There’s only have 4 spots remaining for this camp. So get in fast! This camp is aimed at competent riders aged 15-18. For more details please email [email protected]

29/05/2022

My wife Janina Kuzma is running a 5 day Junior Backcountry Freeride Awareness Camp from the 11th - 15th of July!

Join Janina Kuzma and IFMGA guide to learn essential skills for ski touring / split boarding while learning about backcountry awareness. Get away from the crowds these upcoming school holidays and let’s go explore the backcountry!

There’s only have 4 spots remaining for this camp. So get in fast! This camp is aimed at competent riders aged 15-18. For more details please email [email protected]

19/05/2022

Opening June 1st!!!!

19/02/2022

Medal Ceremony! Congratulations hectic conditions today and the boys put it down 🤙🤙🤙

19/02/2022

wins gold!!! Proud day for NZ!!!

06/02/2022

receiving New Zealand’s first ever Olympic gold!!

06/02/2022

takes the top spot in ladies slope. Congratulations to and awesome riding!!!

17/01/2022

Anyone in Colorado looking for a sweet ride. We are selling our 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited. 4.7 lt V8. 111k miles on the clock. It’s got a few scratches and a bit of wear and tear but it’s in really good condition for a car of its age. We’ve done multiple long trips in it and never had an issue. It holds its fluids with no leaks. Near new snow tires. This thing is perfect for driving in the mountains and snow. $5500 PM if interested. Please no tire kickers

18/12/2021

takes the win slope!!! What a legend 🤙🤙🤙

08/09/2021

New range of Swix is on the shelves!! Ex stock going for 20% off 👍

19/08/2021

19/08/2021

We hope everyone is doing ok during this lockdown and hopefully we will be back out in the mountains soon!

28/07/2021

Jaws strikes again!!! Another victim to the low tides! Blown sidewall and compressed edge. All straightened out, tuned up and good to go again👍

22/07/2021

🌟 Wanaka Winter Giveaway💥
Up for grabs we have
The Complete Tune

Ptex, Hand Edge, Stone Grind Structure & Hot Box Wax for the lucky winner 🤸🏻‍♀️
To enter:
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Winner will be drawn Friday 6th August
No limit to tags per person 🥳

18/07/2021

Had a few beat up skis and boards come in. This pair of Volkl Race Tigers needed a sidewall rebuild, edge replacement, base patch and gave them a full tune as well. Had a bit of a geek out and put the thumbprint structure on. It’s pretty shallow out there. Be careful!

29/06/2021

New shop hours for the season!!! Come on in and get your gear dialed in for winter👍

29/06/2021

21/05/2021

Some more new toys in The WAXROOM this winter!!

21/05/2021

Counting down the days!!

20/05/2021

Get your gear in early to The WAXROOM for the ski season opening!

Check out our Pre season hours

20/05/2021

The WAXROOM doors will be opening for the season on the 26th of May.

Check pre season hours below