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Taking nutrition to the extreme: Our personalised approach to fuelling Project Empower.

Damian Browne and Fergus Farrell are attempting one of the hardest challenges on the planet. Termed “Project Empower”, their goal is to break the world record for the unsupported pairs row across the North Atlantic from New York City to Galway.

June 23, 2022
3 min read

Olympic athlete Jemima Montag on the nutritional demands of elite sport

Jemima Montag is an Australian race walker who won Gold in the 20km walk at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and finished 6th at the 2022 Tokyo Olympic.
We discuss the nutritional demands of elite sport with Jemima Montag, as well as why she chooses Radix Nutrition to help her fuel her success.

June 07, 2022
6 min read

Lydia O'Donnell

Meet the woman changing the game for female athletes everywhere.

February 01, 2022
2 min read

Kurtis Imrie

New Zealand Olympic Kayaker Kurtis Imrie, was born and raised in Wellington, New Zealand. Since the age of 15, Kurtis has only but made upward strides in his international Sprint Canoe career.

June 28, 2021
1 min read

David Nyika

Professional New Zealand Boxer David Nyika was born and raised in Hamilton, New Zealand. David began his amateur career at 18, successfully earning two gold medals at both the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. In 2021 he made his professional debut, defeating component Jesse Maio with a TKO 28 seconds into the fight.

June 25, 2021
1 min read

24 Peaks, 31 Days – A Transalpine Journey

The New Zealand Southern Alps were a spectacular arena for an expedition. Team member, Alastair McDowell & Hamish Fleming felt this trip was just as satisfying as those he has experienced in far-flung places such as Patagonia, Peru or Alaska

November 11, 2020
2 min read

Arthur's Pass to Tekapo Ski Traverse

A Three Week Ski Traverse The great virus of 2020 dealt a sweeping blow to anyone planning an overseas expedition. With our plans to travel to the Himalaya cancelled, the lockdown forced us to consider how we could exert an expedition-scale effort here in our backyard, the Southern Alps.

November 11, 2020
7 min read

Circumnavigating Stewart Island

Kayaking around Stewart Island It’s big, really big. The wind is beating us down, 40 knots of bitterly cold Southerly right in the face. Massive rollers moving in from the South-West smashing our laden boats around, before crashing into the West Coast bluffs and refracting back, creating a turmoiled mess of water.

September 28, 2020
3 min read

Simone Maier

Multisport Champion and GODZone Winner Simone Maier is an Adventure Racer and Multisport World Champion. She has many titles to her name, including a win at the world’s biggest adventure race, GODZone – theirs being the first-ever gender-equal team to win.

August 20, 2020
1 min read

Sam Osborne

XTERRA Rotorua Festival XTERRA Rotorua Local Favourite Sam Osborne won both the XTERRA Rotorua and Asia-Pacific Tour in 2017 and 2018, with a 3rd place finish at XTERRA world championships

August 14, 2020
1 min read

Sam Clark

3x Multisport World Champion Sam Clark is a professional Multisport Athlete and Adventure Racer, which takes him around the world and provides a true sense of adventure

August 14, 2020
1 min read

Ryan Sissons

2x Olympic Triathlete Ryan Sissons is a two time Olympic Triathlete. He’s raced on the International Triathlon Union stage since 2009, and won his last race – the 2020 Mooloolaba World Cup, just as event cancellations around the world ended the season early.

August 14, 2020
1 min read

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