Deflux

The earthquakes that struck Christchurch in 2010 and 2011 did more than destroy roads, houses and workplaces. The resultant rise in unemployment, shared living arrangements and ongoing aftershock stress were also some of the factors behind a 30% increase in demand for the services of the Christchurch Women’s Refuge.

People in Christchurch talk about the "new normality" and what I think they mean is how we all seem to have adapted to forget to need a whole lot of the things we previously orbited around - shops owned by friends, cafes, bars, parks, streets, the Arts Centre, Cathedral Square, for a while there surfing out front at New Brighton.

A very clever Youtube campaign from Tipp-Ex where you can white and rewrite what happens to the bear... I'll leave the rest to you (and yes, you can do that whatever your that is, well mostly)... reminds me of those old pick-a-path novels and possibly inspired by the Nintendo game Scribblenauts but so "2.oh"...

Check it out HERE!

First off, thanks to everyone for their messages of support and concern and we want to send the love right back to all of friends and family, all of the local businesses we support, and for what it's worth wider Christchurch - it's hard to explain what's happened beyond photos and I think whilst the physical damage is bad it's the uncertainty that's been worse... these aftershocks are fraying nerves!

I don't know where Red Bull find the time to do anything else what with the making of tasty tonics, producing a magazine, sponsoring NZ and the world's best athletes, hosting bands at Red Bull Studios, and putting on a ton of events both big and small. But somehow they've got round to making a TV show, Red Bull Chronicles which not only sports a snazzy logo courtesy of, well, ourselves, but also promises to  "bring you the world’s greatest athletes and events from the world of Red Bull."

Some of you may know Simon, some of you may know his work, and most of you have probably been overtaken by him at some stage, especially if you drove in from Sumner to town last year. A 6 foot tall guy on a crazy looking track bike (ie. no brakes and no gears) is hard to miss! 

People often ask us about our own website, and I've been saying for a while now that there's one coming, stay tuned, yada yada. And some of you may have heard me use what I call the "Builder Evasion", which is a cliche but true - a builder's house is always the last to be built!

I've been beginning to think that some people thought I was lying but we've been busy in the background stealing moments of the day and night to get it built so without further ado, introducing the new website!