Wakatipu Ski Sale

The big annual ski sale held out at Frankton's Event centre went of with a bang yesterday, hundreds of people, both locals and people here for their first season rushed in once the doors opened to try and grab a bargain, with only a week to go until Coronet peak opens for the season! Browns was there in full force, offering advice to people about ski and snowboard hardware.

Post Storm Photos

The weather front that has brought us into winter for 2010 has passed and we awoke this morning to a beautiful snowy wonderland, I couldn't help but get excited and take some snaps! What a great start to the season! Helps me remember why I live in Queenstown! Enjoy!

Browns Staff

Every year we seem to be able to select a group of individuals to work for Browns that turn out to be both amazingly dedicated workers and also life long friends that we share a lot of good memories with. Whether it is down to how good our staff training is or how good the Boss is at picking the right people, it just seems to work! The team synergy year after year just amazes me. It is for this reason that Browns continues to be at the forefront of customer service in the ski industry, not only in Queenstown but New Zealand and it is something we are very proud of.

The reason for this little story stems from a photograph that I found of last years staff, when we were all up Coronet Peak one Tuesday afternoon taking part of the Winter Classic racing series. I love how the photo shows how much fun we are all having together, and this is what it is like working at Browns year after year, it feels very much like one big happy family! I look forward to the same thing happening again this season, with staff training not that far away now!

Browns Retail Shop is now open for business

Browns winter season of 2010 is underway with the retail shop on Shotover Street opening for business at the weekend. All the beautiful clothing that Fizz has picked for this season is in stock, with lots of brands that are not only exclusive to Browns in Queenstown but also exclusive to Browns in New Zealand. Brands such as Poivre Blanc, Killy, Eider, Degre 7 and Flash Geo can only be purchased through Browns, in both our Auckland and Queenstown stores! So if you want to stand out from the crowd on the slopes with some ski wear that is not only extremely fashionable but extremely technical then come and talk to Fizz and the team in the shop.

Our hardwear is arriving daily, with the new 2011 skis from Volkl, Head and Fischer gracing our ski racks. Lots of new technology for this year and lots of new fancy colour schemes which we always like!

There is just over 2 weeks left until Coronet Peak opens for the season and with talk of them firing up the guns this weekend, the buzz in town will soon be in top gear!

New Montana Robot arrives in Queenstown

Browns Ski Shop has just taken delivery of it's Montana "Snow Cruiser" ski tuning robot for it's workshop. It arrived on the back of a rather large truck in several pieces today, ending it's long journey from Switzerland. The new machine is going to revolutionise our workshop facilities here at Browns.

Browns co-owner Kris Vermeir said the company was automating its workshop to give clients a better, more consistent product.

“With this new technology we can promise customers that their skis and boards will be tuned as well as or better than when they were new,” he said.

A full press release will be out soon.

Winter 2010 is underway!

The 2010 winter season is gaining momentum, Browns rental and retail shops are under construction once more. The retail shop is set to open for business this coming weekend, and the rental shop gearing up for staff training which starts in 2 weeks time!
Lots of new goodies are arriving everyday, with the new 2011 Fischer Skis line up already in shop! Exciting times! Cant wait to try them out on the slopes....which open in less than 4 weeks now! Eeeek! :-)
There is still no snow on the hills, but as they say- "snow is May will go away"