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Kōrero: Extreme sports and adventure sports

Ledge Sky Swing

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Ledge Sky Swing

Shane Wairau hurtles 400 metres above Queenstown on the Ledge Sky Swing. It enables thrillseekers to hang in the air off a ledge before releasing a cord that swings them away from the ledge for an adrenalin rush.

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New Zealand Herald

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by Sarah Ivey

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ben Schrader, Extreme sports and adventure sports – Adventure sports, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/40778/ledge-sky-swing (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ben Schrader, i tāngia i te 29 April 2013.