New Zealand is under alert level 4. Online shopping is still available, however we do anticipate delays. All orders received before the 17th August have been dispatched and will be winging their way to you!
The protection and safety of our staff and community is paramount during this Level 4 lockdown period. We would like to thank you for your support during this time and we look forward to helping you keep warm and staying active during lockdown.
Stay safe and stay warm!
]]>How do you layer? Lets see what each layer comprises of.
The first layer is imperative to get right. Baselayers are designed to protect from the elements and keep you warm. The baselayer is the next-to-skin layer, which moves perspiration away from your skin. We call this “wicking.” This is essential because it helps to keep you from becoming cold or worse—hypothermic.
The next layer is the mid-layer and is for insulation. The insulating layer helps you retain the heat that’s radiated by your body. The more efficiently this layer traps that heat, the warmer you’ll be. Southern Divide's Merino is designed with our intelligent layering system that creates an interconnection with other layers, maximising breath-ability, wicking away moisture and keeping you ultimately warm.
The final layer is the outer layer. This shields you from wind, rain and snow and protects your insulation layer from getting wet.
The beauty about layering is you can add layers or peel them off depending on the conditions. The most important thing is to take all layers on each adventure enabling you to choose.
Southern Divides layers are crafted from our finest Merino, providing a softness for maximum comfort and the performance required to get you up and down the mountain all day.
It is normally at this point we start to freak out and think about saving some money and buying a ticket for Christmas to North America or Europe. But we have a good feeling! I don't know what gives us this optimism, everything is pointing in the opposite direction.
There is however, a thing that has happened every year - It has always snowed! The big difference was always the quantity, quality and the timing. Is it earlier; Is it late; has it started off with an epic dump and fizzed out or vice versa.
If we think about the quantity - There was a time we just wanted more and more - their was never enough snow, however, we are now sit here thinking its not the quantity, it's all about timing!
The perfect time when the mountain had been closed for four days due to weather and you were the first one to witness and experience the pure nirvana of virgin pow. Or that mid morning, when ski patrol have been beavering away to complete avalanche control and you have stood shivering in the chairlift queue that has yet to open. You take huge pride in being on the first chair but better yet, what is waiting for you could be the moments you bank in your memory to one day tell the proverbial grand kids. Or you decide to crack on skiing even when you can feel the burn because you know that it may well soften up, to experience that first face that goes. These moments are all about timing and everything does fall in to place.
We know it is going to snow, we know we will be skiing, all we can do is cross our fingers and hope that we have that one moment of pure unadulterated bliss - That moment where you float and dance upon the powder, that blinding face-shot, that drop into that shoot or the massive s-turn that provides the white wave that showers the side of the piste.
It will happen!
]]>At Southern Divide, we pride ourselves on being one of the only companies that can hold their hand up and say we only use 100% New Zealand Merino. All of our gear is manufactured right here in Aotearoa, and we are incredibly proud to be 100% New Zealand owned!
Remember, stay safe, stay warm, stay healthy.
MBIE New Zealand have announced adjustments to the 'Essential goods' guidelines ,which include products that 'keep people warm, and maintain people’s health'.
Southern Divide gear fits that bill in more ways than one!
So we are now shipping all of our essentials, throughout New Zealand and Australia - just in time for Winter!
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To help protect our staff, customers and community, we have temporary suspended all shipping of orders for now. All orders received prior to 24th March have been dispatched.
Thank you for all your support during these trying times and keep checking in for updates...
Remember stay safe, stay warm, stay healthy.
KIA KAHA AOTEAROA
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