Page Twenty Seven
W
ay back in Edition 1 we ran an
article titled “2011, The year of
cable”. As it turned out 2011 was
the year of cable; in the UK, Australia, USA,
China, Phillipines, Germany, Spain- in fact
almost every country except New Zealand.
To take you back to the state of cables in
2011, there were two- two tower cables in
NZ, with Wellington’s (and NZ’s first) full
cable expected by the end of the year. Fast
forward nearly 3 years, and what’s new? Well
we’ve seen the arrival of Backpaddock lakes
- which is hands down one of the best spots
in the country, bringing the ability to ride boat
and a two tower cable at the same venue.
There is also a new setup in Taupo that has
just been completed and is well worth a visit,
and we’re still waiting for Welington cable to
start construction due to a lengthy consent
proccess. So whilst positive, is hardly what
you would call explosive growth in cables
over the past few years.
Prompted by Logan Colliers recent video
“Why not a cable?” we thouht we would revisit the issue, and work out why we’re still
to see the “rise of cable” throughout NZ, and
investigating some possible reasons as to
why we are still to see our first full cable up
and running.
Wellington is still set to be NZ’s first full size
cablepark, and acc