“Welcome to the home of good times” announces the sign emblazoned across the top of the store as you park up outside West Supply on Waimauku Station Road, in West Auckland. A stop at West Supply ensures you’ll have a good time on your outdoor adventures. Walking into the modestly sized but carefully curated space exceedingly well stocked with quality outdoor gear, there’s everything you need for camping and outdoor pursuits. It’s a perfectly positioned one-stop-shop to browse the wide array of supplies hand-picked by the team for today’s mission to nearby Muriwai or Woodhill Forest, or sort your gear for your next one.
Presenting and partnering with a selection of the world’s premium overland, outdoor, surf, off-road and adventure gear plus the very best from right here in New Zealand, West Supply is the space to visit for all things outdoors.
Heading West
Based close by the black sands of Auckland’s West Coast, the helpful West Supply crew supplies everything needed on the gear and practicalities front for a top-notch adventure. After years of having repeated conversations about where to find quality outdoor essentials, founders Beth Eastell and Joel Hedges decided to do something about it themselves. “To do that we’ve taken everything we love about travelling in New Zealand, and rolled it all into one destination,” Joel says. Transforming the well located and uniquely designed 1950’s building into a store that encompasses their passion for the outdoors has been a long-held dream for the duo.
West Supply includes a full installation workshop, showroom, overland essentials, camp gear, coffee spot, a truck outfitting workshop, plus Marsden shaping boards out the back. There’s a lot on offer all in the one spot.
The main shop stocks all the quality vehicle, outdoor, overland, and camp essentials you’ll need, featuring the flagship spaces for Feldon Shelter and Front Runner Outfitters.
The in-house By Marsden shaping bay and surf shop is out back, along with a dream line up of fresh hand-shapes and quality surf gear.
The Feldon Shelter vehicle installation workshop is ready to build up vehicles for adventures, or fit rooftop tents with quality gear.
Kokako Coffee are the team in charge of the delicious brews and outdoor coffee gear available to purchase which you’ll find in the cozy coffee corner. They know their stuff when it comes to making quality coffee on the go and have a range of coffee making options on offer, sourced from around the globe.
The service window at West Supply Coffee is open for a delicious cup of java and some seriously good food during the week, including weekends. There are tables out the front to enjoy a bite and have a yarn. West Supply stocks Kokako coffee, and other moreish bites. Don’t go past the world famous (out west, anyway) grilled sandwiches.
Home of Feldon Shelter
Born from a need for a spot to offer quality outdoor essentials, the team behind the now iconic Kiwi Feldon Shelters created West Supply to meet an ongoing customer demand. Joel explains, “We decided to make a store that catered for everything that we liked about the outdoors, and where a customer could come in and get their Feldon tent fitted to their vehicle and get everything else all at once in one spot, really good quality, then shoot off on their adventure.”
Not only is it the home of Feldon Shelter, but it’s a space that epitomises everything about travelling in New Zealand. Stop by for a coffee and a good yarn, and see the Feldon crows nest set up ready for a climb through, so you can envisage your next adventure. The team explains, “We couldn’t fit a truck inside at West Supply, so we had to get a little crafty.” Small visitors love heading up the ladder for a peak.
Quality gear for epic adventures
The team behind it all have gleaned many lessons from their days spent driving, surfing, and travelling around the world, learning about what gear works and what doesn’t when exploring in the wild. If you need it on an epic trip, they’ve got it, including a quality solution sourced locally or from around the world including Front Runner, Iron Clad pans, Goodlids hats, Stanley, Yeti, Frontrunner, Coleman, Maxtrax, Dometic, and more.
Tough for the task
The purpose of it all? Creating and providing tried and true gear created for adventures. As expert campers, Joel and Beth have tested and approved the products themselves. “It’s made to be tough enough to be up to the task, and simplify, improve, and make your travels that much more enjoyable for years to come,” explains Joel.
With over 30 years of adventures between the duo, they’ve built up a sizable amount of experience when it comes to what works in the great outdoors. “Not only are we out exploring every chance we get, but seeing our clients doing the same keeps our fire stoked as a team,” says Joel.
Ready for your next mission
The West Supply team welcomes contact from adventurers. They are always happy to chat through vehicle plans or go over the gear they trust in detail. Installation support is available, too.
“Next time you’re heading out west, stop for a climb around the crow’s nest and a look at some of New Zealand’s premium quality outdoor gear,” says Joel. “West Supply is a space that encompasses everything about travelling this fine country we call home. We all know that our country is the most beautiful place in the world, and we are giving you the best tools to help you take the first of many great adventures into the wild.”
You can find West Supply heading up SH16 on the turn off to Muriwai Beach and Woodhill Forest, at 5 Waimauku Station Road.
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