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Ties that Bind: Adventure Racing Resources on the Web
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| Races
| Gear | Teams
| Adventure Info
| Training Programs
| Clubs and Organizations
| Exceptional Athletes
| Adventure Travel
| Vehicles | Other Info
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Races
- Odyssey
Adventure Racing - brings to you extreme
multi-sport events. Check out the only 6 Day, 300 mile,
nonstop adventure race in the world! The Beast.
- Multisport
Races, LLC - Based in Washington DC, Multisport LLC
exists to serve as an entry point for novice adventure racers.
Our races are designed to provide athletes a range of disciplines
and training before heading off with their AR teams.
- Terra Firma Promotions - The Original Texas Adventure Race Company. Terra Firma's races put teams through multi-sport challenges, such as: mountain biking, trail running, kayaking, orienteering with the added twist of mystery events.
- Best
Ranger Competition - One of the toughest races
in the world. Entry is free...just join the
Army and jump out of an airplane.
- Raid
Gauloises - a race, an adventure, a
competition and some amazing landscapes. This year
covers the Himalayas by horse, mountain bike, canoe,
kayak and trekking.
- Hi-Tech
Adventure Series - M.E.S.P. is the premier
event organizer of such great races as the Hi-Tec
Adventure Racing Series®, the Bud Light California
State Cross Country Championship Series, the Nautica
Malibu Triathlon and...
- The
Southern Traverse - located in the
beautiful South Island of New Zealand, is one of the
worlds most extraordinary multisport events.
- Mild
Seven Outdoor Quest -
seven-discipline adventure race through China.
- Discovery
Channel Eco-Challenge -
- Raid
the North - Sierra Designs' Raid the North
Canada's Ultimate Adventure Racing Series
- Four
Winds Adventure - Live the adventure in
two day and seven+ day non-stop multi-sport
adventure races across the USA. Challenge yourself
mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually.
- Elf
Aventure - www.elfaventure.com
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- Nantahala
Outdoor Center (NOC) - offers Whitewater Rafting on
the Nantahala, Ocoee, Chattooga, French Broad, Pigeon, and
Nolichucky Rivers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
and Tennessee....
- Rattlesnake
Racing -
- Wasatch
Adventure - 48-hour team multi sport
competition in the Wasatch of Utah with skiing,
trekking, mountaineering, canoeing, navigation, and
more!
Gear
- Rail Riders
- an adventure clothing catalog specializing in
lightweight technical apparel for adventurers,
travelers, multisport athletes and weekend warriors.
- Salomon Sports -
innovative products for skiing, hiking,
snowboarding, inline skating, and mountaineering.
- Camel Bak Hydration System - maker of hands free performance water systems you
carry on your back
- Go With the Flow Sports
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offers kayaking and paddling gear, accessories, and
clothing.
- Black Diamond climbing gear
- manufacturer and seller of technical equipment
including harnesses, carabiners, and ropes.
- Klepper
Kayaks - an Eskimo-style kayak that is made of a folding
wood frame and a pliable skin, folds into one or two
carry-on size bags for transportation.
- Leki
Trekking Gear - ski and trekking poles.
- Brunton
Orienteering Equipment - manufacturing compasses, binoculars, knives and
intelioptics products.
- Montrail Footwear
- makers of trail running,
multi-sport, hiking, and mountaineering boots and
shoes.
- Northface Tents
- contains news about expeditions, a selection of
equipment and clothing, profiles of their team of
athletes, store locations, and more
- Eureka Tents
- Made To Meet
The Challenge. Tents designed StormShield dry, tough
and easy to set up since 1895.
- Garman
GPS gear - designs,
manufactures, and markets cutting-edge Global
Positioning System (GPS) receivers, as well as other
consumer electronics.
- OutdoorPlay
Paddling Gear - offering kayak gear, equipment, and accessories… source
for all kayak canoe and rafting related activities.
- Slumberjack Sleeping Bags
- sleeping bags, camping accessories and backpacks.
- Delorme Maps and Mapping Software
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offers mapping software, online maps and driving
directions, topographic maps, GPS products and
printed atlases for all 50 states.
- Maptech
- marine navigation software and NOAA nautical
charts, land navigation software with GPS interface,
USGS electronic topographic maps, and aeronautical
sectionals.
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Teams
- Team NuFit
- nutrition, fitness, and supplements to lose body
fat.
- Team Nomad
- a tight knit team based in Boston, including members in Colorado and the West Coast. One of Team Nomad's core values is to raise the visibility of charities and non-profits through racing.
- Team Tiger
- learn more about our team, our commitment to
adventure racing, community service and fun!
- Team Odyssey - regularly
compete in the world's most grueling races, produce
some of the toughest races in the US, and operate an
adventure racing training academy.
- Team CrewZen - based in Tampa, Florida. This all women team qualified for the USARA National Championships in 2000 and 2001
- Team
Trailblazer - based out of Atlanta, Team
Trailblazer competes in the toughest adventure races
in the world.
- Team
Vignette - based in Austin, Texas, racing year
round, both within Texas and the US, and
internationally
Adventure Information
- United States Adventure Racing
Association (USARA) - official site, with links to race information,
Association registration, and more.
- Racing
Ahead - homepage of Team NOC and one of the best
sources for adventure racing info online.
Check it out!
- Adventure Sports Online
- adventure
travel worldwide resource for outdoor sports,
activities and gear.
- Canoe and Kayak Magazine
- paddle
sports
publication and The #1 Resource for canoeing,
kayaking, and the full range of paddling sports.
- Outdoor Explorer Magazine
- comprehensive
outdoors site; gear review, feature stories, games,
reader stories, parks, forests, advice, online
shopping and more.
- PeakWare
- Hundreds
of mountain peaks and ranges around the world. Site
includes mountain photos, summit logs, web links,
maps, mountain cams, guidebooks and more.
- Deeper
Blue - international independent online magazine for
divers. Offers editorials, feature articles, tips,
discussion forums, and more.
Adventure Racing
Leadership Courses
East Coast
West Coast
Other Training Programs
- Strend Fitness Challenge
- a
total fitness challenge
competition for athletes who practice both strength
and cardiovascular disciplines.
- Jeannes Body Tech -
"It's like no place else" Atlanta's Best Aerobic Teachers And Fully
Equipped Weight Room.
Clubs
and Organizations
Exceptional Athletes
- Extreme Mike - Mike KcKeller - an
exceptional adventurer who has overcome EXTREME
circumstances and has done things others have only
read about…continues to do them to this day and
says, “If I can do it, anyone can.”
Adventure Travel
Vehicles
Other
Information
- Flying
Doctors - Launching an effective outreach on
a wing and a prayer... providing free medical
care to children, women and men all over the
world.
- Spartan
Group - provides tactical consulting,
security, and training to private and commercial
clients worldwide.
- The
Ranger Black Beret - Rangers were the very first
Elite American Special Operations Force...From the
beginings of the revolutionary War to the present
Rangers have served our Freedom with
Distinction...Now, thier coveted mark of
Distinction, The Black Beret is being painfully
forfeited.
- Special Operations Warrior
Foundation - provides college scholarships and
educational counseling to the children of Special
Operations Forces who are killed in the line of
duty.
- Special Operations
- online resources and information for special
operations worldwide.
- Ecology Communications
- provides information about their television
programs, monthly essays, gardening tips, and
eco-friendly products.
- Hanglide.com
- Lookout Mountain Flight Park is America's #1 Hang
Gliding School and Hang Gliding Resort since 1978.
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