This is a wonderfully emotive video from Team Merrell Adventure Addicts that shows the passion, dedication and commitment of this team and the true pleasure they get from tough racing. Great editing, beautiful scenery from ARWC in Tasmanis (Nov 2011) and super comments from Graham, Tatum, Hanno and Donovan. Watch this…
South America is enjoying South African attention. Team Cyanosis will visit the continent’s tip for the Wenger Patagonia Expedition Race in Chile (14-22 February). This race is in the region of 800km in distance! The Merrell Adventure Addicts are heading to Ecuador for the 380km Huairasinchi 2012 (18-21 February). Huairasinchi, now in its 10th edition, is part [...]
One glance at this year’s adventure racing event calendar on AR and you know you’re in for a good year. From this weekend already the year kicks off with events of decent distance. While super-dooper fun, sprint races at 20-30km are just not adventure racing. You need a good couple of hours and a number of [...]
The Merrell Adventure Addicts are hosting an adventure weekend in Swellendam over 9-11 March 2012. There’s talks on AR, mtb, paddling as well as social and competitive races.
The Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge wrapped up on Sunday and Ryan Sandes, racing with V8 driver Rick Kelly, placed 7th overall.
The Mark Webber Challenge is currently underway in Tasmania and we’ve got a South African in the mix. Trail runner Ryan Sandes is teamed up with V8 super car driver Rick Kelly.
Team Cyanosis has announced that their first big race for 2012 will be the Wenger Patagonia Expedition Race (PER) in February. This race is billed as THE expedition race to do and earlier this year featured on National Geographic’s adventure ‘Bucket List’ as one of the twenty things to do before you die.
Ryan Sandes is racing in the RedBull team at the Swisse Mark Webber Challenge, which starts on 7 December 2011 in Tasmania. This is a 350km five-day, staged, multi-sport event and this year it will take competitors across some of Tasmania’s most stunning locations, including the Freycinet National Park, picture postcard Wineglass Bay, wild Bruny Island, [...]
Old-time adventure racer, Ugene Nel, is finally presenting a distance adventure race. He’ll called it ‘Quantum Leap’ and it will be happening in the Cape, at the end of August 2012. A highlight of the race is a rafting that he describes as ‘the best the Cape has to offer’ and so the timing of [...]
Next AR Club evening is Tuesday, 29 November 2011. Freshly returned from Tasmania, Team Cyanosis – Marquest International’s Nicholas Mulder and Nathan Thompson speak to us about the AR World Champs in Tasmania. They placed 8th overall (out of 80-odd teams!) Time is 18h30 for 19h00. Venue is Kinetic Gear – cnr North and Rivonia [...]
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