With the Adventure Racing World Championships (ARWC) now just three months away, the planet’s best off-road multisport athletes are running out of chances to book their place in the sport’s biggest annual event, due to take place in Burnie, Tasmania, in October/November 2011.
For the first time, a team of South African ultradistance trail runners will participate in the Trail World Championships presented by the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU). This third annual edition of the Trail World Championships, takes place in the beautiful Connemara region of northern Galway in Ireland
The first in a series of alternative sports exhibitions will take place in Johannesburg from the 23 to 25 September 2011 at Riversands Farm. This three-day expo is the country’s first and only sports show of this size.
Adventures progress from planning to execution. The expedition takes place and at the end, successful or not, the adventurer returns home. Then what?
There is a new series of middle distance AR events in the Western Cape. It’s called Western Cape ADventure (WCAD) and it accommodates racers of all levels of experience. Each race will be around 100km in distance and basic navigation is included on all the legs. Racers with little to no experience will manage the [...]
The broadcast of Expedition Africa, the 500km adventure race that was held in the Cape in May 2011, premiers on Tuesday, 21 June on SuperSport 7. There are a number of repeats over the following two weeks. In addition, a show that follows Merrell Adventure Addicts premiers on Monday, 27 June 2011.
The Freedom Challenge Race Across South Africa has developed a reputation as the ultimate endurance event in Southern Africa. It is a demanding multi-day expedition mountain bike race. Starting in pre-determined groups spread over 10 days…
The course is 864km long as the crow flies, the race can last over 12 days and yet the outcome of the Red Bull X-Alps – the alpine hiking and paragliding adventure race – can be decided in minutes. Decisions about where to find the right thermals or reaching a summit take off quicker than a rival can result in covering 200km quickly by air, or slowly by foot.
Monday sees the start of South Africa’s first expedition-length adventure race for almost three years. 21 teams from across the country and one international team, from the United Kingdom, will descend on the picturesque Western Cape coastal town of Hermanus for the non-stop, 500km race, Expedition Africa.
The first big race of 2011, the Expedition Africa Adventure Race, is just four days away and Team Cyanosis are ready to race! The team, comprising of Clinton Mackintosh, Nathan Thompson, Jane Swarbreck and Nicholas Mulder have completed their final preparations and packing…
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