The 17th Huairasinchi expedition adventure race took place last week in the spectacular scenery of the high Andes of Ecuador, with teams racing among the volcanoes around Cotopaxi. Thirty-four teams with racers from 8 countries started, and the winners were Ecuadorian team Team Movistar Terra Aventura, which is ranked 9th …
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December, 2020
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1 December
New World #1 Team, New Ranking System, and New Regional Races
The Adventure Racing World Series rankings have been revised and upgraded. There is a new world #1 team, and there will be significant changes to how the rankings work going into next year. Before those are implemented, however, the new rankings had to take account of the Covid disruption this …
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October, 2020
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29 October
Record Entries Show Europe is Ready to Adventure Race Again!
It’s been a challenging year for all sports and especially for international events, and as a result, there will be no World Series, Expedition Adventure Races in Europe this year, but next year is shaping up to be an incredible year for European racing. Race organisers and teams are frustrated …
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August, 2020
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12 August
Asia Adventure Racing Gets Going with ARWS Regional Series
The AR World Series (ARWS) announces the launch of its regional series of adventure races throughout Asia. First races are scheduled for next year in a number of countries in the region. Adventure Racing teams will compete non-stop over 125km courses of mountain biking, kayaking, trekking, and navigation. A …
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7 August
Raid Gallaecia to host the 2021 Adventure Racing World Championships in Spain
Joining the Adventure Racing World Series is a status many races aspire to, and once they are in that select group there is only one higher step to take, to host the Adventure Racing World Championship. Three of the events in the current series have hosted the championships, and in …
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June, 2020
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13 June
2020 AR World Championship Paraguay Cancelled due to COVID-19
The AR World Series and championship hosts Expedición Guaraní announce that due to the COVID-19 restrictions in Paraguay, and the extensive impacts of the virus around the world, the 2020 AR World Championship scheduled for this September has been canceled. Event Director Gustavo Borgognon said “It is a crushing …
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April, 2020
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28 April
Qualifiers Cancel, ARWS Still Hopeful for Season Finale
The organising hosts and the ARWS are still hopeful the 2020 Adventure Racing World Championship in Paraguay will go ahead from 10-19 September. Event Director Gustavo Borgognon said “It is a difficult time and the situation is changing every day. We are monitoring everything closely and we hope by September …
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March, 2020
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7 March
Teams Blaze The Trails at Patagonia Raid
The town of San Martin de los Andes welcomed 31 teams from around the world to the Argentinean Andes for the Patagonia Raid, the first stage of this year’s Adventure Racing World Series. Set on the lower slopes of the mountains and on the shore of the huge Lago Lacar, …
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January, 2020
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30 January
The Adventure Racing World Series – Exploring Our World
There are many different sporting World Series, but for the chance to experience landscapes and cultures first hand, and to really explore somewhere new, nothing comes close to the Adventure Racing World Series.ARWS 2020 includes 10 destinations across the globe, spanning 6 continents and including some locations on every adventurers …
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December, 2019
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20 December
Adrian Crane to Head AR World Series Referee Programme
The Adventure Racing World Series has appointed Adrian Crane as Head Referee to work with the growing number of race referees working on qualifying races around the world. California based Brit was a natural choice, both for his adventure racing pedigree and as the most experienced World Series referee. Crane …
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4 December
ARWS Africa Series Launches for 2020
The Adventure Racing World Series (ARWS) Regional Series is coming to Africa in 2020. This regional series brings together the five premier 24hr adventure races from South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) into an annual calendar culminating in the Regional Championship. Heidi and Stephan Muller from Kinetic Events Africa …
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November, 2019
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13 November
Expedition Oregon – Become your own Legend
The third edition of Expedition Oregon will be May 12-17, 2020. Since it first launched in 2018, the event has become one of the most competitive and technical expedition races on the ARWS circuit. With the ongoing motto, “Become your own Legend”, the race organization prides itself on pushing the …
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7 November
Team AR Sweden Take World #1 Spot In The AR World Series Ranking
Racing along a beach in the dark on Reunion Island at the last Adventure Racing World Championships 400 Team (France) and Team AR Sweden were side by side, racing to the finish line after the all-conquering Team Avaya, who were already 6x World Champions. They were racing for second and …
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6 November
World Series Adventure Racing Debuts in Malaysia
For Immediate Release World Series Adventure Racing arrived in Malaysia this week and for the athletes and organisers it was a life affirming experience. For most of them it was a chance to explore their country in a way they could never have imagined before, and as almost all the …
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October, 2019
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10 October
Canada to Host 2020 Demonstration Race
For Immediate Release – 10 October 2019 ARWS Expedition Racing is coming to Canada next year with a new Demonstration Race from June 3rd to 7th from Penticton, British Columbia. Labeled “BC Wild” Expedition Canada will be focused on the Okanagan Valley, an undiscovered adventure playground, offering everything from world …
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September, 2019
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30 September
PC12 – Making Adventure Racing Dreams Come True in Colombia
The PC12 Adventure Race in Colombia was the first of two new AR World Series Demonstration Races this year, and it proved to be a ground-breaking event on a tough course, raced in exceptionally hot conditions. After several years of peace in Colombia it is now safe to visit much …
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29 September
Adventure Race Croatia On The World Stage
Adventure Race Croatia stepped up to the world stage this year with their first AR World Series qualifier, hosted on the Adriatic coast, with a 500km course set among the mountains and coastline of the Zadar region. Last year’s ARWS Demonstration race attracted 20 international teams and their experiences, and …
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12 September
Follow PC12 Adventure Race Colombia LIVE – Starting 11th September 2019
Follow PC12 Adventure Race Colombia live at https://raceplay.se/event?eventid=51 Social Media coverage by the race organiser at https://www.facebook.com/PC12AR/ and https://www.instagram.com/pc12adventurerace/ Other coverage available at: Sleepmonsters Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/SleepMonsters/ Sleepmonsters.com – https://www.sleepmonsters.com AR Live Coverage – https://www.facebook.com/arlivecoverage/ Race Website (general information) – https://www.pc12ar.com
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10 September
Follow Adventure Race Croatia LIVE – Starting 10th September 2019
Follow Adventure Race Croatia live at https://tracktherace.com/en/adventure-race-croatia-2019/race Social Media coverage by the race organiser at https://www.facebook.com/adventureracecroatia/ and https://www.instagram.com/adventure.race.croatia/ Other coverage available at: Sleepmonsters Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/SleepMonsters/ Sleepmonsters.com – https://www.sleepmonsters.com
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10 September
Sailing Adventures in Paradise – Expedition Africa Rodrigues
Adventure Racing tests endurance, outdoor skill and team work by putting teams into new situations and locations, where they can explore and adapt to new challenges. The best races take teams to places they could only have dreamt of and ask them to try new skills and to find it …
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1 September
Follow Expedition Africa LIVE – Starting 1st September 2019
Follow Expedition Africa live at http://www.kinetic-events.live Social Media coverage by the race organiser at https://www.facebook.com/kineticeventsafrica/ and https://www.instagram.com/expafrica/ and https://twitter.com/kineticeventsZA Other coverage available at: Sleepmonsters Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/SleepMonsters/ Sleepmonsters.com – https://www.sleepmonsters.com
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August, 2019
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30 August
Adventure Racing World Series Announces Regional Circuits For 2020
Adventure Racing started with Raid Gauloises, a multi-day outdoor epic in extreme environments. Most sports start small and get bigger, longer, faster and harder over the years, but not adventure racing, that started with expedition racing, which is still the pinnacle of the sport. They are the races that get …
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30 August
ARWS Oceania Circuit Takes Off
Following from the recent ARWS announcement of Regional Circuits, the ARWS Oceania Circuit has launched with a high powered calendar of the best regional adventure races culminating in the Oceania Championship in 2020. ARWS Oceania brings together the premiere 24-48hr adventure races through Australia and New Zealand. These …
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25 August
Expedición Guaraní Will Host the 2020 Adventure Racing World Championships in Paraguay
Expedición Guaraní Will Host the 2020 Adventure Racing World Championships in Paraguay The 2020 Adventure Racing World Championships will take place next September in Paraguay, South America! The race will be hosted by Expedición Guaraní, a member of the Adventure Racing World Series for the past 4 years, and …
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22 August
Lozere Team2raid Win In Wild Scotland At ITERA
The ITERA Expedition Race attracted 37 international teams from 12 nations to Scotland for the latest round of the 2019 Adventure Racing World Series and they travelled from as far as Brazil and South Africa to race in the wild mountain terrain of the Highlands. The scenery, the weather and …
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12 August
Follow Itera Scotland Adventure Race LIVE – Starting 13th August 2019
Follow Itera Scotland Adventure Race live at http://live.opentracking.co.uk/itera19/ Social Media coverage by the race organiser at https://www.facebook.com/openadventure/ and https://twitter.com/openadventure Other coverage available at: Sleepmonsters Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/SleepMonsters/ Sleepmonsters.com – https://www.sleepmonsters.com
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6 August
ITERA Welcomes Teams to Inverness and Scotland’s Wild North
The ITERA expedition adventure race is preparing to welcome teams from around the world to the city of Inverness and the Scottish Highlands. Thirty seven teams of 4, from 12 nations and 4 continents, will be on the start line on August 12th. However, until the day before the start …
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July, 2019
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28 July
Swedish Teams Dominate Nordic Islands Adventure Race
Swedish teams have always featured among the elite of Adventure Racing (one year there were 4 Swedish teams in the top 6 at the World Championships), so it’s fitting to see a Swedish expedition race in the AR World Series. The Nordic Islands Adventure Race was launched in 2018 and …
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13 July
Follow Nordic Islands Adventure Race LIVE – Starting 13th July 2019
Follow Nordic Islands Adventure Race live at https://raceplay.se/event?eventid=47 Social Media coverage by the race organiser at https://www.facebook.com/nordicislandsadventurerace/ and https://www.instagram.com/nordicislandsar/ Other coverage available at: NIAR Website – https://niargames.com Sleepmonsters Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/SleepMonsters/ Sleepmonsters.com – https://www.sleepmonsters.com
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11 July
Refereeing The AR World Series – It’s A Tough Job, But Someone Has To Do It!
Who’d be a referee? It’s a tough job taking sides, having every decision questioned and taking abuse from the crowds … but in World Series Adventure Racing it’s not like that, not at all. There’s no crowd to win over, no sides either, and the teams being adjudicated are generally …
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June, 2019
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17 June
The Magic and Myth of Huairasinchi
The Huairasinchi expedition adventure race in Ecuador is one of the longest established races of its kind in the world, it’s one of the hardest, and it’s one which teams return to again and again. This year’s race was the 16th edition and was round 5 of the 2019 Adventure …
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9 June
Follow Huairasinchi Ecuador LIVE – Starting 10th June 2019
Follow Huairasinchi Ecuador live at https://raceplay.se/event?eventid=43 Social Media coverage by the race organiser at https://www.facebook.com/Huairasinchi/ and https://www.instagram.com/huairasinchi/ Other coverage available at: AR Live Coverage Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/arlivecoverage/ Sleepmonsters Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/SleepMonsters/ Sleepmonsters.com – https://www.sleepmonsters.com
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7 June
Last two weeks to enter the Nordic Islands Adventure Race “Valhalla”
6.6.2019 For immediate release In July 11.-21. Nordic Islands Adventure Race “Valhalla” will take its competitors on an epic 700km journey from Åre in Sweden to Ålesund in Norway. Along the way, athletes will cross the international border, Scandinavian mountain range, countless gorgeous valleys as well as number of truly …
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5 June
XPD Australia 2020 Announced – Cape York “Rivers of Gold”
The 2020 edition of the XPD Expedition Race is themed “Rivers of Gold”. Adventure racing teams from Australia and around the world will step back in time to follow the legendary 1870s Cape York gold rush of the Palmer and Hodgkinson Rivers. This gold rush was described as “one of …
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2 June
New Adventure Racing World Series Rankings Released
The latest Adventure Racing World Series rankings are now out with the inclusion of points from the 4 races which have taken place so far this year. During Expedition India, Expedicion Guarani (Paraguay), Expedition Oregon (USA) and Raid Gallaecia (Spain) teams from all around the world have raced over …
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May, 2019
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22 May
Team Yeti Of Denmark Win Raid Gallaecia
Raid Gallaecia takes place every two years, but it is definitely worth waiting for and this year the victors were the first ever Danish team to win an Adventure Racing World Series race. After racing through 3 nights with only a few hours of sleep, paddling white water rapids and …
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21 May
ITERA Attracts Internationals To The Scottish Highlands
For immediate release Organising and marketing an expedition adventure race requires imagination and skill, a willingness to take risks, and faith in your ability to put the right package together to attract enough teams. It’s a blend Open Adventure have been working on for over a decade, and the entry …
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11 May
Follow Raid Gallaecia LIVE 12-18 May 2019
Follow Raid Gallaecia live at https://tracktherace.com/en/raid-gallaecia-2019/live Social Media coverage by the race organiser at https://www.facebook.com/RaidGallaeciaExpeditionRace/ and https://www.instagram.com/raidgallaecia/ Race and team Information available at https://tracktherace.com/en/raid-gallaecia-2019/live/players Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bendracing/ Other coverage from https://www.facebook.com/arlivecoverage/ and https://www.facebook.com/SleepMonsters/
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8 May
The Adventure Racing World Championships 2019 in Sri Lanka Cancelled
The Easter terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka were both shocking and horrific. The huge loss of life suffered in bombed churches and hotels and the subsequent instability within the country have, of necessity, forced a reassessment of any visits to the country. One consequence of the attacks is the decision …
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2 May
Raid Gallaecia – Better Every Time
For Immediate Release Adventure Racing teams know they can never have a perfect expedition race because over several days and many disciplines there is always something which could be improved. Sometimes it is just luck with weather or equipment which could have favoured them rather than hindered them, and it …
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2 May
Adventure On The Oregon Trail
With adventure racers of the calibre of Jason and Chelsey Magness as Race Directors, the Oregon wilderness to set a course in and the competition of international teams from an AR World Series race there were high hopes of Expedition Oregon, and it delivered. The race was a demonstration event …
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April, 2019
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30 April
Malaysia to Host ARWS Demonstration Race This October
For Immediate Release The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, also known as the Supreme Head or the King of Malaysia, officiated and acknowledged the Adventure Race ( AR ) World Series Malaysia during the 100th Anniversary celebration of Fraser Hill ( a mountain resort in the state of Pahang ). The AR …
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26 April
Follow Expedition Oregon live – 25-28 April 2019
Follow Expedition Oregon live at http://live.enabledtracking.com/xpdor19/ Social Media coverage by the race organiser at https://www.facebook.com/BendRacing/ Race and team Information available at https://www.bendracing.com/expedition-oregon Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bendracing/ Other coverage from https://www.facebook.com/arlivecoverage/ and https://www.facebook.com/SleepMonsters/ and https://www.facebook.com/randy.ericksen Photo: Honza Zac Photographer
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15 April
Expedicion Guarani – A Warm Welcome and a Tough Challenge
Expedicion Guarani in Paraguay was the second Adventure Racing World Series event of 2019, and it was also the toughest in the 5 year history of this South American expedition race. The race winners were Team Columbia Vidaraid (Brazil) and after a faultless race they completed an epic 27 hour …
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2 April
Follow Expedicion Guarani Live – 2-6 April 2019
Follow Expedicion Guarani live at https://raceplay.se/event?eventid=37 Social Media coverage https://www.facebook.com/expedicionguarani/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/expedicionguaranipy/
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1 April
Expedition India – An Incredible Adventure
Expedition India – An Incredible Adventure The 2019 Adventure Racing World Series started on a high when Expedition India took place last week in the Himalayan foothills. The race began in Manali with teams setting off on their mountain bikes in freezing conditions between high banks of snow, and finished …
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March, 2019
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23 March
Follow Expedition India Live – 23-31 March 2019
Follow Expedition India live at http://www.kinetic-events.live Social Media coverage at https://www.facebook.com/XPDINDIA and https://www.instagram.com/ar.india/ Photo: Terence Vrugtman
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18 March
ITERA – A Highland Journey in the Making
For immediate release 12/03/2019 Teams from all over the world will arrive in Inverness in August for the ITERA, an extraordinary 5 day non-stop expedition adventure race. Trekking, kayaking, climbing, canyoning and mountain biking through the magnificent scenery of the Scottish Highlands is the main attraction of course, and so is …
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1 March
Worlds Best Set Sights on Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has been a huge drawcard with teams from France, United Kingdom, South Africa, Czech Republic, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, Ecuador, China, Japan, Ireland, Canada, Switzerland, Belgium and USA signing up for the AR World Championship 2019. In addition to the worlds best, there is an unprecedented …
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February, 2019
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28 February
Inspiration and Adventure in Gallaecia
Raid Gallaecia takes place this May from the port of Viveiro, a town which has a great maritime heritage. It is a place with a spirit of adventure too and that is epitomised by the race Patron Ramón Blanco. Born in the nearby village of Ourol, just 10k from Viveiro, …
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