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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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, …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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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