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2018 Oman By UTMB

The Oman by UTMB 2018 course starts at 600m at Birkat Al Mawz and takes the runners to the heights of Jebel Akhdar, the Green Mountain, peaking at over 2200m. With the 137km total distance bearing a vertical gain of over 7800m, this is an ultra trail packed with variety – offering terrain that is tough but fair!

Everest Base Camp Trek

New episodes of our series where Dean from World Wide Trekking takes you on an exciting multi day hike from Kathmandu to Everest Base Camp, starting from Kathmandu Lukla airport through Phakding, Monjo, Khumbu Valley, Namche, Lobuche, Kala Patthar and much more. This week, we have episodes 5 to 8 of one of the most beautiful hikes in the world. Get geared up!
Rock the Parks – Best of Adventures
Who said that hiking in National Parks was only peaceful and relaxing? During their trips, Jack and Colton did rock climbing, mountaineering, kayaking, cave crawling and much more !
Rock the Park taps into as love affair with national parks. Our hosts, Jack and Colton come face to face with nature in some of the most awe-inspiring places on earth. The series is sure to inspire many a road trip and remind viewers that the national parks truly are one of America’s greatest gifts to the world and a resource to be protected.
Film : Distilled
Scotland in winter is an arena where mountaineers pit their skills against exacting climbs often in ferocious conditions. It is respected by climbers around the world. Distilled examines what makes the climbing here so potent. As the story unfolds we see dramatic footage of Andy Cave climbing some of Scotland’s classic and most challenging winter routes. Distilled is a celebration of Scottish winter climbing and a poignant profile of a life spent in the mountains.
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2018 E-Bike Desert Challenge

Welcome to a brand new pioneering event : the E-Bike Desert Challenge. In this unique competition, professional and amateur riders are all called to face southern Morocco’s extreme desert conditions. Passing through iconic dunes, river oases and labyrinths of deep ditches, the E-Bike Desert Challenge is guranteed to be fast, furious and fun. The bikes are optimized for the conditions and are a game changer for the future of the sport.

Laguna Phuket Triathlon 2018

Known as the “Race of Legends”, Laguna Phuket is the leading triathlon in Asia. The list of past winners reads like a triathlon hall of fame and this year the world’s best battle for glory on the beautiful but challenging course

Snow Bike Festival Gstaad 2019
The Snow Bike Festival is a 4-day mountain biking stage race that takes place in the snow covered Swiss alps. The event has seen competitors from across the globe congregate in the stunning region of GSTAAD (Switzerland), creating a genuinely international atmosphere. The world’s first UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) race on snow sees professional mountain bikers and aspiring amateurs from around the world head to the trails and slopes around GSTAAD, to compete in one of the most unique mountain biking environments in the world.
Odyssey
‘Odyssey’ is a road movie that celebrates the best of British trad climbing. From the bold Northumberland sandstone to the raging sea cliffs of Gogarth, four World-class climbers (James Pearson, Hazel Findlay, Hansjorg Auer and Caroline Ciavaldini) embark on a road-trip to attempt some of the most fierce and inspiring routes in the UK. Cinematic filmmaking, cutting edge traditional climbing and a 7.5 ton converted truck – the Odyssey begins!
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L’Echappée Belle 2018

Two friends ultra trailers, Bruno and Jean-Pierre, crossing the Massif de Belledonne in the French Alps. The Echappée Belle Ultra Trail is an adventure which offers a full crossing of Belledonne Mountain, from Vizille (Isere) to Aiguebelle (Savoie). This beautiful run of 144km and 11 100m D+ will bring you from 250m to 2950m on Belledonne Cross, by crossing all different alpine landscapes from refuges to refuges. You’ll discover over 30 mountain lake and forest, cross stones and moraines, glaciers and torrents. Our two friends will finish the race in a little less than 40 hours.

Italy Outdoors – Running Scenery Cervia

Our Paolo Venturini, an ultra trail runner, runs along paths through the southern part of the Comacchio national wetlands park discovering the beaches, bio-diversity and the pine trees along its shores. He ends the tour in the famous salt farms of Cervia  with an interesting explanation of why sweet salt is today’s gold.
Milan To Norcia (Umbria) By Bike
This time Michele brings us to a long trip betwwen Milan and Norcia in Umbria. His goal is to cycle to areas that have been hit by the terrible earthquakes in August and October 2016. Michele will not show destroyed houses or devastated areas; on the contrary through his trip you will discover the beauty of this region. Michele’s trip brings you through historical cities such as Mantova, Ferrara or Cattolica and natural parks such as the Delta del Po. After having reached the Adriatic coast, he crosses the Apennines cycling through very beautiful landscapes.
Film : Wide Boyz
The world of offwidth crack climbing is a strange sub-culture rumoured to be dominated by knuckle-dragging, bar-brawling dirt-bags! The climbing is tough, painful and bloody. Two climbers from England, Pete Whittaker and Tom Randall, set out to explore this world and climb the world’s hardest offwidths. They complete a brutal two-year training regime, mostly spent hanging upside down in a suburban Sheffield basement, before embarking on a tour of the USA. The tour culminates in the first ascent of the ultimate offwidth test piece, Century Crack, the world’s hardest offwidth.
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The Pioneer 2018

This 7 day mountain bike stage race takes riders through New Zealand’s pristine Southern Alps, linking together over 500km of spectacular trails and challenging single-track, in a stunning part of the world where soaring mountain peaks, crystal-clear blue lakes, and golden high country await.  The journey will allow competitors to challenge themselves in and amongst awe-inspiring scenery.  At the end of each day, local New Zealand hospitality will extend the event into a genuine Kiwi experience.

Adventureman

Since 2012 Jamie McDonald is cycling or running to raise funds for Childrens hospitals. In 2014 he ran 5,000 miles across Canada from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast without the aid of a support crew. He battled -40°C temperatures, the Rockies, a frostbitten nose, numerous potentially challenge-stopping injuries and more to finish in Vancouver, running the equivalent of a marathon most days – whilst wearing a Superhero costume. He is the Adventureman ! Jamie is currently running 6,000 miles across 19 states in the USA from East to West. This represents 210 marathons. More information and possibility to donate on https://www.adventureman.org/ or on https://www.superherofoundation.org/
Sa Calobra
Four Swedish friends climb the Sa Calobra not on bike but on rollerskis ! The Sa Calobra climb is one of the main reasons why cyclists come to Mallorca. With about 7% average gradient and 9.5 km of climbing, Sa Calobra is an extraordinary climb. Even if they have a strong cross country ski experience in tough races such as the Vasaloppet, our friends will suffer all along the emblematic 26 hairpin bends trying to enjoy breathtaking views that have captured the hearts of many cyclists.
Film : Redemption – The James Pearson Story
This film tells the controversial story of one of the World’s best trad climbers, Englandʼs James Pearson. After a dramatic rise to become one of the top climbers in the UK, controversy surrounding the grading of his routes left him feeling ostracised from the climbing scene. The film tells James’ story and follows his return to the UK as he faces his demons and looks to redeem his place within the UK climbing community.
Directed by Chris Prescott and Paul Diffley.
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Spartan Race Barcelona 2018

Welcome to the fifth edition of Spartan Barcelona. A weekend of obstacle racing action with competitors taking on the brutal and iconic Spartan course. Hosting a Spartan Beast event in 2018 also doubling up as the Spanish National championships.

5 Ultra Trails – UTWT 2018 Episode 10

We discover 5 races in this last episode of the Ultra Trail World Tour 2018 season : the Ultra Trail Cape Town in South Africa on the famous Table Mountain, the TransJeju on the Jeju island in South Korea, The Most Beautiful Thing in Borneo around the Mount Kinabalu, The Javenina Jundred in the Sonoran Desert – Arizona and the Lemkowyna in the Beskid Niski Mountains – Poland.
Italy Outdoors – Running Scenery Comacchio
Discover Comacchio  swamp national park- a famous mountaineer introduces the Comacchio wetlands and lagoon national park as Paolo takes you on a run through the amazing walking /running/cycling paths to discover the mouth of the Po river where you find incredible fauna, eel farming and the biggest population of Flamingos in Italy.
Film : Transition
Natalie Berry is one of the UK’s leading female sport and competition climbers. She competed with the GB Climbing Team all over the world and has numerous podium places in both lead climbing and bouldering. Natalie is also one of only a handful of British women to have climbed the grade of 8b. Now wishing to further her experiences Natalie plans to take up traditional climbing, winter mountaineering and skiing. ‘Transition’ follows Natalie over the course of a year as she takes her first exploratory steps into a new world.
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Ultra Pirineu 2018

Set in the Spanish Pyrenees and taking in spectacular mountain scenery and historic villages, this 110km event is the longest race in the Skyrunner World Series, with 6800 metres of ascent to challenge the competitors. A lot of things have changed since the first edition in 2009 of Salomon Ultra Pirineu, but not the winner: Jessed Hernandez was crowned again in the medieval town of Bagà, that also witnessed the first ever victory of Ekaterina Mityaeva in the Skyrunner World Series.

Climbing Lobuche East Peak – Nepal

A great option to add an additional 4 days to an Everest Base Camp trek in order to summit the peak of Lobuche East on the way back out of the Khumbu Valley. World Wide Trekking’s Trek Tip series give you an inside look at what it’s like to trek amongst some of the worlds highest mountains. Learn more at http://wwtrek.com.
L’Eroica 2018
L’Eroica draws its inspiration from classical cycling, from black and white images published on newspapers of the early 1900’s to the times of the Bartali and Coppi duel, to more recent times when pedal cages and shifters on the down tube where still the main option on road racing bikes. L’Eroica chose as a convention 1987 as the year to draw the line between classic cycling and modern times.
Oman Desert Marathon 2018
The Oman Desert Marathon is a race covering 165 km requiring each runner to be completely self sufficient. The six stages of the race takes runners through astonishing shapes and sizes of sand dunes, palm groves, hamlets and villages. They will pass semi nomadic tribes who still follow the Silk Route through the Oman Desert, wildlife and stunning sunsets and finish the race with an explosion of emotion when they arrive at the shores of the Arabian Sea.
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Sandman Triathlon 2018

SUPERFEET SANDMAN TRIATHLON (Welsh Super Series Round 6). One of the most unusual triathlons in the world, this event takes place on the island of Anglesey in the North of Wales. The event features a sea swim and a run in the forests and sand dunes of Newborough Warren. This year the weekend of action also hosts the final race of the Welsh Super Series.

Trekking The Upper Khumbu Valley

The Upper Khumbu Valley – from Lobuche to Mt. Everest Base Camp – is the most crucial part of your trek in the Himalayas. All the days trekking and acclimatizing on your way up the Khumbu valley culminate in this portion of the trek. Watch this video to find out exactly what to expect and learn about WWT’s strategy for getting our guests into and out of Everest Base Camp safely.
Ski Magazine – Night Ski Mountaineering Fun Race
At the foot of the Dolomites, on the Paganella mountain we cover the 11th edition of the Felice Spellini Memorial night ski mountaineering race in the beautiful Schiara della Paganella which dominates the Brenta Dolimites, lake Garda and the Adige Valley in Italy. Turn on your lights get your seal skins ready to ski up the mountain and ski down the other side…..
Walks Around Britain – Roxwell and Leigh guided busway
Andrew takes a scenic walk around the lovely village of Roxwell in Essex. Discover Essex countryside with its open green fields, ponds and farms. The second walk is an easy bimble alongside the guided busway in Leigh in the north west of England.
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Ski Magazine – Night snowshoe race

Back to the mountains for the new edition of Ski Magazine covering the 18th edition of the Caspolada, the traditional moonlight snowshoe race organized in the lovely Alpine city of Vezza d’Oglio in the Alta Val Camonica close to the Adamello Park, the Stelvio Park and the Pontedilegno Tonale ski area where over 4000 contestants participated in the night adventure.

Tuska Triathlon 2018

Tuska Sprint Triathlon (Welsh Super Series Round 5). Taking place in historic Porthcawl, this fast-paced and popular race is the penultimate round of the Welsh Super Series. The South Wales town of Porthcawl is sandwiched between Cardiff and Swansea and it’s a busy sea port and a popular resort in Summer time it’s also the venue for the TuskaTriathlon an event like any Coastal pursuit which can be subject to some extremes of weather and the forecast for 2018 is wind and waves lots of both an added challenge and certainly a factor that could make this event the toughest so far in this year’s Welsh Triathlon Super Series.
Mt Elbrus Climb
In this series, Dean from World Wide Trekking takes you on an exciting multi day hike to climb Mt Elbrus, highest peak in Europe (5642 m) from acclimatization in Terskol in the Mount Cheget region to the summit. This week, we have the first four episodes of one of the most beautiful hikes in the world. Get geared up!
Shanghai 10k run 2018
Welcome to Shanghai, one of the world most famous destinations were the 3rd International Shanghai Elite 10k race took place. The event feature a total of 7,000 runners -1,000 more than last year- with 6,400 competing in the 10-kilometer main race and the remaining 600 taking part in the 2K family run. In its third year, the route for the race continues to cover the ecological zone on the north side of the Suzhou Creek and passing from the beautiful and peaceful Changfeng Park. The race included a family-run as a special category, where parents and their children will struggle together to achieve their goal on the 2 km course.
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HORIZONSPORTS, the world’s Nature Sports & Wellness video platform, which is motivating the world to be more active in nature, launched on Roku® streaming players and is now available in the United States, Canada, UK, Ireland, France, Mexico and various countries in Latin America.
HorizonSports is delighting outdoor enthusiasts by broadcasting a selection of adventure races, ultra-trail competitions, mountain films, mountain bike competitions, triathlons, outdoor adventure documentaries, product tests and lots more. Our approach is to blend activity at any level with wellness, balanced nutrition and being healthy. HorizonSports can be found in the Sports category in The Roku Channel store on Roku streaming players.
Laurence Fox Hopper, HorizonSports CEO, said: “Launching HorizonSports on the Roku platform is a big step in bringing nature sports and wellness programming to TV viewers worldwide in order to inspire more people to be active in nature “

About HORIZONSPORTS

HorizonSports is the only nature sports & wellness subscriber video on demand (SVOD) platform that caters to people who hike, run, cycle, love mountains, want to be healthy and more active in nature with over 500,000 unique viewers per month through a combination of SVOD platform, Android / Apple App, and through smart TVs. HorizonSports aggregates and produces the best inspiring video content from the top outdoor, sports events, lifestyle and adventure TV producers with a balance of sports and Wellness premium programming available for unlimited on demand, Live sports and streaming TV viewing. HorizonSports is also available on Watch It, Samsung TV Plus, Vewd, Pluto TV and now also ROKU. #naturesportswellness

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Everest Base Camp Trek

In this series, Dean from World Wide Trekking takes you on an exciting multi day hike from Kathmandu to Everest Base Camp, starting from Kathmandu Lukla airport through Phakding, Monjo, Khumbu Valley, Namche, Lobuche, Kala Patthar and much more. This week, we have the first four episodes of one of the most beautiful hikes in the world. Get geared up!

Bala Triathlon 2018

The Standard Distance Triathlon (Welsh Super Series Round 4) takes place in and around the lakeside town of Bala. Llyn Tegid the largest fresh water lake in Wales, is 4 miles (6.4km) long and 0.75 miles (1.3km) wide. It is owned and managed by the Snowdonia National Park Authority and is without question one of the most scenic triathlons in the country. The Standard Distance Triathlon will consist of a 1500m open water swim, a 39km closed road cycle and a 10km run.
International Mountain Bike Rally Di Sardegna 2018
Welcome to the 7th International Mountain Bike Rally of Sardinia. After five years of stop, the International Mountain Bike Rally starts again, Arzana will be the center of action for the 3 days of the event. The rally has three stages with a total of 265 km and 7,400 meters of ascent. A certainly challenging route that will put the participants to the test. As always, the International Mountain Bike Rally of Sardinia will cross breathtaking views and uncontaminated places that only wild Sardinia can offer.
Shanghai International Marathon 2018
Welcome to the Shanghai international Marathon 2018, one of the most unique running races in Asia. This year approximately 38.000 runners from 85 countries joined this major event. This enormous number makes this marathon one of the most famous in the world. This Years Shanghai Marathon began at the Bund of Waitan and finished at the Cauldron Square of the Shanghai Stadium.
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