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Dark Peak Fell Runners, Bobbie Britton, Carla Molinaro, Wild Racers Costa Rica, A Feather in the West, This Way Up.

Dark Peak Fell Runners
The Dark Peak Fell Runners base themselves in Sheffield, but their playground is the Peak District National Park where they weave tracks through the fields, peat bogs and rocky outcrops to create a tapestry of eccentricity, endeavour and endurance. As one of the biggest pure fell running clubs in the UK, the ‘Dark Peak Fell Runners’ captures the personality, quirks and successes of the club and its members. The film follows in their footsteps to reveal their well-trodden Peak District running routes including the club’s flagship race, the Edale Skyline.

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Wild Racers – Episode 13 – Costa Rica
This episode lands us on the shores of Puntarenas, Costa Rica a tropical haven with an equatorial climate to welcome our adventurers. For the first time teams will be challenged by extreme humidity and heat, countless hours of paddling massive tidal flows and the challenge of dehydration. All this coupled with no sleep and the relentless pursuit to finish will prove too much for many though there are always those that rise to the top.

A Feather in the West
In September 2019, a team of talented Irish climbers [Chloe Condron, Kevin Kilroy, Michelle O’Loughlin and Conor McGovern] travelled to the small island of Owey to explore sea cliffs that local guidebook writer Iain Miller claims, have “enough new routing potential to last at least twelve lifetimes”. ‘A Feather in the West’ is a film about their trad climbing experiences and the relatively niche pursuit of first ascents, set on the Wild Atlantic Way, off the west coast of County Donegal.

This Way Up
This Way Up is a ‘broken’ man’s journey by bike through his homeland, Scotland. Andy McKenna, mountain biker since the 1980’s and a professional mountain bike guide making his living from running mountain bike adventures in Scotland was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 2007. Although he didn’t know it then, far from being the end of his mountain bike career and his life, this (apparently) incurable degenerative neurological disease was the start of a different kind of mountain bike journey. Biking helps to cope, to escape and to keep Andy sane.

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Appenninica MTB Race 2020, Wild Racers Ecuador, Kite Masters 2020 Ep.6 and Yügen – The Film

Appenninica Mountain Bike Race 2020
The spectacular Appenninica MTB Stage Race covers 460 kilometers in seven stages, with steep climbs and technical descents, for an elevation gain of about 16 thousand meters along the spine of Italy in the Apennine ridges between Emilia Romagna and Tuscany. The men/women race includes solo riders and teams of 2 riders. The route follows the MTB trail of the Alta Via dei Parchi, across Tuscany, and the provinces of Bologna, Modena, Reggio Emilia and Parma.

Wild Racers – Ecuador – Episode 5
Ecuador comprises episodes 4 to 8 of 24 episode Wild Racers series, that takes viewers on a journey into the ultimate feat of endurance within the Adventure Racing World Series. Episode one lands us on the shores of Quito, Ecuador. This majestic South American City is better known as the gateway to the Galapagos Islands. For this adventure our teams head inland to the high country where altitude and conditions are near life threatening. Teams are required to get acclimatised due to the extremes of altitude that they will experience in the coming days. As a challenge we set a course through the city, landmarks and outskirts of Quito. This is an enthralling prelude to the race ahead.

Kite Masters 2020 – Episode 6
As we come to the end of the 2020 series, we look back to the extreme world of kiteboarding and the evolution of the sport in preparation for Paris 2024.  We cover all the action at the 2020 KiteFoil European Championships in Playa de las Burras, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria and travel to the USA to meet Daniela Moroz, four-time Hydrofoil Kiteboarding World Champion, one of the most popular and youngest riders in the world.

Yügen – The Film
Yūgen is a 3-year borderless mountain-based documentary film that explores the connection that mountaineers, and environmentalists share with the natural world.  Snowboard mountaineer Rafael Pease and crew travel to the corners of the world, taking video gear into never seen locations to capture the true essence of being one with the mountain. Experience the most unique untold stories of the environmental conscious deep in the soul of the mountains.

Vendée Globe 2020-2021 amazing daily stories 7 – 13 Jan
The fleet rounds Cape Horn and heads for the final stretch home across the Atlantic Ocean. Isabelle Joschke on MACSF had a keel problem and had to abandon. The five boats leading the race are very close to each other….anything can happen….a very tight race. See all the daily action.

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Golden Trail Championship 2020, Wild Racers Tasmania, Himalaya Energy Ultra Trail, The Road to Independance-The Film and Vendée Globe

Goldentrail Championship 2020 – A Strategic Battle
Here it is, the race of the year – athletes from 32 different countries converged on Faial Island in the Portuguese Azores, in the middle of the Atlantic, to participate in this hair-raising, adrenalin-fuelled, excruciating race week of blood, sweat, and tears that was – the 2020 Golden Trail Championship.  Experience the trail-running event of the year and take a look behind the scenes with four of the world’s best athletes, Jim Walmsley (Team Hoka One One), a long distance specialist, Stian Angermund (Team Salomon), a short distance and vertical race expert, Maude Mathys (Team Salomon), a fast and runnable race specialist, and Tove Alexandersson (Team Icebug), a world orienteering champion, giving an inside feel of this unique stage race, and showing the evolution of their strategies and the mental and physical obstacles they had to overcome.

WILD RACERS – TASMANIA – EPISODE 3
We start by exploring the phenomenon of Sleep Monsters and discover there are more psychological challenges than physical challenges at this point. From here we re-join the teams on Lake Macintosh as they continue their journey towards the half way point of the adventure. Teams are facing a 20 km kayaking stage followed by 105 km of mountain biking and finshing with a monstrous 65 km trek.

Himalaya Energy Ultra Trail 2020
Welcome to Asia in order to witness the CHANDO Himalaya Energy Ultra Trail Run. The base of Mount Namjagbarwa on the Eastern Himalaya provides the perfect location for this high-altitude ultra-trail run adventure. In this year’s edition, the ‘Dragon-Blood 100K’ race route set off from the town of Lulang which in Tibetan means a place to forget your homesickness. With an average altitude of four thousand meter above sea level, and the highest point at 4780 meters the challenge was epic.

The Road to Independance By Olie Hunter Smart
To discover more of the story of its Independence, Olie Hunter Smart takes on an immense challenge to walk the length of India, a 4,500km journey over seven months seeking out untold stories of Independence and Partition. Olie’s route takes him over gruelling snowy mountain passes high up in the Himalayas, battling intense heat in the northern plains, and being drenched to the bone by monsoon rains as he walks through the rural heartland of the country. Following in Gandhi’s footsteps, Olie immerses himself in the culture, being invited in by so many of the wonderful people he encounters, recording shocking and heartfelt first-hand accounts of India’s struggle for freedom gained 70 years earlier.

Vendée Globe 2020-2021 amazing daily stories 26-30 Dec
Every day we upload a 2 minute daily diary from the boats as they circumnavigate the world totally unassisted, solo and non stop. There is also a new 26 minute video of what happened during the week.
This week most sailors are in the Pacific Ocean between Cape Leuween and Cape Horn.

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UTWT 2020 Ep.4, Inside my Borders Part 2, Dave Goes West – The Film and Super League Triathlon Malta Men Final

UTWT 2020  Episode 4 – Ultra Trail Harricana & Javelina Jundred
Fourth episode of our series dedicated to the 2020 season of the Ultra Trail World tour.  The first race is the scenic Ultra Trail Harricana (122 km – 4220m D +) in the Charlevoix reserve 100 km northeast of Quebec, Canada. We then run the Javelina Jundred (160 km – 2400m D +) in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona – USA. To round everything off, we have a summary of the extraordinary UTWT 2020 season.

Inside My Borders – Part 2
Michele, our backpacker friend, continues his trip inside his Italian borders during the Covid crisis. After the Abruzzi region, he takes us on a wonderful biking tour of the Basilicata region and of the Pollino National Park. He is always joyful as he pedals up some difficult climbs to discover unknown places amid incredible landscapes. He tops it off with an amazing Golden Eagle show.

Dave Goes West
Dave Goes West is an experimental adventure / comedy documentary about a man from Derbyshire running 10 marathons in 10 days despite his own physical limitations and lack of proper training. The story of this film began one day in the pub. The film’s Director, Joe O’Connor, asked his old friend Dave if he thought he could run 10 marathons in 10 days. Dave thought about for about three seconds before replying ‘Let’s do this!’

Super League Triathlon – Malta 2019 – Men Final
Super League Triathlon is the champions league of Triathlon with only the best athletes participating. The second stage of the 2019-2020 season takes place in Malta. For the final of the stage in Malta, athletes will have to face a very demanding format : the Equalizer, made up of two stages separated by a 10 minute break. Stage 1 is an individual 4 km time trial on bike, for Stage 2, athletes will have to swim 300 m, bike 4km and run 1.6 km … Twice !

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Inside my borders bike adventure, Kite Masters 2020 Ep4, Super League Triathlon Malta Women Final and Michi Wohlleben

Inside my Borders – Part 1
Michele, our backpacker friend, is forced to travel inside his Italian borders during the Covid crisis. In this episode, he takes us on a wonderful walking and biking tour of the Gran Sasso National Park, kown as “the small Tibet”. He is always smiling as he shows us some of the most difficult terrain in the Abruzzi region to discover its secrets amid incredible landscapes.

Kite Masters 2020 – Episode 4
Kite Masters is finally back in action! After months of waiting due to the Covid-19 pandemic, athletes and sports enthusiasts had the chance to return to some high-end performances and demanding racing in the 2020 Formula Kite Mixed Team Relay European Championships that took place in Ebensee – Lake Traunsee, Austria.

The First Second – Michi Wohlleben
«The higher you raise the bar the further you fall down!”. Michi language is made of very strong, singular sentences, as sharpened as his climbing style. His sentences try to define himself, without worrying about himself, by thwarting clichés… but do not succeed in really finding himself. On the other hand his words create beautiful images that show Michi’s inspiration, fluidity, and pleasure in action. Through the discovery of his goals and his gamble with the risk, Michi mixes both quest and primal pleasure.

Super League Triathlon – Malta 2019 – Women Final
Super League Triathalon is the champions league of Triathlon with only the best athletes participating. The second stage of the 2019-2020 season takes place in Malta. For the final of the stage in Malta, athletes will have to face a very demanding format : the Equalizer, made up of two stages separated by a 10 minute break. Stage 1 is an individual 4 km time trial on bike, for Stage 2, athletes will have to swim 300 m, bike 4km and run 1.6 km … Twice !

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