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3089 – The Film, Wild Racers New Zealand, FWT 2021 Andorra, Nepal the Other Side of Things, New podcasts, final summary of Vendée Globe

3089 – The Film
For 35 years RAAM (Race Across AMerica) has been challenging ultracyclists from around the globe to push their physical and mental limits to the farthest reaches. Starting in Oceanside, under one of the longest piers in California, RAAM spans 3000 miles, climbs 175,000 feet, crosses 12 states and finishes in Annapolis, Maryland, the east coast sailing mecca. Open to amateur and professional racers, in solo, 2, 4 and 8 person relay teams, there is no other race in the world comparable to RAAM. In this film we follow the solo athletes as they attempt the impossible.

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Wild Racers – Episode 12 – New Zealand
The list of teams drastically on the decline, this challenging course has brought many to their knees. With each leg comes new challenges and new terrain to endure, both making life and times that more difficult. For legs are awaiting the teams : Mountain Bike 129km, Trek/Ropes 24km, Mountain Bike 20km and Kayak 46km. This is Wild Racers and many will return next time. Stop number four on the adventure highway is Puntarenas, Costa Rica … Stay tuned.

Freeride World Tour 2021 Andorra
FWT21’s season opener in Andorra hosted the world’s best freeriders.The defending world champions are all fired for Andorra and the USA is bringing the heat in both men’s categories with Isaac Freeland leading the rankings for ski men and Nils Mindnich in the top spot for snowboarding. Judges expect more amazing performances from French superstar Marion Haerty who is the current leader in women’s snowboarding and big things from extra talented Arianna Tricomi who flies the flag for Italy in women’s skiing. A new wave of impressive runs is on the cards from the current leaders who are ready to showcase their skills and dig deep into their bag of tricks to keep their crowns.

Nepal – The Other Side of Things
A unique spiritual voyage among the giant Himalayan mountains of Everest and Annapurna along ancient paths and across rivers, capturing the local beliefs to discover the marvels of an ancient mountain people in order to understand the meaning of self.

Vendée Globe 2020-2021 – The Final Summary
While the last sailor is expected in Les Sables d’Olonne at the end of the week, review all the best moments, the strong emotions and the fantastic performances.

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From Aregai to Faudo with Panpers, Wild Racers Ecuador, World Marathon Challenge, Skye’s the limit – The Film and Vendée Globe finish

From Aregai to Faudo with Panpers!
Two amateur cyclists embark on a reluctant cycling ride from the Aregai marina bike hotel along the Ligurian coast, through wonderful towns to taste local specialties before starting an exhausting mountain bike ride up the majestic mount Fauda. Funny and exhilarating!

Wild Racers – Episode 7 – Ecuador
Teams now finally surviving the most brutal first day in Adventure Racing history are welcomed by horizontal rain and some epic stages that will cause some extreme moments and life threatening situations. Some of the world’s greatest athletes will be hit hard by the altitude and conditions. This is real life drama unfolding right before your eyes.

World Marathon Challenge 2020
Beginning of February 2020, despite Coronavirus crisis, 36 marathoners ran 7 marathons on 7 continents during 7 days. In not more than 168 hours from start of the first run to end of the last, they ran a marathon in Cape Town Africa, Novo Antartica, Perth Australia, Dubaï Asia, Madrid Europe, Fortaleza South America and Miami North America. They had to cope with extreme conditions, limited recovery time and travel by plane with low oxygen and humidity.

Skye’s The Limit – The Film
The Isle of Skye sits off the West coast of Scotland and is renowned for its beauty and wildlife. It is also renowned for its wild seas, stormy weather and unforgiving tidal races. ‘Skye’s The Limit’ documents one woman’s solo circumnavigation of the Isle of Skye on stand up paddle board. In a bid to highlight that even these wild, remote and beautiful places are vulnerable to plastic pollution, Cal Major braves 200 miles of ripping tidal races, storms and waves to journey around the island, alone, to access even the most remote beaches. With over 100,000 sea mammals and over a million sea birds killed every year as a result of plastic pollution, ‘Skye’s The Limit’ demonstrates that even wild and seemingly untouched places like this aren’t safe against this threat, but how with simple changes we can all be a part of the solution.

Vendée Globe 2020-2021 amazing daily stories 21 – 27 Jan
One of the closest races in Vendee Globe history is coming to an end. The top five (Charlie, Boris, Thomas, Louis, Damien) are in the final sprint with the finish during the night of the 27th  to the 28th of January.

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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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Trans Atlas Marathon, Inside my Borders part 3, XTERRA Adventures 2020 Top Plays and Sam Anthamatten

Trans Atlas Marathon (TAM)
The Trans Atlas Marathon is a 250km stage race across the mythical Atlas Mountains of Morocco. The TAM ultramarathon is organised by legendary Moroccan runner, Mohamad Ahansal. Over six days, all racers climb over 14000 meters. The race requires food semi-self-sufficiency. Each competitor must carry his/her daily equipment, food and water. TAM is an endurance adventure across desert mountains, wild national parks and landscapes of incomparable beauty.

Inside My Borders – Part 3
Michele, our backpacker friend, continues his trip inside his Italian borders during the Covid crisis. He takes us on a wonderful biking tour from the Ionic Coast of Basilicata to the center of the region to discover the fantastic Calanchi. These famous geological formations make you feel you are on another planet. We also visit the village of Craco which was abandonned in the 60’s after a landslide and the beautiful area of Dolomiti of Lucania.

Xterra Adventures 2020 Episode 5 – Top Plays
XTERRA’s gnarliest crashes, most distinctive courses, closest finishes, and best rivalries are on display in an action-packed flashback to the sports’ all-time “Top Plays.” It has often been said in XTERRA the race isn’t so much you vs. other racers, but you vs. Mother Nature, and in this show we witness one example after another of how sometimes – nature wins. XTERRA, of course, is about more than just wicked crashes and epic rivalries. It’s also known for its unique, and uniquely challenging, race features. Discover it all on episode five of XTERRA Adventures.

The First Second – Sam Anthamatten
A specialist in high mountains, Sam is a committed top freerider and Zermatt guide. He mixes his passion for skiing down impossible drops with being a guide concerned about mountain safety. As he chooses each line down the mountain, he endures an internal struggle between security and risk-taking …..

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Vendée Globe 2020-2021 amazing daily stories 3-8 Dec
Every day we upload a 2 minute daily diary from the boats as they circumnavigate the world totally unassisted, solo and non stop. This week, Kevin who was rescued by Jean le Cam is taken off the boat by the French navy. Clarisse continues her journey – always in good spirits. The Italian Pedote is cooking pasta and the husband and wife racers – Sam Davies and Romain – each share their daily stories as Sam shows us her boat’s damage as she heads to Cape town and out of the race ………
(Photo (c) Clarisse Cremer / Banque Populaire X)

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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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