Bone Frog Challenge announced today a new partnership with HESCO Group as a Platinum Sponsor. The New England based company will now be known as the HESCO Bone Frog. Bone Frog Challenge now HESCO Bone Frog has been a staple in the New England area for year.
United States Obstacle Course Racing (USOCR) Association was once a bright shining star in the industry promising to unite the sport, elevate safety concerns and offer an excellent insurance package for race organizations. The organization promised it would create a national governing body in which the sport could flourish under in the United States and possibly even Canada*. Co-founders Sam Mansfield and Mark Ballas offered at first the answer to many of the growing pains of the burgeoning sport.
Spartan Race announced today the launch of the Spartan Foundation, a not-for-profit community-based initiative promoting the sound nutrition, routine physical activity, and healthy development in children and young adults through collaboration with schools, diverse organizations, community leaders and volunteers.
Obstacle Course Racing has continued to grow into a global sport in the last couple of years. While the United States still dominates the market Europe, Australia, Central America, and South Africa also have strong foundations of the sport in their regions. In the last two years, the industry has continued to expand and grow throughout the rest of the world. The latest target from the large multi-national companies is Asia and the Middle East.
In the last couple of years, the rise of the reality competition show has inched closer and closer to the obstacle racing world. The new show American Grit premieres soon on Fox. The Spartan Race - Ultimate Team Challenge premieres in June on NBC. Now a new show from the pioneer reality show production company Bunim/Murray Productions - The Selection- is casting.
Spartan Ultimate Team Challenge The highly anticipated NBC competition series "Spartan Ultimate Team Challenge" officially has an airdate. Be sure to set your DVR's for June 13 at 10pm eastern daylight time. The obstacle racing team competition show based on the Spartan Race Series will follow up the popular "American Ninja Warrior" on June 13 and 20 then shift to a Thursday 9:00pm spot.
In some areas, the wall is beautiful; the stones you walk on and virtually every surface you touch is made out of bricks that were fired in a kiln. The structural ones were quarried, and the base is basically mounds of packed earth, but the wall becomes a sculpture on the surface. In other areas, the Great Wall is nothing more than a pile of rubble. Some parts have completely disintegrated and you'd never even know the wall was there.
Early this morning athletes around the United States got an email from Spartan Race's Robert Coble that would change the game forever for many athletes. The email received indicated that athletes would be no longer allowed to kick bells on obstacles like rope climbs, multi-rigs and more. The email which is currently reverberating around the obstacle racing industry is marking an end of an era. Coble's email stated this morning.
Mud Run Guide Contributor, Evan Perperis is embarking on a new journey in June. For 7 days he plans to run an average distance of a marathon at specific obstacle courses around the Northeast and Midwest to bring awareness to the sport of OCR as well as raise money for the charity, Folds of Honor.
Tomorrow the filming of the second season of the ESPN BattleFrog College Championships and the Legends Championship begins in Lanier Islands, Georgia. Athletes from around top colleges in the United States, as well as top athletes from around the world, have already converged on this scenic venue. The ESPN production is a partnership between production company 51 Dons and BattleFrog Series. Over the next four days, taping of the show will commence along Lake Lanier.
