Checkpoint Tracker

Checkpoint Tracker Unveils National Championship Logo

Yak — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:11:59 +0000

We hope you like it. Each year we’re going to do a new version of the same basic logo that ties into the venue. For instance, next year, when the race moves to #$%%^&*%@ we’ll replace the arch with a @#&$%# or something else evocative of the region :-)

WEDALI First Team To Lock Up 500 Points After First Place Finish at Thunder Rolls

Yak — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:05:06 +0000

We. Eat. Dust. And. Like. It. Time for a name change (and a big sponsor). WEDALI hasn’t eaten any dust this year. They just won again and are now sitting in 1st place in the Coed Elite division rankings 57 days ahead of the National Championship on October 29th in Moab, Utah. If they remain the [...]

Competition At Inaugural Checkpoint Tracker Adventure Racing National Championship Will Be Fierce

Yak — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:17:47 +0000

DART-nuun-SportMulti is the lastest top ranked team to confirm that they will attend to see if they can take home part of the $10,000 cash prize purse. They’ll be squaring off against the likes of Tecnu Extreme/StaphAseptic, Odyssey Adventure Racing-ImONPoint.org, Checkpoint Zero, Freedom Group/Trakkers and Zia/4car. No word yet on whether 1st ranked WEDALI or 2nd [...]

Checkpoint Tracker National Championship Now Open To All Teams

Yak — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:42:04 +0000

Registration for the inaugural Checkpoint Tracker National Championship is now open to ALL Checkpoint Tracker teams. Any team may now register in any of Checkpoint Tracker’s six competitive divisions by clicking the “Add to Schedule” button on the National Championship page. Teams that qualified on points earlier in the season will now face all comers on [...]

Team Explore Wins 2010 Costa Rica Adventure Race

Yak — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:05:11 +0000

Tonight at 8:05pm our first team crossed the finish line, the Swedish team #17, Explore. After 84 hours of racing, including 185km of mountain biking that ended just a few kilometers before the end, they entered Playa Samara where a big crowd of staff, media and other competitors who are no longer in the race [...]

Battle For 1st Continues At Costa Rica Adventure Race

Yak — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:51:41 +0000

The two leading teams fighting for the first place, Explore and Quechua set off at the same time for the sky trek at 8.37 yesterday evening. The Colombian team Bossi , who arrived at midnight set off at 2.50 early morning, with a 2 hours difference from the French, are in third place. Safety Costa [...]

Landslides Delay Leaders At Costa Rica Adventure Race

Yak — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:49:15 +0000

The race is getting more and more exciting as the heading teams approach the finish line. All day Wednesday, Sweden´s Explore (team 17) have been in first position since day 1 , followed by the French Quechua ( team 12) who have been gaining positions throughout the race, leaving the other teams behind them, and [...]

Attrition at the Costa Rica Adventure Race

Yak — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:30:41 +0000

New events have developed during the race, this time it is the withdrawal of one of the favourite teams, Multisport.fi (team2) from Finland. The Finnish team quits at control point 22 at Mirador Cerro Chato, when they were heading towards the kayak section. The team’s captain has suffered severe sun burns during the last few [...]

Day 2 of the Costa Rica Adventure Race a Scorcher

Yak — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:51:14 +0000

Hot!!! Everybody agreed, as they ended their mountain bike task, in stage 6 at Pedacito de Cielo in San Carlos. A remote place surrounded by mountains, and very hot. At some points, the bikes had to be carried over the mud and the swamped trails. Exhaustion is starting to set in. The teams took between [...]

Sweden Leads Day 1 of Costa Rica Adventure Race

Yak — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:48:00 +0000

Sweden’s Explore team (17) has been leading the race followed 30 minutes behind by Costa Ricc’s Bosi Zom Radio team, and barely a minute behind, is the Finnish team Multisport.fi (Team 2). Unfortunately the Finnish Omjakon Multisport.fi (Team 1) has been forced to withdraw from the race due to captain Tekka’s unexpected physical indisposition. Even [...]