Kristin Walstad

Kristin Walstad, Big Blue Adventure Ambassador: I have enjoyed running for many years.  I recall as a child asking my mother to go for a run with me, just for fun!  I participated in many sports during my school years, including basketball, volleyball, and track.  I beganRead more

Anna Mae Flynn

Anna Mae Flynn, Big Blue Adventure Ambassador, entered the ultra running scene after her debut at WTC 50k 2015, where she placed 4th and clocked a time of 4hrs, making the " top 10 all time female ever for the course". She comes from a college runningRead more

Jen Segger

Endurance Athlete + Coach Jen is an elite adventure athlete, competing in as many different sports as time allows. Although she once viewed daily run and bike sessions as training, in her eyes it’s now purely considered to be a regular lifestyle of “daily play sessions.” Jen

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Brian Schmitz

Endurance Athlete and Adventure Racer “Dedication, perseverance, and a never ending drive for self-improvement and adventure.” Words to live by…at least for me. And my most favorite outlet for this is endurance sports. I distinctly remember my first “race”. A 5K foot race in San Francisco’s Golden

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Damian Gonzalez

Damian Gonzalez

Damian Gonzalez, Pro XTERRA Racer I became involved in BMX riding at the age of 14. Some classmates and I rode at the local BMX track, jumps in empty dirt lots and alot of street. Fast forward to the age of 21 when I purchased my first

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Matt Yarbrough

Athlete Biography Growing up I played every sport my hometown of Camarillo had to offer. I ran track, played basketball, soccer, tennis and field hockey. In high school I spent nights and weekends flipping burgers at Mc Donalds just so I could afford my first mountain bike,

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Gordon Wright

Gordon Wright
Gordon Wright, Adventure Racer I've been around adventure racing so long that it's almost embarassing. I competed in the 1998 Hi-Tec Adventure Race, which no longer exists, after reading about it in Conde Nast's Women's Sports + Fitness. Which also no longer exists. The fact that adventureRead more

Colleen Conners-Pace

Colleen Conners-Pace

Athlete Bio: Colleen Conners-Pace: Athlete and Coach   Colleen Conners-Pace is a born native of Tahoe. She enjoys taking advantage of all what Tahoe and the Sierra’s seasons have to offer. Colleen is happily married, has a beautiful golden retriever both who love to train and play

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Mari Chandler

Mari Chandler

Athlete Biography: Mari Chandler, Runner and Adventure Racer I ran my first timed mile when I was 12, beat all the boys in my gym class, and never looked back. I ran track and cross country through high school and continued on to run for Central Michigan

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Sean Clancy

Sean Clancy

Athlete Biography: Sean Clancy   Growing up in the small town of Long Beach, Indiana on the shores of Lake Michigan, I began running competitively in 8th grade on my school’s cross country team. I was the slow guy, but I instantly developed a love/hate relationship with

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Taintastic

Taintastic

The Team: Chris, Matt, Marty, Colby Team HQ: San Francisco, CA First Ad Race: 2002 HiTec Folsom Lake Sprint First Ad Race Win: 2005 Big Blue Tahoe Sprint Sprint Series Titles: 2010 California Adventure Race Association, 2008-2010 Big Blue Adventure Champion Taintastic! is not your everyday adventure

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Julie Young

Julie Young

Athlete Biography: Julie Young, Athlete and Coach As an athlete Julie Young spent 12 years cycling as a top U.S. pro for Kahlua, Saturn, Timex and Autotrader, as well as racing in Italy for Team Fannini. While concurrently competing internationally for the U.S. National Team, she claimed

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Emma Garrard

Emma Garrard

Athlete Biography: Emma Garrard Name: Emma Jane Garrard Hometown: Anchorage, AK Resides: Truckee, California College: University of Nevada, Reno. Height: 5’5” Weight: 120 Birth date: 6/11/81 Years Elite: 1 Final XTERRA USA ranking: 11th Web site: www.emmagarrard.com Born June 11, 1981 in Alexandria, Scotland to parents Dick

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