‘Organic Action Sports’ on display in Vail
The sixth annual Teva Mountain Games took place during the first week in June, when the Adventure Beat was otherwise preoccupied. Last year we covered the TMG for Yahoo, under the Adventure Beat masthead for Yahoo. Check out the complete list of our blogs from 2006.
“The term ‘organic actions sports’ encompasses all of the competition and lifestyle featured at the Mountain Games,” states Joel Heath, president of Mountain Games, LLC. “As our society increasingly emphasizes healthy lifestyles, the outdoor industry has a perfect opportunity to grow the mainstream appeal of active lifestyle sports like kayaking, mountain biking and rock climbing.
“The Mountain Games is an ideal platform to broaden the audience for organic action sports,” Heath continues, “one that gives both amateur and professional athletes a chance to compete, and an opportunity for people to try out these sports for the first time.”
Among this year’s competitors was 2006 Tour de France winner Floyd Landis, in recovery from hip surgery, world-class kayaker Tao Berman, and Gunner, a yellow lab from Ripon, Calif., who leapt over 28 feet to win the Purina Diving Dog challenge.
In whitewater kayaking, the Jacksons again proved that the family that paddles together wins, coming up aces in Pro Freestyle with father Eric Jackson winning the men’s, daughter Emily Jackson the women’s competition. Other familiar names from last year include Nikki Kelly, winner of the Down River Sprint women’s competition, Brad Ludden scoring the victory in the Dowd Chute Men’s Kayak Paddlecross, and young Alex Puccio winning the women’s Volkswagen Pro Bouldering event.
This year’s Everest Award winners, for those who have reached the pinnacle of their sport, included Kiwi kayaker Tanya Faux (pronounced “fox”!) and Eric Jackson as Paddlers of the Year, Michael Tobin and Melanie McQuaid as Multisport Athletes, Karl Meltzer and Darcy Africa for Trail Running, among other categories.
All results from the competitive events can be found at this link here, and various media links, press releases and other stories pepper the pages of the official website at tevamountaingames.com.
“The term ‘organic actions sports’ encompasses all of the competition and lifestyle featured at the Mountain Games,” states Joel Heath, president of Mountain Games, LLC. “As our society increasingly emphasizes healthy lifestyles, the outdoor industry has a perfect opportunity to grow the mainstream appeal of active lifestyle sports like kayaking, mountain biking and rock climbing.
“The Mountain Games is an ideal platform to broaden the audience for organic action sports,” Heath continues, “one that gives both amateur and professional athletes a chance to compete, and an opportunity for people to try out these sports for the first time.”
Among this year’s competitors was 2006 Tour de France winner Floyd Landis, in recovery from hip surgery, world-class kayaker Tao Berman, and Gunner, a yellow lab from Ripon, Calif., who leapt over 28 feet to win the Purina Diving Dog challenge.
In whitewater kayaking, the Jacksons again proved that the family that paddles together wins, coming up aces in Pro Freestyle with father Eric Jackson winning the men’s, daughter Emily Jackson the women’s competition. Other familiar names from last year include Nikki Kelly, winner of the Down River Sprint women’s competition, Brad Ludden scoring the victory in the Dowd Chute Men’s Kayak Paddlecross, and young Alex Puccio winning the women’s Volkswagen Pro Bouldering event.
This year’s Everest Award winners, for those who have reached the pinnacle of their sport, included Kiwi kayaker Tanya Faux (pronounced “fox”!) and Eric Jackson as Paddlers of the Year, Michael Tobin and Melanie McQuaid as Multisport Athletes, Karl Meltzer and Darcy Africa for Trail Running, among other categories.
All results from the competitive events can be found at this link here, and various media links, press releases and other stories pepper the pages of the official website at tevamountaingames.com.
