Hi-Tec Adventure Racing Series Returns to Miami; Oleta River Recreation Area to Host Event for Fourth Consecutive Year.Sports Editors LOS ANGELES--(BW SportsWire)--April 26, 2000 The Adventure continues Sunday, June 4, when the Hi-Tec Adventure Racing Series(R), officially sanctioned by USA Adventure Racing, returns to Miami for the fourth consecutive year. Always one of the most popular races on the Hi-Tec Adventure Racing Series calendar, the event will be held at Oleta River The Oleta River, situated north of Miami, drains the northern Everglades into Biscayne Bay, allowing freshwater to reach the Atlantic Ocean. Today, it is the only natural river in Miami-Dade County that has not been dredged and channelized. Recreation Area and is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. As the second stop of the 2000 8-city tour, the Miami event has attracted the planet's top adventure racers. Teams of three will battle the elements as well as each other in the disciplines of trail running, kayaking Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water. Kayaking is differentiated from canoeing by the fact that a kayak has a closed cockpit and a canoe has an open cockpit. They also use a two bladed paddle. Another major difference is in the way the paddler sits in the boat. , and mountain biking mountain biking Sports medicine A sport in which participants use specialized bicycles to navigate rough, steep trails covered with unforgiving rocks Injury risk Concussions, fractures, death. See Extreme sport, Novelty seeking behavior. . In addition, teamwork will be a priority as new and outrageous "special tests" will be added to the course to further challenge the competitors. The world's top adventure racers are scheduled to compete at Oleta River Recreation Area, including last year's Miami champions, Team Fogdog fog·dog n. A bright or clear spot that appears in breaking fog. [From the fact that it accompanies fog as a dog accompanies its owner.] . Other teams scheduled to participate in Miami include Team Hi-Tec, owners of 17 consecutive top-five Series finishes; Team Balance Bar, winners of five races in 1999, anchored by Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. resident Sylvia Corbett, and the Playboy Xtreme Team featuring three Playboy centerfolds, annual top-five finishers in the all-female division. The adventure continues into the new millennium! The Hi-Tec Adventure Racing Series is the perfect test for adventure racing professionals Racing Professionals is a racing team owned by Indy Racing League driver Jon Herb. Herb formed the team in the middle of the 2001 season and competed in a total of eight races at the end of that season and the 2002 season. Herb failed to qualify for an additional two races. as well as "weekend warriors." Each competition takes approximately three to six hours to complete and involves a trail run between five and eight miles, a mountain bike trek between 10 and 15 miles, and a kayak kayak (kī`ăk), Eskimo canoe, originally made of sealskin stretched over a framework of whalebone or driftwood. It is completely covered except for the opening in which the paddler sits. segment between one and three miles. However, it is the special tests (up to 10 per race) that intrigue both racers and spectators alike. The special tests are unknown to the competitors until they come upon them during the race. Some of the outrageous special tests in the past have included orienteering orienteering Cross-country footrace in which each participant uses a map and compass to navigate between checkpoints along an unfamiliar course. Introduced in Sweden in 1918, it later spread throughout Europe. World championships have been held since 1966. , the slippery mountain, crawling through a mudpit, and scaling a 12-foot wall. Each race takes approximately three to six hours to complete, enabling everyone, from professionals to first-time adventurers, the opportunity to compete, be challenged, and have fun. The Hi-Tec Adventure Racing Series kicks-off the 2000 season in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. on May 21. Following the Miami event, the Series continues with stops in Atlanta (June 18), Dallas (July 16), Sacramento (Aug. 19), Hartford (Sept. 9), Pittsburgh (Oct. 1), and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of (Oct. 22). For further information or to register for the Hi-Tec Adventure Racing Series, contact Michael Epstein Sports Productions at 818/707-8867 or visit the Web site at www.mesp.com. For more information about the sport of adventure racing, check out www.usaar.net. The Miami race as well as all other Series events will be televised by the Outdoor Life Network. Air dates and times will be posted on the MESP Web site in mid-summer. |
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