Welcome to Norcal Adventure Racing Series

CW-X Conditioning Wear
Combining its scientific knowledge of the human anatomy with its experience in complex fabrications and apparel design, CW-X is rapidly becoming a leading provider of performance apparel. CW-X is providing gear and gift certificates for the NORCAL AR Series.

BUFF
Buff is the brand of an innovative, useful, comfortable, fun, multi-functional garment that will keep off the sun, wind or cold. Buff will be providing headware for volunteers and some lucky raffle winners at the NORCAL AR Series. Thanks Buff!.

Tecnu Extreme
Tecnu Extreme helps remove the rash causing oils that are embedded in the skin, and added the itch relieving active ingredient Grindelia. It’s a one-step solution for athletes to use as a poison ivy remedy to remove poison oils and relieve itching if a rash has started.

myTopo.com
myTopo produces a unique map product for everyone who loves the outdoors. They broke the boundaries by going beyond maps that only cover the most popular recreation areas, by escaping the need to buy several topo maps for a single trip. The result is customized, user-made topo maps from myTopo.com.

The Coastal Challenge
The Coastal Challenge is a one-of-a-kind expedition run. The Coastal Challenge will afford participants the opportunity to compete against an international field in one of the longest, toughest and most memorable running events you will ever experience.

Teva
Teva has provided the NORCAL Adventure Racing Series with gift certificates to be raffled off at each event in the series. Thanks Teva!

Visit Teva.com to see their new trail running and adventure footwear.

Website Photo Credits

Tim Holmstrom (SideLight Photography) and Chris Owen Halper (AdventureArt ) have provided several of the images on our website. Thank you Tim, Chris, and others!

About Adventure Racing from Wikipedia.

AR Tips & Tricks
Shameless plug for our own newsletter chock-full of quick, concise AR wisdom nuggets. We don't spam and only send it when we get around to it.

BAARBD
Bay Area Adventure Racing Babes & Dudes. Yes, funny name, but a great resource and a fantastic group of AR enthusiasts that are always willing to help out newcomers. Lots of free clinics, forums, training sessions, etc.

BAAR List (Yahoo! Group)
Created by Craig"The Legend" Benson, this newslist is another great resource to find out about upcoming events. Once subscribed, you're free to post, comment, and join (or observe) the lively AR discussion.

Bay Area Orienteering Club (BAOC)
Want to improve your navigation... this is the club to join.
They hold regular orienteering events in the Bay Area and beyond.

Checkpoint Zero
Before getting to the first checkpoint in a event, you start at zero... get it? CP Zero.Anyway, this is a great AR portal-type site. Yak is always "in the know", read his blog.

Racing With Giants
New to AR? Want to get into AR? Want to learn from a motivated bunch of athletes that made the transition from triathlons and other sports. This group lives and trains in the Bay Area and is an incredible resource.

SleepMonsters
When you haven't slept for days and are still racing... you get the "sleep monsters". This is another AR portal-type site. Larger focus on international races.

Southern CA AR Buddies (SCARABS)
Similar to BAARBD, this group has over 2,800 members and
also offers a news server (like BAAR).

US Adventure Racing Association (USARA)