Posts Tagged ‘sports’

Steve

Wish You Were Here

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Enjoying Super Bowl Sunday with a little football, Caribbean-style, on the beach at Dickenson Bay, Antigua.

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Steve

Saturday Video: La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge

La Ruta Maya

We’ve told you about a half-marathon versus a volcano, an eco-challenge versus another volcano, a kayak race out at sea, an impossible trail race, grueling cycling contests, and a triathlon pitting athletes against a beast! Indeed, the Caribbean offers a great many opportunities for active travelers to test their mettle competing in some very uncommon sporting events. La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge is certainly no exception.

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Steve

Get Ready for the 1st Nevis Peak Eco Challenge!

Nevis Peak

Our good friend Reggie Douglas (Remember him from my romantic hike to The Source?) just checked in to give us the heads up on an exciting new sporting event in his home island of Nevis that will have all of you active and competitive travelers itching to be in St. Kitts‘ sister island this September.
The event is called The Nevis Peak Eco Challenge, and like the grueling Volcano Half Marathon that our buddy Dave conquered over in Montserrat recently, this race involves a test of wills contested around a towering volcanic mount. Reggie’s words:

This will be our first time putting on an Eco Challenge consisting of kayaking, mountain biking, and trail running, with a scenic trek up Nevis Peak, which is 3’232 feet high!

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Steve

Saturday Video: Défis Kayak Race, Guadeloupe

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Every so often you hear about these crazy thrill-seeking adventurers who, for reasons known only to them, attempt to trans-navigate the Atlantic Ocean alone. I’m not talking about people with good sense enough to make the attempt by sailboat either. I mean looney brave souls bent on making the journey by kayak or canoe.

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Steve

Saturday Video: Cabarete, Dominican Republic – Adventure Sports Capital of the Caribbean

Cabarete, Dominican Republic

Awhile back, we clued you in on the amazing kite surfing in Cabarete, Dominican Republic, but as today’s video post shows that doesn’t even scratch the surface on the absolutely amazing thrills available here for active and adventurous travelers. I mean, if this place isn’t the adventure sports capital of the Caribbean then I don’t know what is! Just look at the all the tags listed at the foot of this post!
Surfing, kite surfing, kayaking, horseback riding, canyoning, mountain biking, etc. Not only is it all here in Cabarete, but somehow the folks at Promotions Cabarete managed to squeeze incredible footage of it all (and more) in this tidy two-minute HD video.

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Steve

Saturday Video: Wet & Wild Winter (Water)Ski Holidays

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PR and marketing people are generally not the vapid, spineless, morally-challenged masters of spin (read: liars) that most people think they are. I should know, of course, because I am one of them. (See day job here). We don’t all speak out both sides of our mouths, we can (for the most part) spell “ethics,” and we all do have souls… I think.
Sadly, though, these traits don’t apply to all practitioners of my long-beleaguered profession…

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Steve

Wish You Were Here

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Getting set for some serious kite boarding fun off Elbow Cay in Abaco, The Bahamas.

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