After rolling out multi-course support earlier this year we’re very happy to report that we’ve just deployed another update to the site which adds support for gathering results from all those new courses.

This was a critical second step on our way towards a new rankings engine. Which we need to generate rankings…which we know you are dying to see :-)

If you look at an event offering multiple courses, like the Big Chill, you’ll now see a results tab for each course (bottom half of the page next to the list of Teams).

So what’s next?

We’ve recruited a Rankings Administrator who is already hard at work gathering results from all events completed to date. As soon as we’ve entered the missing data we’ll fire up 2.0 version of our Rankings Engine and publish the first update of the season.

We hope that will happen no later than this weekend.

If you go ahead and create the squad without selecting a Division it is assigned, by default, to the Solo Male division.

After a LOT of digging and debugging we’ve FINALLY found the cause of the problem and just rolled out a fix. Sorry for the frustration.

You will experience white water canoeing, orienteering using LIDAR topo maps, caving, mountain biking over backcountry roads, and multiple fixed ropes.

The ropes sections are unlike anything you have experienced, +100’ rappels and ascents, and a 400’ zip line.

All of this plus the High Profile Adventure Camp!

Register today at thethunderrolls.org/camp.html.

Pangea offers an easy crossover for mountain bikers, cyclists, runners, triathletes, water sport enthusiasts and even gym-goers looking for a little outdoor adventure.

In response to the growing interest in Checkpoint Tracker among both amateur and competitive adventure racers, Pangea has opted to expand their involvement by sanctioning 5 of their events for the 2012 season. That means racers in Florida and across the southeast now have even more opportunities to earn points and qualify for the Checkpoint Tracker Championship.

New Zealand’s newest adventure race, the Orion Health GODZONE Adventure, being held over Easter 2012, has been chosen as one of six leading expedition races in the world to be filmed for global broadcast.

The very best adventure racing athletes and their teams all vying to win the Adventure Racing World Series Championships for 2012 will be the focus of a new 24 part series to be filmed in HD (high definition). The production company behind the filming is Australian based, Nothin but Shorts, with the series sanctioned by AR World Series Director, Craig Bycroft.

Global broadcasts of the new series will begin on the Outdoor Channel screening throughout Asia from the 1st February, 2012 followed by Fox Sports in Australia and other broadcast partners Qantas In-flight, BSkyB in the UK and Europe, USA and South America.

The first race in the series will showcase the epic XPD Expedition race held in the brutal and remote Tasmanian west coast in Australia late last year.  High performance adventure racing teams are now heading to Ecuador where tropical rain forests and high altitude will test their limits in the Huairasinchi ARW event where filming will occur next.

The Orion Health GODZone Adventure based out of Queenstown will be the third challenge in the series with a chance for domestic and international teams to experience New Zealand’s back country, the original birthplace of adventure racing.

Orion Health GODZone Co-Director, Adam Fairmaid, says the race will not only be filmed as part of the global series but the four half hour episodes will also be broadcast on New Zealand’s Sky Sports Channels.

“This really represents a unique opportunity to show why New Zealand, in some ways, represents the pinnacle of adventure travel. Viewers will watch some of the world’s toughest athletes explore some wonderful locations, and all in glorious HD.

Couple that with a lack of sleep, mental and physical hardship and you have a recipe for compelling viewing. We’re absolutely delighted to be part of the new adventure series.”

To find out more about Orion Health GODZone Adventure visit GODZoneadventure.com.