VAIL, Colo. - (Business Wire) The Teva Mountain Games, the largest outdoor adventure sports festival, announced today the official lineup of the U.S. World Cup Bouldering Team. The 2008 team will compete at the Teva Mountain Games, the host of the first U.S.-based World Cup Climbing event in twenty years June 5-8, 2008 in Vail, Colorado. In partnership with USA Climbing and the Town of Vail, the Teva Mountain Games was successfully awarded the World Cup Climbing competition by competition climbing
’s governing body, the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC).
The US Team members were determined by placement at the recent ABS National Championships in Boulder, CO. The US Team includes:
| MEN | | WOMEN |
| 1. Paul Robinson | | 1. Alex Puccio |
| 2. Chris Sharma | | 2. Alex Johnson* |
| 3. Mark Hobson | | 3. Paige Claassen |
| 4. Tyler Haack | | 4. Elizabeth Asher* |
| 5. Kyle Owen | | 5. Tiffany Hensley |
| 6. Ryan Olsen | | 6. Lisa Rands |
| 7. Angela Payne | | |
| 8. Kate McGinnis | | |
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| *reigning Continental Champion |
“USA Climbing is honored and excited to be hosting the first IFSC Bouldering World Cup ever to be held on American soil. As climbing continues to see explosive growth, we are grateful for the strength of USAC as an organization, the willingness and belief in the sport from partners like the Teva Mountain Games and the Town of Vail, and the recognition by the International Olympic Committee.” Anne-Worley Moelter, Executive Director, USA Climbing.
“This is truly an exciting development for the sport of climbing and anyone who has ever dreamed of watching the best athletes in the world compete right in front of your very own eyes,” says Joel Heath, President of Untraditional Marketing, owners and operators of the Teva Mountain Games. “Our new competition climbing wall will make this event easy to watch and understand. Not to mention, you have seven other sports and a multitude of concerts and parties to absorb. A mountain weekend cannot get any better than this.”
The Teva Mountain Games will take place June 5–8 in Vail, Colorado. The environmentally friendly, motorless outdoor sporting event will host 2,000 professional and amateur outdoor athletes from all over the world. These athletes will converge upon the mountains and rivers to compete in seven sports and 21 disciplines for over $100,000 in prize money. This year’s disciplines include kayaking, rafting, mountain biking, road cycling, World Cup and amateur climbing, paragliding, fly-fishing, trail running, diving dogs and multi-sport racing. An estimated 1.4 million people will tune into the Teva Mountain Games on its national television and on-line broadcast.
In addition to the World Cup competition, the Teva Mountain Games will host Youth Bouldering, Citizen Bouldering and Speed Climbing.
Since its inception, the Teva Mountain Games have become the premier destination for athletic, adventurous, and environmentally conscious individuals. The 2008 Teva Mountain Games' Sponsors include, Teva, SoBe, Outside Magazine, Pabst Blue Ribbon, GNC, Bear Naked, Powersox, Lärabar, the Town of Vail, Costa Del Mar, Cocona, Urban Climber, Trail Runner, Climbing Magazine and Canoe and Kayak Magazine.
ABOUT TEVA MOUNTAIN GAMES
Teva Mountain Games is owned and operated by Untraditional Marketing, inc, the leader in event and partnership activation for the world’s great adventure brands. Untraditional Marketing (UM) is headquartered out of Vail, Colorado.
ABOUT USA CLIMBING
USA Climbing is the national governing body of competition climbing in the United States, whose mission is to ensure the success and growth of the sport of climbing. USA Climbing promotes three competition disciplines: bouldering, sport and speed climbing; and receives sanctioning and is recognized by: The International Federation for Sport Climbing (IFSC - formerly known as the International Council for Competition Climbing or the ICC), the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC).
ABOUT INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SPORTS CLIMBING
The International Federation of Sport Climbing is the world’s governing body of competition climbing. On January 27th 2007, the IFSC was born when 48 National Federations voted to create the new International Federation to govern Competition Climbing. The IFSC is a continuation of the International Council for Competition Climbing (ICC) which has been in existence since 1997.
For Teva Mountain Games:
Giant Noise
Elaine Garza, 512-382-9017
elaine@giantnoise.com
