Parkour Earth has been officially established as the International Federation for the sport of parkour. The move comes after the international federation for Gymnastics, Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), announced earlier this year it would govern parkour by creating a new gymnastics discipline proposed for Olympic
In big news for Oceania, an OCR 24 Hour Enduro Championship was announced last month, to take place in Australia at Lower Portland, just outside of Sydney in 2018. The event is being produced as a partnership between the Australian owned race series True Grit, Destination New
Today the Obstacle Course Racing World Championships (OCRWC) announced the first “dual crown championship in OCR”, revealing the addition of a 24 Hour Enduro Championship alongside the OCR World Championships for 2018. “The addition of an ultra-format endurance championship will create a new Dual Crown
‘Gymnastics Is Trying To Take Over Parkour And Make It An Olympic Sport’, VICE Sports reported in a recent article. While the article covers the Olympics, the global future of action sports, and a largely international stage for the debate, a decidedly New Zealand voice
It’s not been a secret that obstacle sports have been aiming for Olympic inclusion, with both the international governing body for Modern Pentathlon, the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UPIM), and the international governing body for Gymnastics, Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), both developing their own
The global ninja phenomenon is coming to this side of the world. The air date for the anticipated reality TV show Australian Ninja Warrior was recently announced. Australian Ninja Warrior will being screening July 9th on Channel 9 in Australia. The show is the Australian version
In what is very sad news for the global OCR community, a racer death has occurred in the Netherlands over the weekend. The incident happened at the VenloStormt race in the Netherlands. According to reports the athlete in question had “gone down a slide [pictured
Ninja Warrior Comes Downunder The first full-length promotional trailer for Australian Ninja Warrior, the Australian version of the hit TV show American Ninja Warrior, was released this month. Watch the trailer below. Open to Australian residents or citizens to compete on the infamous Ninja Warrior course
Recently, at the same time that OCR is being adapted for the Olympics, the international gymnastics federation, the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), has announced plans to create a new gymnastics discipline of obstacle course competitions proposed for the Olympics. Yet to be officially named, the new
In a leaked email, the International Obstacle Sports Federation has commented on the new obstacle sport proposed by the International Gymnastics Federation for the Olympics. In an email correspondence forwarded to Obstacle Racers NZ, a high level source in the international obstacle sports community explained that the