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width: 100%;"> </div> <table width="592" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td style="width: 160px">&nbsp; <img src= "http://www.rapidascent.com.au/images/ForumAndNews/NNZLpic-fo-rlaunch-article.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td width="416" style= "width: 416px; padding-bottom: 10px;"> <h3>Anaconda Adventure Race New Zealand launched</h3> <p>Rapid Ascent is very proud to announce that Australia s premier adventure races  the Anaconda Adventure Race Series  have crossed the Tasman and on Saturday April 24th 2010 will include a new event at Waihi in the New Zealand North Island.The event s new website is at <a href='http://www.AnacondaAdventureRace.co.nz '>www.AnacondaAdventureRace.co.nz </a> The Anaconda Adventure Race (AAR) International Series has unquestionably taken Australia by storm having created the World's Biggest Adventure Race with the Augusta WA leg of the series and now it's the Kiwis turn to give it a go with the same event format being retained for the New Zealand race. &nbsp;... <i>{Click <a href= 'http://www.rapidascent.com.au/asp/NewsInDetail.aspx?e=17&amp;n=1014'>here</a> for full story.}</i></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 160px">&nbsp; <img src= "http://www.rapidascent.com.au/images/forumandnews/fblogo.JPG" alt="" /> <td width="416" style= "width: 416px; padding-bottom: 10px;"> <h3>Join us on Facebook  for your say and greater interaction in what we do</h3> <p>We have recently created an extensive profile on <a href='http://www.facebook.com/pages/Torquay-Australia/Rapid-Ascent/236046267023?ref=nf#/pages/Torquay-Australia/Rapid-Ascent/236046267023?ref=mf'>Facebook</a> and invite you to become a fan of our site to keep up to date with news and snippets about our events and the outdoor sports scene. This page is as much yours as it is ours and we welcome your comments and interaction on a whole range of topics on Facebook  ranging from feedback on our events and how we can make them better, through to uploading your photos and videos from our events that you want to share with the world. &nbsp;... <i>{Click <a href= 'http://www.rapidascent.com.au/asp/NewsInDetail.aspx?e=&amp;n=1008'>here</a> for full story.}</i></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 160px">&nbsp; <img src= "http://www.rapidascent.com.au/images/ForumAndNews/rastyle.JPG" alt="" /></td> <td width="416" style= "width: 416px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-right:5px; "> <h3>Summer Holidays  what did you get up to?</h3> <p>What did you get up to in your summer holiday? To provide an insight into our sometimes wild and crazy minds we ve created this little video to show what we ve been up to over the last 4 weeks or so. <a href='http://www.facebook.com/pages/Torquay-Australia/Rapid-Ascent/236046267023?ref=nf#/pages/Torquay-Australia/Rapid-Ascent/236046267023?ref=mf'> Click here </a> to post a comment photo or video on our facebook page with a report of what you got up to as well. Long live holidays! &nbsp;... <i>{Click <a href= 'http://www.rapidascent.com.au/asp/NewsInDetail.aspx?e=&amp;n=1009'>here</a> for full story.}</i></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 160px">&nbsp; <img src= "http://www.rapidascent.com.au/images/ForumAndNews/tomt.JPG" alt="" /></td> <td width="416" style= "width: 416px; padding-bottom: 10px;"> <h3>Anaconda Man takes on the One Man Epic</h3> <p>Rapid Ascent s charity partner, the Burnet Institute, is teaming up with the former race director of the Western Australian Anaconda Adventure Race, Tom Smitheringale, for his  One Man Epic expedition to the North Pole. As a dedicated Adventure Racer, climber and now polar ice explorer, Tom is on a mission to reach the North Pole solo and unsupported, walking/climbing/swimming 700km in 60 days. &nbsp;... <i>{Click <a href='http://www.rapidascent.com.au/asp/NewsInDetail.aspx?e=&amp;n=1011'>here</a> for full story.}</i></p> </td> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 160px">&nbsp; <img src= "http://www.rapidascent.com.au/images/ForumAndNews/N49-Shotz.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td width="416" style= "width: 416px; padding-bottom: 10px;"> <h3>Shotz Sports Nutrition keeping you energised and hydrated for the Otway Odyssey MTB Marathon</h3> <p>Jason English  24 Hour Solo MTB World Champion gives his advice on nutrition for the Otway Odyssey. My nutrition strategy for the Otway Odyssey:  I use a 3 litre hydration pack with 6 Shotz electrolyte tabs. I don t use a carbohydrate powder or sugary sports drink in my hydration pack. I hate stuff growing in my bladder. I used to rely on sangers and gels during 100km races but I love the Shotz Energy Gels and have got used to using them more and can often get by just with them. &nbsp;... <i>{Click <a href= 'http://www.rapidascent.com.au/asp/NewsInDetail.aspx?e=1&amp;n=1012'>here</a> for full story.}</i></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 160px">&nbsp; <img src= "http://www.rapidascent.com.au/images/ForumAndNews/neweventm2m.JPG" alt="" /></td> <td width="416" style= "width: 416px; padding-bottom: 10px;"> <h3>New event launched for 2011  read more on Facebook</h3> <p>We are very excited to announce a new, high profile event on the Rapid Ascent calendar that we are certain will be very popular with all levels of athlete& the thing is that you have to visit our new Facebook page for more information. &nbsp;... <i>{Click <a href='http://www.rapidascent.com.au/asp/NewsInDetail.aspx?e=&amp;n=1010'>here</a> for full story.}</i></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 160px">&nbsp; <img src= "http://www.rapidascent.com.au/images/ForumAndNews/Outer_Edge_Logo.JPG" alt="" /></td> <td width="416" style= "width: 416px; padding-bottom: 10px; "> <h3>Epic Adventures in an epic editon of Outer Edge</h3> <p>A'l adventures are good. Epic adventures are better. They imply drama. Heartache. Even pain. But ultimately triumph. And we re all chasing one, be it in our dreams or, for the ballsy few, in reality. One big, fat, heroic, challenging, life-changing experience that becomes the well-honed story rehashed at backyard barbeques forever more. Stories just like those you'll find in the latest edition of Outer Edge, on shelves now. &nbsp;... <i>{Click <a href= 'http://www.rapidascent.com.au/asp/NewsInDetail.aspx?e=&amp;n=1013'>here</a> for full story.}</i></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style= "width: 100%; padding-bottom: 10px;"><a href= 'http://www.anaconda.com.au'><img alt= "Anaconda" height="250" src= "http://www.rapidascent.com.au/images/forumandnews/Anacnda_Summer_Sellout.jpg" width="600" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 160px">&nbsp; <img src= "http://www.rapidascent.com.au/images/ForumAndNews/Nfilmed-for-TV-pic.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td width="416" style= "width: 416px; padding-bottom: 10px;"> <h3>Filmed for TV - the 2010 Anaconda Adventure Race in Augusta is going to be broadcast</h3> <p>Rapid Ascent is very excited to announce that the 2010 Anaconda Adventure Race at Augusta will be filmed for TV with a 30 minute television program being and produced about this iconic adventure sports event on Sunday November 7th, 2010. The Augusta race will be included as a stand alone episode in a new 13 part Adventure Sports series being produced and distributed by Eurocam and will be screened on the free to air channel ONE HD and pay TV Fox Sports in Australia, as well as six other sports channels around the world including Eurosport and ESPN. .&nbsp;<i>{Click <a href= 'http://www.rapidascent.com.au/asp/NewsInDetail.aspx?e=6&amp;n=1015'>here</a> for full story.}</i></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 160px">&nbsp; <img src= "http://www.rapidascent.com.au/images/ForumAndNews/cyclecover.JPG" alt="" /></td> <td width="416" style= "width: 416px; padding-bottom: 10px;"> <h3>Special offer to Rapid Ascent supporters - 10% off Cyclecover Gold premiums!</h3> <p>Cyclecover Gold is the ultimate solution for your bicycle insurance requirements. Your bicycles are covered anywhere in Australia and New Zealand anytime of the year and up to 90 days worldwide. There is no need to list bicycles on the policy as they are automatically covered up to the sum insured with no limit per bike or on the number of bikes! .&nbsp;<i>{Click <a href= 'http://www.rapidascent.com.au/asp/NewsInDetail.aspx?e=1&amp;n=1007'>here</a> for full story.}</i></p> </td> </tr> </table> <center> <nobr><img style="WIDTH: 145px; HEIGHT: 75px" alt= "Anaconda" src= "http://www.RapidAscent.com.au/images/Anaconda/NewsletterLogo.jpg" />&nbsp; <img alt="Keen Footwear" src= "http://www.RapidAscent.com.au/images/Keen/NewsletterLogo.jpg" /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img id="IMG1" alt= "Mountain Designs" src= "http://www.RapidAscent.com.au/images/MDs/NewsletterLogo.jpg" /> <img alt="Burnet" src= "http://www.RapidAscent.com.au/images/Burnet/logo76.jpg" /> </nobr> </center> </td> <td class="rightmenu" style="WIDTH: 155px" bgcolor= "#FFFFFF"> <h2>Upcoming Events</h2> <a href='http://www.rapidascent.com.au/OtwayOdyssey/Default.aspx'><img src= "http://www.rapidascent.com.au/newsletter/leftmenu/OOlogo.jpg" width="150" height="85" alt='Odyssey' /></a> <h4>20th February, 2010<br /> Forrest, VIC</h4><a href='http://www.rapidascent.com.au/BikeBuller/'><img src= "http://www.rapidascent.com.au/newsletter/leftmenu/bblogo.jpg" width="150" height="77" alt='Biker Buller' /></a> <h4>13th &amp; 14th March, 2010<br /><a href='http://anacondaadventurerace.co.nz/Default.aspx'><img src= "http://www.rapidascent.com.au/newsletter/leftmenu/NZlogo.jpg" width="150" height="75" alt='NZ' /></a> <h4>24th April, 2010<br /> Waihi, New Zealand</h4><a href='http://www.rapidascent.com.au/asp/NSWDescription.aspx?e=2'><img src= "http://www.rapidascent.com.au/newsletter/leftmenu/fflogo.jpg" width="150" height="71" alt='Forster' /></a> <h4>1st-2nd May, 2010<br /> Forster, NSW</h4><a href='http://www.rapidascent.com.au/AnacondaMTBEnduro/Default.aspx?e=7'><img src= "http://www.rapidascent.com.au/newsletter/leftmenu/amelogo.jpg" width="150" height="71" alt='Red Centre' /></a> <h4>10th-14th May, 2010<br /> Alice Springs, NT</h4> <br /> <br /> <a href='http://www.facebook.com/pages/Torquay-Australia/Rapid-Ascent/236046267023?ref=mf'><img src='http://www.rapidascent.com.au/Newsletter/facebooknew.JPG' width="150" height="100" alt='facebook' /></a> <br /> <a href='http://www.youtube.com/user/RapidAscentEvents'><img src='http://www.rapidascent.com.au/Newsletter/youtube.JPG' width="155" height="120" alt='youtube' /></a> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>