We recently created a great partnership with Generic Events in California. Generic Events is a company committed to providing safe and fun athletic events for professional and recreational athletes, students, and residents while contributing to the development of a number of charitable organizations: Challenged Athletes Foundation, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Saint John's Health Center. Generic Events' mission is to build community and provide athletic challenges for all ranges of physical ability.
Check out the GENERIC EVENTS site HERE

Symbiot provided Sportbacks for prizes and it went over very well with the crowd at their XTERRA Trail Run event. Symbiot will be providing more prizes at upcoming XTERRA events so if your in Southern California get up off your butt and check out some events and you might even be able to win a Sportback!



The 2008/2009 XTERRA Trail Run SoCal Series continues in 2009 with more endurance trail runs and challenging courses. We feature some of the most beautiful terrain and exciting trail races in Southern California. Check out our races and what is to be offered for the 2009/2010 series.

All the events feature a shorter run for beginners/sprinters and a longer course for more endurance-oriented athletes. The 7 event series has stops at some of the top trails and mountain ranges in Southern California. Points are awarded for the top finishers in each age group for the longer distance events. At the end of the season, the top point finishers will earn a berth to the National Championships in Lake Tahoe, NV.

A portion of the Los Angeles area events' proceeds benefit Childrens Hospital Los Angeles which was founded in 1901. Childrens Hospital Los Angeles has been treating the most seriously ill and injured children in Los Angeles for more than a century!

2008/2009 XTERRA Trail Run: SoCal Series Schedule
Race #1 Boney Mountain January 10, 2009
Race #2 Mission Gorge February 1, 2009
Race #3 Black Mountain March 22, 2009
Race #4 Malibu Creek Challenge May 9, 2009

2009/2010 XTERRA Trail Run: SoCal Series Schedule
Race #5 Point Mugu September 29, 2009*
Race #6 Topanga Turkey Trot November 26, 2009*
Race #7 Crystal Cove December 13, 2009*


Check out the XTERRA site HERE

So over the holidays my brother, Nate and I got away from the festivities to do a little hiking in the Catoctin Mts. It was just a short hike, and was colder than we expected. Not too cold to get a little EXTREME though, as Nate is doing hanging upside down here.


We ended up doing the toughest trail around but that's not saying much in South Central PA. Here Nate is getting amped to go up the hill.



Somewhere in the valley we came accross these two bridges, a pretty cool flood plane. Thought it was worth posting.

HEre are a few images from our last trip to the Dolly Sods. We had to go there to take nate. We've been hyping up how great of a hiking spot it is so he was dying to go. Over all a good trip. The weather was perfect which kinda makes it almost feel boring...pretty much just becuase bad weather can add to the adventure.

Our friends over at Outdoor Product Review recently tested and reviewed the bag. Check it out and check out the rest of the site while your there.

Read The Review Here.

To add on to the Dolly Sods trip info. If you go to this site
USDA Forest Service Live Camera Feeds
you can look at relatively live images of the hiking area. There are links to other areas as well courtesy of the USDA Forest Service.

So we are heading back to the Dolly Sods in a few weeks. The team can't wait. The Sods are some of the most amazing in the fall. We recommend you make the trip sometime. Also there will be some Sportback related updates on the way as well.