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The Teva Mountain Games 2009 Vail, Colorado

Posted on 16. Jun, 2009 by Van Man in Events, The Lifestyle

The Teva Mountain games in Vail, Colorado June 4-7, 2009. A three-day extreme sport festival; from mountain biking, to kayaking, fly fishing to trail running. The Teva Mountain Games has what you are looking for. Oh and how could I forget The IFSC Bouldering World Cup championships? So, grab a beer or cup of wine from Fetzer Vineyard and let’s wander through Vail Village.

First stop Fetzers Vineyard Green Light District the eco friendly expo and learn about how we can lessen our impact on the environment. We can also talk to green venders like Nalgene, Native Energy, and Bear Naked. While on your jaunt through The Green Light District let’s stop at Gear Town the extreme sports farmers market where instead of organic produce you find the newest line of gear from Teva, Native Eyewear, prAna, Petzl, and many more. In between checking out all the latest and greatest, and picking up on free schwag in Gear Town we can watch The SoBe Freeriding Dual. Where you can catch some high flyers on two wheels run the trials course.

Let’s head over to The International Bridge White Water Park and check out The Bud Light Lime Kayak freestyle and watch some of the best in the sport flip, roll, and cartwheel their way for a chance to stand on the podium as well as win cash money.

Up in the mountain plaza you will find the fitness challenge in The Teva tent where competitors will see who is the fittest. You can also watch Costa Del Mar 2 Fly X stream on the Bahn Lawn where you can test your balance and focus on the slack line put on by The Yoga Slackers who demonstrate and teach you how to walk the line.

While we’re here refill your beverage and a grab a spot to stand so you can watch some of the strongest climbers in the world pull down at The IFSC Bouldering World Cup. You can watch young guns and Team USA members Daniel Woods, Paul Robinson, Alex Johnson, and Alex Puccio go up against some of the worlds strongest rock climber; Jonas Baumann from Germany, Kilian Fischuber, Austria, and Akiyo Noguchi representing Japan. Watch as they yell, scream and dyno their way to a gold medal.

After the days events let’s kick off the Pub Crawl at Check Point Charlie’s and listen to some music on the main stage by Aceyalone and The Lonely One’s. Or we can grab some food from one of the local restaurants in the village and head over to the lodge to watch a film put on by Outdoor Reels. Whatever you get yourself into I’m sure it will be a good time at The Teva Mountain Games.

For more information go to the Teva Mountain Games.

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