Thursday, August 27, 2009

Urban Dare San Francisco - TV Pilot - Sat, Sep 12


Urban Dare San Franciscon begins Saturday, September 12 at Noon at The Ferry Building. We will be taping the race for our TV pilot, so you will have to sign a release for your images to be used in the show.

Race-day check-in will begin at 10:30am and we will be taking registration up to the start of the race. Look for the light blue shirts in the traffic island next to where the streetcar runs. Proceeds from the race will go towards the fight against breast cancer.

This will be a two stage race. You will get clues for 6 checkpoints at the start, and then you will get the next set of 6 clues at the finish of stage 1. In each stage it is up to you to determine the best order to complete the clues, but the finish checkpoint at the end of stage 2 should be your last stop.

For those of you who want to get the ball rolling early, on Friday evening we will have what we are calling a casting call party at the Fly Bar at 1085 Sutter St (@ Larkin) from 5pm - 9pm. We hope to do some pre-race interviews and get a feel for some of the participants we will be taping the next day. You will be able to check-in for the race here.

Our first place teams from the 2009 series win a 3-day Caribbean Cruise, where they will compete in the first ever Super Dare. Racers will compete on the boat, and at our 2 ports of call. It will be 3 days of fun and games on the last weekend of February 2010. Super Dare winners will receive $5,000.

We now have a family division. I've always allowed kids to race with their parents, but never made an official division. Family divisions can be three or four people and must have one person 16 or under.

This year we are relaxing our rule on having to wear Urban Dare shirts. If you have team costumes/uniforms, you may wear those. Otherwise, you must wear the Urban Dare shirts, which you will receive at check-in. We will have a $50 prize for the best costume.

You should bring a cell phone and a digital camera to show your pictures at the end of the race. A cell phone camera will work. Maps are also handy and you should have someone to call to help look up clues. I also recommend a pen or pencil to take notes.

Urban Dare, www.urbandare.com, is the race where smarts can beat speed. Teams of 2 solve clues to find checkpoints where they must take photos or perform dares.

Once you are out of the starting blocks, you will pick up your clue sheets and be on your way. You can call friends as much as you want for help on clues. For the checkpoints that mention a dare, you must check in with the Urban Dare official, accomplish your task, and get your passport stamped before moving on. On checkpoints that mention a photo, you must get a photo with both team members to show you were both there.

This is a team race. You must be together throughout the race. You may walk, run or use public transportation to get to checkpoints.

At checkpoints with dares, you must accomplish a task and get your passport stamped to move on to the next checkpoint. Dares range from throwing a bulls-eye, doing a climbing wall, completing a puzzle or eating something (things people like, not bugs).

We expect the winners will finish the race in about 2 hours and most of you will finish under 4 hours. We are working to provide a fun-filled day for you, while providing some good challenges.

See you at the race.

Monday, August 24, 2009

Urban Dare Newport Beach


Thank you to evereyone who participated in Urban Dare Newport Beach.

Congratulations to Sylvia Salcedo & Charlaine McKenzie who won with a time of 1:48:55. We now have 17 teams that have won the Super Dare cruise.

Second place went to Lindsey Denison & Tristen Ure of freckled.

Third place honors go to Junk Monster 1. The team of Junk Monster 2 came in fourth place overall and was the first family team to cross the line. They were known by the racers as the people with the purple hair. Well done.

The bonus question proved to be the most elusive, with only two teams finding it. I was originally going to include it as one of the mandatory checkpoints, but even I couldn't figure out how to find it on the net. Over by the Cannery, where the bridge crosses onto Lido Park Drive is where you will find this memorial.

Next year we will do Urban Dare Long Beach.

Here are the top 5 teams of Urban Dare Newport Beach:

1:48:55 - SYLVIA SALCEDO & CHARLAINE MCKENZIE
1:53:34 - Lindsey Denison & Tristen Ure - freckled
1:56:32 - Dana Middlebrook & Beth Overton - Junk Monster 2
1:56:53 - kara murphy ,simeon murphy, cole middlebrook & ian middlebrook - junk monster 1
1:59:17 - Namtran Nguyen, Minh Nguyen & Thuanan Nguyen - TEAM CRANK OC!!!

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Urban Dare Newport Beach - Sat, Aug 22


Urban Dare Newport Beach begins Saturday, August 22 at Noon at Sharkeez at 114 McFadden Pl.

Check-in will begin at 11:00am and we will be taking registration up to the start of the race. Proceeds from the race will go towards the fight against breast cancer.

Our first place teams from the 2009 series win a 3-day Caribbean Cruise, where they will compete in the first ever Super Dare. Racers will compete on the boat, and at our 2 ports of call. It will be 3 days of fun and games on the last weekend of February 2010. Super Dare winners will receive $5,000.

We now have a family division. I've always allowed kids to race with their parents, but never made an official division. Family divisions can be three or four people and must have one person 16 or under.

This year we are relaxing our rule on having to wear Urban Dare shirts. If you have team costumes/uniforms, you may wear those. Otherwise, you must wear the Urban Dare shirts, which you will receive at check-in. We will have a $50 prize for the best costume and for the best picture from the race.

You should bring a cell phone and a digital camera to show your pictures at the end of the race. A cell phone camera will work. Maps are also handy and you should have someone to call to help look up clues. I also recommend a pen or pencil to take notes.

Urban Dare, www.urbandare.com, is the race where smarts can beat speed. Teams of 2 solve clues to find checkpoints where they must take photos or perform dares.

Once you are out of the starting blocks, you will pick up your clue sheets and be on your way. You can call friends as much as you want for help on clues. For the checkpoints that mention a dare, you must check in with the Urban Dare official, accomplish your task, and get your passport stamped before moving on. On checkpoints that mention a photo, you must get a photo with both team members to show you were both there.

This is a team race. You must be together throughout the race. You may walk, run or use public transportation to get to checkpoints.

At checkpoints with dares, you must accomplish a task and get your passport stamped to move on to the next checkpoint. Dares range from throwing a bulls-eye, doing a climbing wall, completing a puzzle or eating something (things people like, not bugs).

We expect the winners will finish the race in about 2 hours and most of you will finish under 4 hours. We are working to provide a fun-filled day for you, while providing some good challenges.

See you at the race.

Saturday, August 01, 2009

Urban Dare San Diego Winners


Thank you to everyone who participated in Urban Dare San Diego.

Here are the top 5 finishers of Urban Dare San Diego:

1:31:00 - James Floyd & Tim Leung - San Diego Rocket Race
1:34:01 - Paul Kim & Augustus Gatto - San Diego Urban Dare Superstars (SDUDS)
1:35:50 - Robin Anderson & Cristina Moore - ROUS - Racers of Unusual Speed
1:40:00 - Theresa Viglizzo & Ryan Theret - Theretsa
1:50:07 - Greg Bowman & Merrianne Fermanian - Bowmanian