Vail GoPro Mountain Games 2014

Let the Vail GoPro Games Begin! The GoPro Mountain Games are the country’s largest celebration of adventure sports, art and music. Professional and amateur athletes from around the world converge upon the mountains and rivers of Vail to compete in nine sports and 25 disciplines for more than $100,000 in prize money. Summer 2014 sporting events include steep, freestyle, sprint and full contact kayaking, rafting, mountain, road, and slopestyle biking, World Cup Bouldering, amateur climbing, fly fishing, stand up paddling, slackline and trail, mud and long distance running.

The event is amazing and the selection of things to see and do build up on a daily basis. Here is the 411:

Thursday, June 5, 2014

AM	EVENT
8:00	Outside Adventure Film School – Film School
10:00	Steep Creek Championship – Start
PM
1:00	GoPro Training Sessions – Get To Know Your GoPro
2:00	GoPro Training Sessions – GoPro Deep Dive
3:00	GoPro Training Sessions – GoPro Group Ride & Studio Demo
5:00	Slackline World Cup – Highline Demonstration at I-Bridge
6:30	Bonfire Dub Free Concert – Showtime
7:30	Steep Creek Championship – Awards Ceremony at Checkpoint Charlie
7:30	Xavier Rudd Free Concert – Showtime

Friday, June 6, 2014

AM	EVENT
8:00	Outside Adventure Film School – Film School
8:30	Free Yoga – Start
9:00	Bouldering World Cup – Male Qualifier
9:00	GoPro Training Sessions – Get To Know Your GoPro
10:00	DockDogs Big Air – Wave 1
10:30	GoPro Training Sessions – GoPro Deep Dive
11:00	Adventure Village – Opens
11:00	Gerber Gear Town – Opens
11:00	River Town – Opens
11:00	River Town – Beginner SUP Clinic
11:00	Slackline World Cup – Scholarship Challenge
PM
12:00	DockDogs Big Air – Wave 2
12:00	River Town – SUP Yoga
12:00	Slopestyle – Qualifier
12:30	GoPro Training Sessions – Get To Know Your GoPro
1:00	Kayak Freestyle – Qualifier
1:00	River Town – Beginner Kayak Clinic
2:00	DockDogs Big Air – Wave 3
2:00	GoPro Training Sessions – GoPro Group Ride & Studio Demo
3:00	Bouldering World Cup – Female Qualifier
4:00	DockDogs Big Air – Wave 4
4:30	Rocky Dog Trail Run – Start
4:30	Slackline World Cup – Round 1
6:00	Slackline World Cup – Highline Demonstration at I-Bridge
6:00	Slopestyle – Finals
6:30	Rocky Dog Trail Run – Awards Ceremony
6:30	Soft White Sixties – Showtime
7:15	Slopestyle – Awards Ceremony
7:30	Tokyo Police Club Free Concert – Showtime

Saturday, June 7, 2014

AM	EVENT
7:00	2 Fly X-Stream – Qualifier/Round 1
8:00	BADASS Dash – Elite Trained Division
8:00	Down River Sprint – Start
8:00	Outside Adventure Film School – Film School
8:00	Ultimate Mountain Challenge – Down River Sprint Start – Option #1
8:00	Vail Pass Half Marathon – Start
8:30	Free Yoga – Yoga Time
9:00	Adventure Village – Opens
9:00	BADASS Dash – Recreation Division
9:00	DockDogs Big Air – Wave 5
9:00	Gerber Gear Town – Opens
9:00	GoPro Training Sessions – GoPro Deep Dive
9:00	River Town – Opens
9:00	River Town – SUP Yoga
9:30	Ultimate Mountain Challenge – SUP Surf Sprint Start – Option #2
10:00	Bouldering World Cup – Semi-Finals M+W
10:00	X-Country Mountain Bike – Kids Race (12 and under)
10:15	X-Country Mountain Bike – Awards Ceremony – Kids Race
10:30	GoPro Training Sessions – Get To Know Your GoPro
10:30	River Town – Beginner SUP and Kayak
11:00	BADASS Dash – Awards Ceremony – Elite Division
11:00	DockDogs Big Air – Wave 6
11:00	Kayak Freestyle – Semi-Final
11:45	Ultimate Mountain Challenge – XC Start Pro Men/Women
11:45	X-Country Mountain Bike – PRO, Expert, Single Speed, UMC PRO
PM
12:00	River Town – SUP Yoga
12:00	Slackline World Cup – Round 2
1:00	BADASS Dash – Kids Dash
1:00	DockDogs Big Air – Wave 7
1:00	River Town – SUP and Kayak Clinics
2:00	2 Fly X-Stream – Qualifier/Round 2
2:00	BADASS Dash – Awards Ceremony – Recreation & Kids
2:00	BADASS Dash – K-9 Companion Division
2:00	GoPro Training Sessions – GoPro Group Ride & Studio Demo
2:30	Vail Pass Half Marathon – Awards Ceremony
3:00	BADASS Dash – Awards Ceremony – K9
3:30	DockDogs Extreme Vertical – Start
3:30	X-Country Mountain Bike – Awards Ceremony – Pro, Exp, SS
3:45	Ultimate Mountain Challenge – XC Start Amateur Men/Women & Teams
3:45	X-Country Mountain Bike – All Jrs Categories, Beginners, Sport, All Masters Categories, All Vet Categories, UMC Amateur & UMC Teams
4:00	Slackline World Cup – Round 3
4:15	Kayak Freestyle – Finals
4:30	Bouldering World Cup – Finals
5:00	Down River Sprint – Awards Ceremony
5:00	Kayak Freestyle – Awards Ceremony
6:00	Slackline World Cup – Highline Demonstration at I-Bridge
6:30	A Million Billion Dying Suns – Showtime
6:30	Bouldering World Cup – Awards Ceremony
6:30	X-Country Mountain Bike – Awards Ceremony – Citizen Categories
7:30	Cold War Kids Free Concert – Showtime
10:00	The Native After Party – Party Time

Sunday, June 8, 2014

AM	EVENT
8:00	10K Spring Runoff – Start
8:00	2 Fly X-Stream – Finals
8:00	Outside Adventure Film School – Film School
8:00	Ultimate Mountain Challenge – 10K Start
8:00	Youth Bouldering – Start
8:30	Free Yoga – Yoga Time
9:00	Adventure Village – Opens
9:00	DockDogs Speed Retrieve – Comp 1
9:00	Gerber Gear Town – Opens
9:00	River Town – Opens
9:00	River Town – SUP Yoga
9:30	Road Bike Time Trial – Start
9:30	Ultimate Mountain Challenge – TT Start
10:15	8 Ball Kayak Sprint – Qualifier
10:30	River Town – Beginner SUP and Kayak
10:31	GoPro Training Sessions – GoPro Deep Dive
11:00	Citizen Bouldering – Wave 1 & Paraclimbing
11:00	Paraclimbing Bouldering – Start
11:30	DockDogs Big Air – Wave 8
11:45	Youth Bouldering – Awards Ceremony
PM
12:00	10K Spring Runoff – Awards Ceremony at Checkpoint Charlie
12:00	Raft Cross – Qualifier
12:00	River Town – SUP Yoga
12:00	Slackline World Cup – Quarterfinals
12:30	GoPro Training Sessions – Get To Know Your GoPro
1:00	River Town – SUP and Kayak Clinics
1:30	DockDogs Big Air – Wave 9
2:00	Citizen Bouldering – Wave 2
2:00	GoPro Training Sessions – GoPro Group Ride & Studio Demo
2:00	Raft Cross – Finals
3:00	Ultimate Mountain Challenge – Awards Ceremony
3:30	DockDogs Speed Retrieve – Finals
3:30	Road Bike Time Trial – Awards Ceremony at Checkpoint Charlie
3:30	Slackline World Cup – Semifinal/Finals
4:00	8 Ball Kayak Sprint – Finals
4:00	DockDogs Big Air – Big Air Finals: Pro, Semi-Pro & Amateur
4:00	Slackline World Cup – Awards Ceremony
4:45	8 Ball Kayak Sprint – Awards Ceremony
5:00	2 Fly X-Stream – Awards Ceremony – IBridge
5:00	Raft Cross – Awards Ceremony
5:45	Citizen Bouldering – Awards Ceremony

We will be there all weekend and will report back on the amazing events and awesome music as we continue our #ColoradoAdventureTrip. For more information please visit http://www.mountaingames.com/summer/

~Mtn Town Views

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