Photo Credit: Northern California Classic When the Regional format of the CrossFit Games season was abandoned after the 2018 season it left California, at one point considered the Mecca of CrossFit, without a premiere competition. It was because of this void that the Northern California Classic was created. This year’s version promises to be their
Photo Credit: Nick Burns Extremely quick turn around following the trip to Finland before heading West to Utah for the Iron Games. History of the Iron Games This is the fifth year of the Iron Games, which are located in Cedar City, Utah. While the competition is well run and fairly well known, it is
Photo Credit: CrossFit LLC The 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games did not have a swimming event for the first time since 2011. The omission of a movement that is expected can be considered just as “unknown and unknowable” as the inclusion of one that isn’t (or a new one). Seeing as swimming has become such a
We got a rare opportunity at the Rogue North Park on Friday: a second chance for the Alpaca that never was last year. In 2022, the test Alpaca was drastically changed because of a rainstorm on Sunday morning, which caused some of the ropes to be soaked and unusable for the workout and putting a
With the 2023 CrossFit Games event announcements that have been made so far, we have been led to believe that there will be at least four single modality events: The question we’re after today is, are four single modality events more than usual at the Games? Year by Year Here is the breakdown of single
Image Credits: CrossFit LLC Similar to the Male and Female athlete spotlights that Brian Friend has created as living documents, this will act as a guide to the Teams leaderboard of the NOBULL CrossFit Games. Starting with five teams and adding in fives until all 38 teams competing in Madison this year are covered. (Pending drug
Image Credit: Heather Weir What it is: This is meant to be a resource document for athletes, coaches, event organizers, and fans to reference for basic information about competitions which exist in the CrossFit ecosystem. Why we made it: The intent is to offer a layout of what competitions are available for which group(s) of athletes,
Written by Brian Friend Story Idea and Contributions from: Ryan Tate Image Credit: Athlete’s Eye Athletes: Mathew Fraser and Streat Hoerner If you’ve stumbled upon the sport of CrossFit and you aren’t entirely sure what is happening… This article is for you! However, even for those who have been watching for a long time, per the words
Several European Semifinal Athletes Compete In Greece, but Is It A Good Idea this Close to Semis? Image Credit: Athlete's Eye Six European semifinalists podiumed at the Athens Throwdown over this past weekend. The competition is a month out from Semifinals and therefore begs the question: What impact does competing a month prior to a