Pura Vida Adventures' owners Joe Moerschbaecher and Julia Pollock have been racing as part of Team Sog throughout the year. Unfortunately, Joe's season was cut short by an injury but do to the depth of the team it did not stop Team Sog from having a strong showing at USRAR Nationals. Team SOG wrapped up its season with a 4th place finish overall just missing the podium at the USARA Nationals Race, while Team SOG'S MASTERS placed third in the Master's division capturing a podium finish.
Team Sog's Julia Pollock, Brian Mayer, and Toby Angrove towed the line as SOG'S open category representative. The race was tight throughout and they yo-yoed between 1st and 4th throughout the entire race. At the King of the Mountain Stage they just missed winning the prize for fastest time by mere minutes after leading the pack throughout. There strong effort on this stage helped seperate them and the other lead teams and contributed to there strong 4th place overall finish.
The master's team led by Chris Caul and acompanied by JD Ekelson and Sue Falvey raced as cagey veterans placing 3rd in the master's category. There efforts put them on the podium in the master's category.
This race completed a strong season for Team SOG, which included 1st place finishes at Lionheart and Tidewater Traverse. It also has the team ranked 7th in the USARA point series and tied for fourth in the Checkpoint Tracker series. Unfortunately due to injuries and prior obligations Team SOG will not have a full team at Checkpointtracker Nationals, but we all wish JD Ekelson well as he represents Team SOG in the solo category.
Thanks goes out to all of the members of Team SOG, as well as SOG Knives, and Doug Crytzer and his crew at American Adventure Sports for giving us the opportunity to be part of the team.
