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Flying to Your Ultra: Kit Compliance, Drop Bags, and What Overseas Race Registration Actually Looks Like
The running in an ultra is the part you're most prepared for. The administrative layer — mandatory kit compliance, medical documentation, drop bag logistics, overseas registration, and jet lag before a 5am start — is where first-timers lose hours and sleep. Here is what it actually looks like.
By ZealZag TeamPunta Roca, El Salvador: How to Surf the J-Bay of Central America
The right-hand point break that stopped the WSL Championship Tour last week isn't hard to reach, but it does require some preparation. A practical guide to surfing Punta Roca and basing in La Libertad.
By ZealZag TeamThe Fastnet Race: Six Hundred Miles, a 1979 Storm, and the Safety Rules That Reshaped Offshore Racing
A lighthouse on a bare Atlantic rock 11 kilometres off the southwest tip of Ireland has been the waypoint of offshore sailing's most consequential race since 1925. The 1979 Fastnet disaster changed not just this race but the safety standards governing offshore competition globally.
By ZealZag TeamFioravanti Finally: Italy Gets Its First CT Win at Punta Roca as Moore Goes Back-to-Back
Leonardo Fioravanti claimed Italy's first-ever WSL Championship Tour victory at Punta Roca, posting a 15.33 to overpower ratings leader Italo Ferreira in the final. Carissa Moore completed back-to-back CT wins with a 15.10 to 13.84 victory over Tyler Wright.
By ZealZag TeamFrom the Gym to the Crag: What Indoor Climbers Need Before Their First Outdoor Sport Climbing Trip
Indoor climbing and outdoor sport climbing share movement vocabulary but almost nothing else. Skin, footwork, gear systems, and fall psychology all need rebuilding from scratch. Here is what the gap actually looks like — and how to close it before your first crag trip.
By ZealZag TeamRacing Cairns: Your Guide to Australia's Tropical Ironman Destination
Tropical North Queensland's Ironman race sits in one of Australia's most compelling athlete destinations — warm-water open swimming, training roads into the Atherton Tablelands, and race conditions shaped by dry-season clarity rather than summer heat.
By ZealZag TeamThompson and Slater Win the Tropical North: Two Maiden Ironman Titles at Cairns 2026
Perth's Nick Thompson rode away from the field inside the first 20 kilometres of the bike and never let it back. Penny Slater turned an 11-minute deficit into a dominant women's victory. Both won their first Ironman on June 14 in Cairns.
By ZealZag TeamDel Toro Detonates on Solaison: UAE's Young Climber Steals Yellow on the Final Day
Isaac del Toro attacked solo on the Plateau de Solaison and reversed a 49-second deficit to take both the stage win and the overall title — leaving Tuckwell without yellow and Jorgenson without the podium he held all week.
By ZealZag TeamWingfoil Equipment Explained: What the Wing, Board, and Foil Actually Do
Wingfoiling combines a handheld inflatable wing, a hydrofoil mast and fuselage, and a board designed to get the foil into the water. Each component makes specific compromises. Understanding what the numbers on a wing canopy, a foil's aspect ratio, and a board's volume rating mean in practice helps you avoid buying the wrong equipment for where you are in your progression.
By ZealZag TeamDover and the Strait: Open Water Swimming's Most Famous 21 Miles
The English Channel between Dover and Cap Gris-Nez is the world's busiest shipping lane and the most-attempted long-distance open water crossing. Shakespeare Beach in Dover is where Channel swimmers prepare, and the town's open water community has been coaching and piloting crossings since Matthew Webb first swam it in August 1875.
By ZealZag TeamThe Hour Record: Cycling's Loneliest Benchmark
The Hour Record asks a single question: how far can one rider go on a bicycle in sixty minutes? No drafting, no team, no tactical riding. Since Henri Desgrange set the first recognised mark in 1893, the record has attracted every era's finest cyclists and produced some of the sport's most psychologically revealing moments.
By ZealZag TeamCink's Fairytale, Pieterse's Perfect Week: Leogang XCO Ends in the Mud
Ondřej Cink won his first career XCO World Cup at 34 years old, pulling away from a field that included every major cross-country name in a muddy seven-lap battle at Saalfelden-Leogang. Puck Pieterse completed the weekend double — XCC short track Friday, XCO Sunday — with 50 seconds to spare.
By ZealZag TeamCycling the Beaufortain and Aravis: The French Alps Stage Nobody Markets
The stage-8 route of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes traces one of the best multi-climb cycling loops in the French Alps — from the Beaufort valley over the Col du Pré, the Bisanne, the Aravis, and up to the Plateau de Solaison. Most cyclists drive past this area heading somewhere more famous. That is their loss.
By ZealZag TeamTour Auvergne Stage 8: Four Climbs, 42 Seconds, One Plateau
The Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes closes on the Plateau de Solaison today — 120 kilometres, four Alpine climbs, and a 42-second gap between Luke Tuckwell's yellow jersey and Matteo Jorgenson. Isaac del Toro is 49 seconds back after winning Stage 7 on the Grand Colombier. The race ends here.
By ZealZag TeamKitesurfing: What the Beginner-to-Independent Progression Actually Looks Like
Most people arrive at their first kite destination unable to get on the water safely because they shortcut the learning progression at home. The IKO certification system exists for a reason. What the phases actually involve, how many hours each realistically takes, and what travel-ready genuinely means before you book Tarifa.
By ZealZag TeamRacing Tokyo Marathon: What International Runners Actually Need to Know
Tokyo Marathon is held on the first Sunday of March, starts in Shinjuku, finishes near Tokyo Station, and has been a World Marathon Major since 2013. Entry is by lottery with notoriously low acceptance rates. The race itself is logistically dense and specifically Japanese in its organisation — which rewards preparation and punishes improvisation.
By ZealZag TeamSupertubos and Peniche: Portugal's Championship Tour Wave, for Everyone Else
Peniche is 85 kilometres north of Lisbon on a peninsula surrounded by Atlantic on three sides. Supertubos — the beach on its south flank — has hosted the WSL Rip Curl Pro since 2009 and produces one of Europe's most powerful beach break barrels in autumn swells. What the town actually offers beyond the competition window.
By ZealZag TeamRunning Comrades: How to Train, Enter, and Conquer the Up Run
The Comrades Marathon is 85.777km from Durban to Pietermaritzburg with 21,000 runners, a 12-hour cutoff, and five named climbs. Here is everything you need to plan your own Comrades entry: qualifying, training, the five hills, and how to spend your week in KwaZulu-Natal.
By ZealZag TeamMelamed and Conolly Take the Enduro at Leogang Round 4: World Cup Day 3 Field Report
Jesse Melamed (Canyon CLLCTV Factory Team) and Ella Conolly closed out the enduro races at Leogang Round 4 — Conolly defending the venue she won at last year and the overall UCI title she carries into 2026. Downhill Q1 ran clean with Marine Cabirou and Dylan Maples on top in the women's and men's qualifying respectively.
By ZealZag TeamComrades Marathon 2026: 21,000 Runners on the Eve of the Up Run
On Saturday morning 21,633 runners line up on Dr Pixley Ka Seme Street in Durban for the 99th Comrades Marathon — the Up Run to Pietermaritzburg. Gerda Steyn chases a fourth straight title. Piet Wiersma defends. The Big Five climbs await.
By ZealZag TeamBryan Opens with 8.33, Fioravanti Posts 9.00: WSL El Salvador Pro Finals Day Field Report
Finals Day Yellow Alert at Punta Roca delivered the bracket the Surf City El Salvador Pro window had been pointing at — World No. 1 Gabriela Bryan opened with an 8.33 over Anat Lelior, Leonardo Fioravanti added a 9.00 over Marco Mignot to set up a Semifinal against Kanoa Igarashi, and Caroline Marks vs Molly Picklum went buzzer-beater to the wire.
By ZealZag TeamGoldstone by 59 Hundredths, Hemstreet Beats Höll at Home: Leogang DHI in the Rain
Jackson Goldstone won the Leogang DHI World Cup by 59 hundredths of a second over Loïc Bruni in conditions that turned the track into a sliding puzzle. Gracey Hemstreet took back-to-back wins, holding off Valentina Höll on Höll's home circuit in the final ride of the afternoon.
By ZealZag TeamClimbing the Grand Colombier: The Ain's Hardest Summit and the Bugey's Best Secret
The Grand Colombier sits at 1,501 metres in the Bugey limestone plateau of the Ain department — a summit that has terrorised Tour de France and Critérium du Dauphiné pelotons for decades, and one that visiting cyclists consistently underestimate because the Ain doesn't have the Alps' marketing budget. Here's how to ride it.
By ZealZag TeamTour Auvergne Stage 7: The Grand Colombier and the Race Before the Race
Stage 7 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes sends the peloton from La Bridoire to the Grand Colombier summit — 8.4 kilometres at 10.2 percent, a finish so steep it forces every rider within striking distance of Luke Tuckwell's yellow jersey to show their cards a day before the finale.
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