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28th Feb 2011 NEW adventure sports podcast on iTunes
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- www.heason.net
Sheffield Adventure Film Festival organiser, Matt Heason's launched a new free adventure sports podcast series. Interviews by ex Radio 4 producer Lissa Cook and adventure sports writer, Nik Cook, can be downloaded from the iTunes store (search Heason Events) or streamed on the Heason Events website. Interviews include US mountain bike champ Rebecca Rusch; UK Olympic cyclist Nick Craig, ultra-runner Stephen Pyke, acclaimed climber &...
28th Feb 2011 Sheffield - UK Capital of Running?
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- www.runbritain.com
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- www.showroomworkstation.org.uk
Run Britain's Jackie Newton writes: "Sheffield has been buzzing with running activity recently and it seems there is more to come! It is the home of Accelerate, a 2000 square foot running specialist store, with a wide range of product for all runners on all surfaces whether it's road, fell or trail. They also have a heavy interest in Adventure Racing. At Accelerate they love their running and it certainly shows. Recently they were hosts for...
28th Feb 2011 Queen of Pain podcast on Race Across the Sky
The latest in the Heason Events podcast series is an interview with US mountain-bike champion Rebecca Rusch - who won in the Leadville 100 mountain bike race 2009 and again in 2010, setting a new women's course record. On Friday, 'Race Across the Sky' will be shown as part of the special bike screening at the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival (9.30pm). (Click here to buy tickets). The 2009 DVD and BluRay are available at the Leadville...
26th Feb 2011 This week's new film events, Guardian Guide
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- www.guardian.co.uk
Recent movies like 127 Hours and Sanctum showed how exhilarating and terrifying extreme outdoor pursuits are to watch on the big screen – but they were just pretending. The real deal needs no dressing up, as this ever-popular event proves. The sight of humans hurtling, careering, plummeting, bounding, scaling and otherwise engaging with the landscape in authentically perilous ways is as gripping as any fiction. Beyond special guests and...
25th Feb 2011 Watch trailer for brilliant outdoors festival
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- www.livefortheoutdoors.com
This March the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival will feature 44 action and adventure packed award-winning films featuring adventure sports and travel from around the globe. From sea kayaking and free running in the UK to mountaineering in Papua New Guinea, solo big-wall climbing in California’s Yosemite Valley and 107m waterfall kayaking in Africa, you can take in the films in bite sized 2 hour chunks, all introduced by either the UK’s...
23rd Feb 2011 Steve Peat / Alex Rankin Night Sold Out
We're sorry to announce to anybody who hasn't got a ticket that the Steve Peat and Alex Rankin night has sold out. There are, however, other bike-related film screenings at ShAFF: Bike Films 1 9:30pm - Fri 4th Mar - Showroom Two Duration: 111 minutes A selection of the best bike films of the year. Tickets available mid to late January via the Showroom website. Brighter - 30 Minutes Way Back Home - 8 Minutes Race Across The Sky - 73...
22nd Feb 2011 Arc'Teryx Adventure Shot Quiz Prizes - £400 worth
As part of the Arc'Teryx Adventure Shot - probably the best event at ShAFF last year - Niall Grimes will be hosting a quiz as a warm up for the main event. We've £400 worth of prizes from Arc'Teryx to give away to the quiz winners: Aerios Daypack 10 X 1 (rrp £70) Aerios Daypack 7 X 2 (rrp £60) Maka Fanny 2 (rrp £30) Oali Rope Bag X 2 (rrp £40) Route A Tshirt X 5 (rrp £20) It's on at 9pm on Saturday 5th March.
21st Feb 2011 Read RockClimbingUK's ShAFF film preview
"The Sheffield Adventure Film Festival provides a fantastic opportunity to watch some of the most exciting footage of outdoor adventures, as well as to hear from the athletes themselves, and the writers, photographers and film-makers who follow them. This year's festival includes two film sessions devoted entirely to climbing; you can catch the following films in session one, which runs at 5pm on the Saturday (March 5th), or 3.30pm on the...
21st Feb 2011 RCUK's ShAFF preview, part one
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- rockclimbinguk.co.uk
The Sheffield Adventure Film Festival provides a fantastic opportunity to watch some of the most exciting footage of outdoor adventures, as well as to hear from the athletes themselves, and the writers, photographers and film-makers who follow them. This year’s festival includes two film sessions devoted entirely to climbing; you can catch the following films in session one, which runs at 5pm on the Saturday (March 5th), or 3.30pm on the...
18th Feb 2011 ShAFF sticks up for film festivals in the YouTube age
ShaFF organiser, Matt Heason, argues the case for film festivals in the age of You Tube. Read more in his article for the Sheffield Telegraph.
