New Zealand’s own Tim Wilding, a 23-year-old legal graduate, pulled off the first big upset of the XTERRA Global Tour season by surprising reigning XTERRA USA Champion Seth Wealing at the New Zealand Championship in Rotorua. On the women’s side, another homegrown star – Gina Ferguson - won the race for the second year in a row.

THIS WEEK: XTERRA stars Seth Wealing and Conrad Stoltz ready for races on opposite ends of the Globe, the upcoming XTERRA West Championship heats up with training clinics and a strong-willed trail run promoter, XTERRA Gear gets spring fever, and the USA Championship show hits markets in Pennsylvania and Montana. UPCOMING RACES: 4/14 – XTERRA New Zealand Championship (Rotorua)

THIS WEEK: Conrad Stoltz gets ready for next weekend’s XTERRA South Africa Championship, we preview the first GU Charity Bike Ride of the season in Southern California, check out video highlights from the recent XTERRA Saipan Championship, see who won the first two XTERRA Points Series races in the continental U.S., and look at the weekend’s XTERRA TV listings. UPCOMING RACES:

THIS WEEK: XTERRA World Champion Hamish Carter is looking for teammates; camping and XTERRA Duathlon fun in SoCal, honors for the Nevada Passage and XTERRA Saipan, New Zealand and USA Championship television productions, a preview to the first pair of XTERRA Points Series races in the continental U.S. – one in the East and one in the West – and the Tahoe Show debuts in New York City.

SAIPAN, CNMI - Australia’s Andrew Noble and England’s Julie Dibens won the Tagaman triathlon and the Pacific Islands Club Double award in Saipan today. The PIC Double award is given to the man and woman with the fastest combined XTERRA Saipan Championship and Tagaman triathlon times. The two events are held just seven days apart.

THIS WEEK: The Saipan Sports Fest rages on and part two of the PIC Double in Saipan – The Tagaman triathlon – is set for Saturday. We’ll preview the tight competition for the Double crown, take a look at Saipan photos, talk Sports Fest, uncover the new Gatorade Endurance Formula, preview the next XTERRA Trail Run, and glance at the XTERRA TV schedule. UPCOMING RACES:

SAIPAN, CNMI (March 17, 2007) – Perfect weather, an epic course, and brilliant performances by Swiss triathletes Olivier Marceau and Renata Bucher defined this year’s XTERRA Saipan Championship in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

THIS WEEK: An international field of adventurers and rock solid group of female pros gather in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for the sixth annual XTERRA Saipan Championship on Saturday. The race – appropriately dubbed the Crown Jewel of the XTERRA Global Tour – pits man vs. Mother Nature in a voyage through the Islands pristine tropical jungle. UPCOMING RACES:

THIS WEEK: GU rejuvenates the relay team, XTERRA’s all-time winningest athlete – Jamie Whitmore – talks about the aftermath of her crash in Maui, looks back on her 2006 season and forward to XTERRA Saipan, Andrew Noble is the latest addition to Saipan’s pro start list, and the XTERRA USA show is on in Southern and Northern Nevada. UPCOMING RACES: 3/11 – XTERRA Guam (Piti)

THIS WEEK: XTERRA announces a new program for Physically Challenged athletes, we meet XTERRA ambassador Yvonne Krause, take a look at the results from South Africa, and peek at this weekend’s XTERRA TV airings. UPCOMING RACES: 3/11 – XTERRA Guam (Piti) 3/17 – XTERRA Saipan Championship – The Crown Jewel (Northern Mariana Islands)