Team Nike, acclaimed as the World’s most successful Adventure Racing Team in the history of the sport, with wins in essentially every major international and US event on the calendar. Team Nike’s palmares include an unprecedented eight podium finishes and four wins in the Eco-Challenge, three victories in the Primal Quest, wins in the Raid Gauloises, the Raid World Championships, the Outdoor Quest, the Southern Traverse, Balance Bar 24 hour series, Balance Bar Sprint, Ford Gorge Games, Ford Adventure Games, Teva Games, ESPN X-Games and the Adventure Racing World Championships.

Individually, or as a team, they have won World Championships or hold World Records in Mountain Biking, X-terra Triathlon, Endurance Kayaking, the Rogaining (24 hour Orienteering) World Championships, the Raid World Championships and the Adventure Racing World Championships.

No other team in the world has had the level of success or consistency of Team Nike, and none have sustained such longevity. The team’s roots were formed in the late 80’s and evolved through the 90’s from Team Eco-Internet, Team Vail and their various incarnations. Long term members of Team Nike, Ian Adamson, Mike Kloser and Michael Tobin, are excited about the recent additions of team members, Monique Merrill, Sari Anderson and Richard Ussher (formerly of Team Seagate)! With this powerhouse lineup, Team Nike is looking to add to their already impressive list of accomplishments.

Dave Wiens began racing mountain bikes back in the 1980´s with adventure racing hero, Mike Kloser. He competed in the World Cup and US National circuits and raced in numerous UCI World Championships.
His first AR race was at the Teva Mountain Games in 2005 where he raced and won with Kloser´s Nike squas. He also raced with Team Crested Butte in last year´s Raid Championship in the Alps. The AR World Chamspionship in Sweden will be his second expedition length adventure race.

Ian is the consummate adventure athlete having competed internationally in triathlon, wind surfing, ocean yacht racing, orienteering, canoe, kayak and adventure racing. He is a six time adventure race world champion, including three time Eco-Challenge champion (with an unprecedented seven podium finishes), and winner of the Adventure Race World Championships, Primal Quest, Raid Gauloises, Raid World Cup, Southern Traverse, Balance Bar and HiTec sprint races and the ESPN X-Games X-Venture Race. He is a three time and current world record holder for 24 hour endurance kayaking.

Adventure Racing World Championship 1st 2004, 3rd 2001

Eco-Challenge World Championships 1st 2001, 2000 & 1996,
2nd 2002 & 1997, 3rd 1995, 4th 1999

Raid World Championships 1st 2004 & 1998, 2nd 2005, 4th 2000

Raid World Cup 1st USA 2003, 2nd USA 2004 & 2005

Primal Quest 1st 2003 & 2004, 3rd 2002

Southern Traverse 1st 1996, 2nd 1998, 3rd 2000

Raid the North Extreme 1st 1999, 2001 & 2004

Extreme Adv. Hidalgo 1st 2002

Balance Bar 1st OR 2003, 2nd CO 2003

Hi Tec 1st NY 1999, 3rd LA 2001

ESPN X-Games 1st 1997, 2nd 1996, 3rd 1995

Adv. Xtreme, CO 1st 2003 & 2005, 2nd 2001, 3rd 2002

MSOQ 2nd 1999 &, 1997, 4th 1998

Veteran adventure racer Monique Merrill brings eleven years of racing experience in a variety of mountain sports to Team Nike. In addition to helping the team gain top finishes at major events in 2005, Monique has accrued a garage full of awards from pro NORBA, Xterra, Nordic and Randonee competitions. During the 2005-2006 season, she competed in the World Championships of three different disciplines, finishing 9th at the XTerra World Championships, 2nd with Team Nike at the AR World Championships and 9th at the World Championship Randonee Uphill in Italy. She was the overall National Ski Mountaineering Champion in 2005 and was honored with the Teva Mountain Games Everest Award for Adventure Racing in 2006. Monique is engaged to endurance athlete Pete Swenson. They divide their time between Pete’s home in Boulder and Monique’s home at 10,500 feet above Breckenridge, Colorado, where she runs a small natural foods store called Amazing Grace.

2006 World Championship Randonee Uphill, Italy. 9th, Individual Hill Climb

•2005 North American Ski Mountaineering Championships, 2nd

•2005 Adventure Racing World Champions, 2nd (Team Nike)

•2005 Life -Link Randonee Ski Mountaineering Series National Champion

•2005 Raid Adventure Racing World Championships, 3rd

•2005 XTerra World Championship, 9th

•2005 XTerra National Championship, 3rd

•2005 Adventure Raid World Cup #2, 2nd (Team Nike)

•2004 Mild Seven Outdoor Quest, 2nd (Team Nike/Balance Bar)

•2004 Beaver Creek 100 Mile Mountain Bike Race, 2nd (Tokyo Joes)

•2004 NORBA Pro MTB Race, Crested Butte. 1st (Tokyo Joes)

•Three time Champion and Women’s Record Holder, Montezumas Revenge
  24 Hour Bike Race, 1999, 2000, 2003

•Six Time Champion, Imperial Challenge, Breckenridge.

•2001 U.S. National XTerra Champion

Richard has already amassed an impressive resume of achievements, both as part of the former New Zealand team, Seagate / Balance Vector, and on an individual basis. World Champion in 2005 along with wins in Primal Quest 2004, Balance Bar 24 hour series overall Champion 2004, Outdoor Quest 2003. Richard has also won the Coast to Coast World individual multisport championship for the past two years and dominated the National scene in New Zealand when ever his AR commitments have allowed him time to race.

1st – Adventure Racing World Championship, West Coast New Zealand 2005

1st - Coast 2 Coast World Multisport Championship 2004,2005

1st - Mt Cook to Christchurch Multisport race 2002, 2004, 2006
 
1st - Raid World cup Australia 2005

1st - Balance Bar 24 Hour Adventure race Series 2004

1st - Subaru Primal Quest Adventure race 2004

1st - Balance Bar New York 24 hour 2004

1st- Balance Bar Los Angeles 24 hour 2004

1st - Mild Seven Outdoor Quest 2003

1st - Kepler Challenge Mt Run 2002

1st - Routeburn Rage Mt Run 2002, 2003

1st - AMP Multisport race 2002, 2003

1st - Peak to Peak Multisport race 2002, 2003, 2005
 
1st - Northern Traverse Multisport race 1999, 2000

1st - Crazyman Multisport race 2000