The sport of mountain bike orienteering (MTBO) is a mountain bike race where riders use a map and compass to navigate the course by finding orange/white flags (...
BURKE, VA -- Mountain Bike Orienteering in the United States is a unique sporting event. There are few that have ever raced in a MTBO event (that wasn't an Adve...
BURKE, VA -- Understandably, the "organizational" parts of embracing a new sport -- a sport that is still very much Euro-centric in nature -- is a very difficul...
BURKE, VA -- In just two weeks, the United States of America -- via the nation's recognized orienteering federation, Orienteering USA -- will launch its second ...
BURKE, VA -- The inventor of McDonald's, Roy Kroc, had a very unique view of venue. He once said that the secret to success was not how you made the burger, or ...
It has been suggested that Mountain Bike Orienteering (MTBO) is the same as Foot Orienteering with the exception of an added mountain bike for travel. We at MTBO America would like to challenge that notion. We think of MTB Orienteering more like a MOUNTAIN BIKE race that just so happens to have Orienteering! It is a subtle yet important difference that will drastically impact your race turnout. Mountain Bike Orienteering and Foot Orienteering seem to "at-a-glance" be similar. However, their cultures are very different. Just because you have the same essential mechanics does not make you alike. Are Baseball and Cricket alike? They both have bats, balls, and bases. Yet to ignore this difference is to alienate your potential participant and cause them to go elsewhere.
