• Man-made obstacles
• Huge mud pit
• Fields
• Hay bales
• Wooden Barriers
• Extreme terrain challenges
• Creek crossings
• Primitive logging roads
• Wooden walls
• Tunnels

Featuring … The Monster (a big hill…a seriously big hill!)

DATE: Saturday, September 4, 2010

TIME: 9:00am – 2:30pm, waves starting every 30 minutes.

LOCATION: Start and Finish at Riverside Restaurant on the banks of the New River

7181 Railroad Grade Road
Todd, North Carolina
Course is primarily on Cooper’s Dairy Farm
10 minutes from Boone

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Run the Gauntlet is an intense, primarily off-road test of endurance, agility, and grit.  The 4.3 mile course incorporates 8 man-made obstacles, numerous creek crossings, primitive logging roads, fields, and extreme terrain challenges.

WHO SHOULD RUN THE GAUNTLET? Athletes of a variety of fitness, ability and competitive intensity can Run The Gauntlet.  At the minimum, athletes should be able to run 4 miles and be prepared for a challenging, rewarding, and fun time.  Inevitably, the finish results will be determined by endurance, agility, grit, and competitive intensity.  Even the most fit…expect to walk.

Check out the Website HERE – http://thegauntletrun.com/

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Our inspiration…

Love for world, culture, art and design.

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To offer a global approach to fashion and lifestyle, while following classic and sometimes primitive designs.

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To be part of one active community while being part of one world.

Wish Upon a Birthday Party® is a children’s party service dedicated to granting birthday wishes and making dreams come true. They are a traveling service and are flexible to entertain in your home, or any public place; wherever the perfect location is for your child’s birthday.

Based in St. Catherine’s, Ontario just north of Niagra Falls, WishUponABirthdayParty.com is built on a WordPress Content Management System. This playful website features multiple photo galleries as well as section for feedback and testimonials.

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Jessica Topic

(905) 746-7365

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Conversations With Yourself

Two brand new WordPress websites launch:

Here at Big Boom Design we’re proud to be launching a brand new WordPress website for Joyce Anderson and Conversations With Yourself.

Joyce Anderson is the author of Tellaga & Conred, Rescuing your talents from constant comparing and published articles on using intuition.

Her passion is to have all listen to their inner guidance where they can work from the genius of creativity to bring new solutions to our world, especially as a tool in the workplace.

This WordPress website features an online Shopping cart for purchasing her book and other training services. Joyce also publishes a monthly article on the website: http://conversationswithyourself.com

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Mickey Harte Music

We’re also very excited about adding Eurovision star, Mickey Harte to our international web portfolio.

To say thanks for your support we wanted to send you some NEW music for the holidays.

We’ve included some details about the artist, Mickey Harte, and are excited about working with him in the new year.

Enjoy this awesome new song from Mickey:
Christmas Day by Mickey Harte

Complete information on skiing and winter sports in the North Carolina High Country is just a mouse click away thanks to the re-launch of SkiTheHighCountry.com.

The redesigned and upgraded website now features everything skiers need to know about the High Country’s three ski resorts – Appalachian Ski Mountain, Beech Mountain Resort and Sugar Mountain Resort – as well as key info on the snow tubing park at Hawksnest Resort.

Visitors to SkiTheHighCountry.com can access live webcams for real-time conditions, view trail maps, check rates and hours of operations, receive details on ice skating, and browse accommodations. There’s also a dining guide and an overview of activities away from the slopes.

Photo galleries of each resort, featuring the work of award-winning photographer Todd Bush of Banner Elk, are included.

The site was created by Big Boom Design of Asheville and is produced and maintained by North Carolina High Country Host.

High Country Host is a tourism marketing organization that promotes travel to North Carolina’s High Country, a five-county region anchored by the popular towns of: Banner Elk, Beech Mountain, Blowing Rock, Boone, Linville, Sparta, West Jefferson and Wilkesboro.

To view the new site, go online to www.SkiTheHighCountry.com.

For more info on The High Country of North Carolina, call (800) 438-7500, or visit www.MountainsofNC.com.

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