Introducing a new feature for Babbittville Radio: Talk Story with Bob Babbitt. I’ll share some of my favorite stories that I’ve collected from my years in the wonderful world of endurance sports.This week it’s Hope: a story about double amputee Rudy Garcia-Tolson at Ironman Arizona… For the first-timers, this day in the desert will be a serious leap…
Filmmaker Yanfeng Zhang wondered why a feature-length documentary showcasing the spectacular race known as Challenge Roth had never been produced and personally funded the creation of the triathlon documentary We Are Triathletes. The film will be in 171 theaters across the US on Wednesday August 8th and in 44 theaters in Canada on Thursday August…
Because these go to 11….. Even though I left Competitor in 2014, I will always treasure the brand that I am proud to have created and nurtured with my partner Lois Schwartz. I have kept copies of every issue we produced, from our first issue in June of 1987, through 2012. In my mind, being…
To me, what The Challenged Athletes Foundation does so well is to provide independence to people facing unbelievable challenges in their lives. I invited three amazing athletes to come in studio to talk about what they have had to overcome along the way. Roderick Sewell, Rudy Garcia-Tolson and Blake Leeper are three athletes with no legs…
Rudy Garcia-Tolson is a double above knee amputee who has won two gold and one silver medal in the Paralympics in the 200 IM. Blake Leeper, his roommate, has won a Bronze at 200 meters and a silver at 400 meters in the London Paralympics and is a double below knee amputee. The two were…
Recently, a friend sent me a link to a piece of video from what we think was Robin William’s first ever triathlon experience at the Malibu Triathlon in 1997 where he rode the bike on a relay team with two-time Ironman champion and great friend Scott Tinley. In the video were triathlon legends Paula Newby-Fraser and Wendy…
Tim Mantoani has been taking amazing photographs of Challenged Athletes for 20 years. His incredible eye has captured powerful and inspirational images of these amazing athletes. One athlete that Tim has been photographing for a long time is Rudy Garcia-Tolson. When we heard about one of Tim’s new projects, Snapshot, we knew it…