Big-wave surfer Laird Hamilton that he will launch his own obstacle course race series next year. Called , the series is composed of six events, each featuring 20 obstacles and a length of between eight and 10 miles. The series debuts in Southern California on April 26, then heads to Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago, the Tri-State area (Englishtown, New Jersey), and Northern California.
Advertised obstacles feature extreme temperatures, including a crawl through snow and a dome called the Furnace that’s heated to over 130 degrees. At the end of the course, racers must dive to the bottom of a black tank filled with ice water to retrieve their finisher medals.
Hamilton is putting on the series in conjunction with Southern California–based production company , which puts on the and the star-studded .