Adventure racing brings out the best in each of us. People push themselves to their physical and emotional limits while enjoying the natural beauty that surrounds them. As the sport continues to grow around the globe, we are looking to partner with others who are interested in promoting healthy outdoor fun.
Partnering with Grass Roots Racing provides three key benefits:
1. Local exposure to thousands of affluent adventure racers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, New York, Michigan, Maryland and all points beyond through our race calendar.
2. National exposure through our hip website that receives countless hits due to its links to Youtube and its appealing design and photography.
3. Focused advertising to a select demographic with expendable income.
Your market demographic
As reported by Adventure Sports Magazine, the majority of the magazine's prospective readers are affluent professionals that embrace new technology and have the means to purchase it. Because readers participating in multi-sport events, readers seek products to support them through all disciplines and seek information and products about trail running, trekking, biking, climbing, camping, backpacking and paddling.
Reader and Racer Highlights:
Gender: 58% Male, 42% Female
Household income is approximately $73,300 a year.
Spend more than $2,500 annually on their gear and training
Spend more than $2,000 annually on travel
Routinely makes online purchases
Well-educated - 87% have attended college
Have professional careers
42% owns an SUV
Majority race at least 3 to 6 times a year
Age:
Average age: 37
Under 25 ~ 9%
25 - 35 ~ 33%
36 - 45 ~ 34%
Over 45 ~ 24%
Checkpointzero.com, an online news and information hub for adventure racing describes their
audience this way:
79% Male, 21% Female
84% are 24 to 45 years old
74% have a bachelors or post-graduate degree
Median household income is between $80k and $90k
25% report a household income over $100k
68% drive an SUV, pickup truck, or a 4WD car
91% have participated in an adventure race in some way
81% have competed in a sprint race
50% in a 24+ hour race
27% in an expedition race of 3 days or more
Each person spends an average of $1058 on consumable supplies per season
34% said a bike was their most important gear purchase, 34% said shoes, 15% said clothes and 10% said backpack
86% access the Internet via a broadband connection
67% regularly buy gear online
49% go online for AR content daily, 36% weekly and 7% monthly
83% said a company's support for adventure racing influences their purchasing decisions