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The dust is settling after another monster weekend - September ended with a bang and October started with another one!
With huge events taking place across the country and around the world - check out our round up of some of the highlights - stay tuned for the full stories as they come in and let us know what you got up to as well!
Squaw Valley in Lake Tahoe, California hosted the epic Spartan Race World Championships. An incredible weekend of racing - it was great to watch the world's best battle it out. In the Men's championship race, any of the top 10 could easily have taken the win - dryrobe ambassador Jonathan Albon put in an amazing performance to claim 2nd place. Robert Killian took 3rd place, with Cody Moat being crowned Spartan World Champion. In a hard-fought women's race, Lindsay Webster finally claimed her first Spartan World Championship, beating reigning champion Zuzana Kocumova in 2nd and Alyssa Hawley in 3rd.
The Sunday of the event saw, for the first time ever, the Spartan World Team Championships take place, with over 30 countries take to the course in teams of 3. Team GB, represented by Jade Skillen, Scott Barker and Jonathan Albon battled it out on the mountain - claiming 6th place overall.
There's plenty of action to catch up from the event - keep an eye on dryrobe social media for more.
Back on this side of the Atlantic, the final UK Spartan Race of the season took place at Windsor - with racers taking on the 18km Beast on Saturday, conquering a course packed with mud and obstacles. Then Sunday saw the Sprint, with thousands of Spartans finishing off the Spartan season in style.
The UK GoPro team headed to Motocross of Nations - the Olympics of Motocross! It looked like an epic event - check out the video on dryrobe Facebook for some behind the scenes action!
The Industry Wake Parks Grassroots Tour continued it's run of contests around the country, this weekend stopping off at Cliff Lakes. The Grassroots is aimed at every standard of rider, not just the pros, and is an awesome celebration of the UK's wakeboarding community.
Back in the States, dryrobe ambassador Justin T. Manning took on the role of Master of Ceremonies at City Challenge Massachusetts - we've seen some epic photos come in from him!
The dryrobe team headed to a brand new event in the UK open water swimming calendar - taking place at the stunning Wimbleball Lake - the inaugural Exmoor Open Water Swim. Check out dryrobe Facebook for more photos of the action.