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 Name: Tsang Siu Keung, Stone
Sport: Trail Running & Adventure Racing
Nationality: Chinese, resident of Hong Kong
Other Job: Physical Trainer for Fire Department
Bio:
Born and raised in a small town in Mainland China, Stone moved to Hong Kong as a teenager and has now become one of Asia’s top trail runners and adventure racers. Stone was the first and only HK Chinese to ever win Action Asia Challenge, and last year Stone was the top Chinese finisher and 21st overall in one of the world’s top mountain running competitions in Europe. When not training and racing Stone works as an ambulance EMT helping to treat casualties and save lives throughout Hong Kong.
Race career highlights:
• 4 x Overall Series Champion – HK’s King Of The Hills mountain running series
• 1st place Trailwalker 100Km - Hong Kong
• 1st place Action Asia Challenge – Hong Kong
• 1st place Salomon 2 Peaks Mountain Run - Hong Kong
• 1st place x 3 NE Mountain Marathon 33Km - Hong Kong
• 1st place x 2 and record holder 65km Round the Island trail run –Hong Kong
• 12th place North Face Challenge National Championships - USA
• 1st place x 4 times and record holder Raleigh Challenge Wilson Trail 78Km - Hong Kong
• 21st The North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc - Europe
• 1st runner-up Racing the Planet’s International Gobi March 250Km – China
• Overall Series Champion – Volvo Action Sprint Series - Hong Kong
 Name: Ryan S. Blair
Sport: Adventure Racing, Mountain Biking & Trail Running
Nationality: American, resident of Hong Kong
Other Job: Owner and Director of two outdoor/ adventure sport companies
Bio:
After solo explorations through Vietnam, China, and the Himalayas, Ryan settled in Hong Kong in 1995 and has since become one of Asia’s top adventure racers and adventure sport pioneers. Ryan was founding Race Director and Managing Director of the first series of international adventure races in Asia, National Geographic Channel Action Asia Challenge (Hong Kong, Thailand, Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia - 1998-2001). In 2002, Ryan founded one of Asia’s leading outdoor education & training companies, Asia Pacific Adventure, and soon after, established Asia’s top adventure sports Athlete Team with business partner Stuart Sharpless.
Race career highlights:
• 1st place x 4 Action Asia Challenge adventure race – Hong Kong
• 1st place The North Face 24-hr Exploration Race - China
• 1st place International Exploration Adventure Race - Taiwan
• 1st place River Kwai Trophy Adventure Race – Thailand
• 1st Asia team (6th overall) and stage podium Wulong International Mountain Quest, China
• 1st place Shandong National Championships Adventure Race – China
• 1st place Green Power 50km Trail Run Champs - Hong Kong
• 1st place 12 hour Oregon Adventure Race (solo) - USA
• 1st place Moontrekker 40k Trail Run Champs – Hong Kong
• Top 3 podium x 3 in 100km Oxfam Trailwalker - Hong Kong
 Name: Jay Kiangchaipaipana
Sport: Mountain Biking & Adventure racing
Nationality: Thailand
Other Job: Mountain Bike guide
Bio:
Jay is a high-level adventure athlete who was working as a mountain bike
guide in Chiang Mai when recently discovered by CSA’s team Director.
He has been a sportsman his whole life, starting with Muay Thai boxing before moving on to mountain biking and adventure racing.
Jay joined the Athlete Team in 2011 and had a huge adventure racing
debut win with the team at this years’ River Kwai Trophy. Jay is also part Karen, an important hill tribe of SE Asia.
Race career highlights:
• 1st place Singapore 12 hour Mountain Bike Enduro - Singapore
• 1st place x 2 River Kwai Trophy Adventure Race - Thailand
• 1st place Asia team (6th Overall) and stage podium Wulong International Mountain Quest - China
• 2nd place Action Asia Challenge - Hong Kong
• 1st place King of the Hills - Hong Kong
• 1st place Doi Inthanon Hill Climb MTB champs - Thailand
• 1st place multiple Thailand XC Mountain bike races - Thailand
• 2nd place Northern Thai Downhill HT Championship - Thailand
 Name: Baby Marites S. BitBit
Sport: Mountain Biking & Adventure Racing
Nationality: Philippines
Other Job: Philippines armed forces
Bio:
Baby has been athletic her whole life with unprecedented accomplishments as a Filipino woman in the sport of cycling. She has been on the Philippines National Cycling team for over 10 years, and is a 2 x GOLD medalist in the South East Asia Games, as well as, a member of the Philippines Armed Forces. Baby is one of Asia’s top woman mountain bikers and adventure racers.
Race career highlights:
• Gold Medalist - South East Asian Games Cross Country MTB – Thailand
• Gold Medalist - South East Asian Games Road Race - Philippines
• 1st place x 2 Singapore International Bike Festival - Singapore
• 1st runner up Asian Duathlon Champs
• 1st place Genghis Khan MTB International 3-day stage race – China
• 1st place Columbia Off-road Duathlon – Philippines
• 1st place Subic Bikefest – Philippines
 Name: Piers Touzel
Sport: Mountain Biking & Adventure Racing
Nationality: Australian, resident of Beijing, China
Other Job: Principal Consultant in Environmental Resources Management
Bio:
Piers has become one of Asia’s top mountain bikers and adventure racers, while holding down a day job as a partner in an Environmental Resources Management firm. He has lived in Mainland China for over 10 years, yet has raced on 5 continents and continues to travel the globe in search of the ultimate mountain biking adventure.
Race career highlights:
• 1st place Huangshan International Mountain Bike Race - China
• 1st place x 2 Action Asia Challenge Adventure Race - Hong Kong
• 1st place UCC and Kenda Olympic Bike Festival - China
• 1st place Great Wall Mountain Bike Festival – China
• 1st place Action Asia Lamma Enduro - Hong Kong
• 1st place Seyon Asia King of the Hills 2 day Trail Run/MTB Race – China
• 1st place North Face Guangxi 24-hour Adventure Race - China
• Top 40 finisher several world-class multi-stage MTB events
 Name: Safrey Sumping
Sport: Mountain Running & Trail Running
Nationality: Malaysian
Other Job: Mountain Guide
Bio:
Safrey is a world-class mountain runner who grew up and lives at the base of Mt. Kinabalu, S.E. Asia’s highest mountain. He was discovered by CSA’s team Director one misty morning while training on the mountain and first joined the team in 2007. Safrey has been the top Malaysian mountain & trail runner for several years and has held his own against the world’s best each October on his home mountain.
Race career highlights:
• 3rd place Buff Sky Series Mt. Kinabalu International Climbathon -Malaysia
• Top 10 - Buff Sky series x 5 Mt. Kinabalu International Climbathon -Malaysia
• 2nd place King of the Hills – Hong Kong
• 1st Malaysian - Sabah International Marathon - Malaysia
• 2nd place Action Asia Sprint – Hong Kong
 Name: Saman Gunan
Sport: Adventure Racing
Nationality: Thai
Other Job: Armed Security Specialist
Bio:
Saman is a former Navy Seal, National cyclist member, and previously one of Thailand's top Triathletes. Now adventure racing is Saman's true passion and he joined the APA Athlete team in 2012 after becoming the most decorated local adventure racer in his country.
Race career highlights:
• 1st place x 4 - Bangkok Challenge Race - Thailand
• 1st place x 3 - River Kwai Trophy Adventure Race - Thailand
• 1st place Kho Samu Trophy Adventure Race – Thailand
• 1st place x 5 - Adventure Dash Series -Thailand
 Name: Louise Mark
Sport: Adventure Racing
Nationality: New Zealand
Other Job: Engineer
Bio:
Louise is one of New Zealand’s top female multisport athletes who has recently turned her hand to the staged adventure race format focus of our Athlete Team. She balances sport with her role as a civil and structural engineer with ACH Consulting, in Auckland, NZ.
Race Career highlights:
• 2nd place Coast to Coast World Multisport Championship – New Zealand
• 2nd Anaconda Augusta Adventure Race - Australia
• 1st place Moehau Multisport – New Zealand
• 1st place Aqua Terra Multisport – New Zealand
• 4th place Australasian Multisport Championship – New Zealand
• 2nd place Motatapu Adventure Run – New Zealand
• 2nd place Lake to Lighthouse Multisport Race - New Zealand
• 1st place Maungatautari Mission - New Zealand
 Name: Wong Ho Chung
Sport: Trail Running
Nationality: Chinese, resident of Hong Kong
Other Job: Physical Fitness Instructor for Fire Services Department
Bio:
Born in Guangzhou in Mainland China, Chung grew up in Hong Kong enjoying the outdoors and nature. As a child living in Kowloon, Chung was always a "wild boy" at heart and enjoyed going up into the mountains to make fire, climb trees, pick wild fruits, and catch insects everyday after school. After graduating from secondary school, Chung became a Hong Kong fireman and after few years a Physical Fitness Instructor for the Fire Department. Chung started running competitively recently, and after just 2 years has become a force on Hong Kong's highly competitive trail running scene. Chung is the newest member of our Athlete team, signing with Champion System Adventure in 2013.
Race career highlights:
• 1st place King of the Hills – Hong Kong
• 1st place NE Mountain Marathon – Hong Kong
• 1st place Sea To summit – Hong Kong
• 1st place Care Action – Hong Kong
• 2nd place Ngong Ping Mountain Race
– Hong Kong
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