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TEAM UNLIMITEDTEAM Unlimited is a Hawaii-based television events and marketing company,founded in 1988. It owns and produces XTERRA, and in 2010 there will be more than100 off-road triathlon events held in 15 countries. It all started with 123 competitorsone afternoon in Maui, and has since evolved into the most prestigious off-roadmultisport race in the world. There are 30,000+ competitors, ages 13-71, from all 50states and more than 40 countries competing in XTERRA events. TEAM Unlimitedalso produces a 60-race worldwide Trail Running Series with National and WorldChampionship races, and more than a dozen TV shows each year are produced byTEAM TV.XTERRA THROUGH TIME1996: Jimmy Riccitello and Michellie Jones win inaugural event in Wailea, Maui.1997: XTERRA adds two events in California, and one in Louisiana in addition to World Championship.1998: The XTERRA tour goes to Michigan, Colorado, Oregon, and back to Louisiana.1999: 11 races spanning from California to New Jersey. First year of Pro Points Series.2000: XTERRA goes global with its first international races in England, Japan, and Canada.2001: The first year of the XTERRA USA Championship Series, Australia and the Netherlands.2002: The inaugural XTERRA Saipan Championship, and races in Germany and the Czech Republic.The XTERRA USA Championship Series expands to 31 races.2003: The seventh consecutive year of expansion provides more than 50 events to compete in.2004: Forty-five events in the U.S., plus 33 international races and a full-fledged XTERRA European Tour2005: First year of the stand-alone XTERRA Trail Running Series and Nevada Passage Adventure Competition.2010: More than 100 XTERRA off-road triathlon races and 60+ XTERRA Trail RunsTEAM TVSince 1990 TEAM TVhas produced nearly300 television showsresulting in threeregional Emmy’s and39 Telly Awards forproduction excellence.TEAM TV will be at thisyear’s XTERRA TrailRun Nationals to film allthe action for a 2011XTERRA Adventuresnationally syndicatedtelevision show.30