Triathlon Business International (TBI) unveiled its award winners at the TBI/ACTIVE Network Awards Celebration dinner on Monday night as part of TBI’s 7th annual conference on 22-24 January in Dallas, Texas. The awards were handed out for the Triathlete’s Choice Best-of Events (large, small, beginner and bucket list); best product and event videos; the best published triathlon article and picture; the Ron Smith Award winner; and the Steve Hed Award for Innovation.
Best Triathlon Published Article and Image in 2016:
- (Photo) Winner: Shot at 2016 IRONMAN Kona, Donald Miralles, shooting for LAVA magazine. Second place went to Rich Cruse, a Challenged Athlete Foundation photo shot at San Diego Triathlon Challenge; and third place went to Bob Kupbens, shooting at IRONMAN Kona for Competitive Image
- (Article) Winner: ‘Brothers in Iron’ by Brad Culp, published in LAVA magazine. Second, ‘High Speed Thrills on Two Wheels’, by Jay Prasuhn, for LAVA magazine. Third place was ‘The Golden Moment’, by John Rosengren, USA Triathlon magazine.
Triathlete’s Choice Best Events of 2016 – Voting was conducted through Survey Monkey with more than 3,200 voters making their opinion known:
- Large event (1,000+) = IRONMAN 70.3 Atlantic City 70.3
- Small event (less than 1,000) = Tri the Wildwoods
- Intro Event for Beginners = Tri the Wildwoods
- Bucketlist Event = Isklar Norseman Xtreme Triathlon
Best Product and Event Video
- Best product video went to ‘How does 4x Triathlon World Champion Mirinda ‘Rinny’ Carfrae Recover? With Chocolate Milk’. Produced by Weber Shandwick/Chicago for the Milk Processor Education Program
- Best event video went to ‘Escape from Alcatraz, Thank You for a Great Year, 2016 Participants!’ produced by IMG Action Sports
Announced earlier, but presented during the evening celebration, was the Steve Hed Award for Innovation to Richard Bryne, founder of SpeedPlay, and the Ron Smith Award to Valerie Silk, affectionately known as the mother of IRONMAN.
The TBI Conference continued through lunchtime on Tuesday 24 January. The event provides ‘wide-ranging and timely information and discussion for everyone involved in the business and sport of triathlon, and the related sports of cycling and running.’
