Swiss obstacle Sports Federation

Obstacle sports

Obstacle Sports consists of 3 main disciplines, Obstacle Course Racing (OCR), Ninja and Adventure race. Obstacle sports is one of the World’s largest participation sports exceeding over 20 million participants in 2019. OCR events cover distances from 100m to over 50km using natural to man-made obstacles. Trails, roads and bodies of water are predominantly used for terrain. Ninja is a rig setup, which is more technical with distances of 50m to 200m. Obstacles may include climbing over walls, carrying heavy objects, traversing bodies of water, crawling under barbed wire, and jumping through fire. Many obstacles are similar to those used in military training, while others are unique to obstacle racing and are employed throughout the course to test endurance, strength, speed, and dexterity.

Ninja

Events where individuals and teams compete on Ninja Warrior style obstacles. Competitions are held on courses between 25 m and 200 m long with 4 or more Ninja Warrior obstacles, as head-to-head races or timed competitions. Events have been popularized by the american ninja warrior, ultimate beastmaster and Sasuke television show competitions in 148 countries. A billion people worldwide follow these shows. The official international League of Ninja is the ultimate ninja association.

Obstacle racing

Obstacle Course Races are large scale, mass participation events held in parks, ski resorts, wilderness, rural, urban and suburban locations. Races can have up to 30,000 participants and vary in length from 3 km (short course), 5 km (international), 12-15 km (standard), 21 km (long course) to 50 km (ultra).
There are over 2,500 OCR’s worldwide and brands such as True grit, toughest, spartan race, tough mudder and strong viking have multiple races, series and championships.

Adventure race

Events include sprints of a few hours through Expedition. Natural terrain obstacles such as mountains, deserts, rivers and oceans are common. Teams of 2, 3 or 4 use any means of non-motorized transport to navigate distances up to 1,000 km. Sprint Adventure Races were popularized in the 1980’s and 1990’s introducing man-made obstacles, fewer disciplines, less equipment and shorter distances. Originally popularized by the Raid Gauloises and Eco challenge.

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