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Reality Rush is teaming up with Yelp! to bring four special URBAN HUNT events to Los Angeles in the coming month. You will be able to purchase tickets on Yelp! Los Angeles this week at a special discount rate of just $69 per two person team.
Sign up for the Urban Hunt Yelp Deal (This deal ended at midnight on March 25th.)
WHAT YOU GET:
- 2 Tickets to URBAN HUNT: Los Angeles, an exciting afternoon version of The Amazing Race where teams of two solve puzzles and compete in challenges. A guaranteed fun way to see LA like you’ve never seen it before!
- Tickets are available exclusively through Yelp! Dates are 4/9, 4/10, 4/30 and 5/1.
- $200 prize for 1st place finishers, and $50 gift certificate awarded for best team costumes
STARTING/FINISH LINE INFORMATION:
Schedule and starting/finish line information for each of our four hunts:
11:00am – 11:45am – Check-in
12:00pm – 5:00pm – URBAN HUNT
Saturday, April 9th and April 30th
Casa Cocina Y Cantina
350 S Grand Ave
Two California Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Sunday, April 10th and May 1st
Big Wangs Downtown
801 S Grand Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90017
JAN 15, 2011: To ring in her 30th birthday, Karie Hunt gathered together her friends and family for what else — an URBAN HUNT! Teams explored Downtown Los Angeles and Hollywood, and competed in several fun challenges, including a variety of tasks inspired by Minute to Win It. Since several of the teams were from out of town, the race proved to be a challenge and fun way to explore LA.
In the end, the Lucky Lollygaggers came in first place with an impressive time of 3:42…proving that they weren’t lollygagging on the hunt! Afterwards the teams gathered at Casa Restaurant to celebrate Karie’s birthday and trade stories from their afternoons. Happy birthday Karie from everyone at Reality Rush — we hope you had a great party!
GAME RESULTS:
1. Lucky Lollygaggers- Bonnie Ratner & Paul Liebeskind 3:42
2. Scarecrow and Scarecrow- Jeff Amos & Meggan Amos 4:08
3. Companions- Keely Williams & Eric Hunt 4:09
4. Hitchhikers- Karie Hunt, Louis Goldberg & Dan Cooley 4:18
5. Team Awesome- Jillian Johnston & Steve Revacona 4:23
6. Wig & Boa- Eric Wiser & Jace Vargas 4:24
7. Evabella- Sheri Neva & Jen McGuire 5:05*
8. Presidential Robot Slaves- Mike D’Alonzo & Dana Vinson DNF
9. Jackie Jormp Jomp- Rex Edwards & Corey Schaffer DNF
10. Texas Authentic- Gage Hunt & Lauren Hunt DNF
*Teams that incurred a time penalty for incorrect or missing clues.
PHOTOS
DEC 4, 2010: URBAN HUNT: SAN DIEGO. Fifty San Diegan hunters gathered at Rockin’ Baja Coastal Cantina this past Saturday for one heck of a hunt! Despite the sunny, 70 degree San Diego weather, many teams came dressed for the Holiday season, decked out as elves, Christmas gifts, reindeer and more. (They were extra prepared for their visit to Balboa Park’s annual December Nights celebration, which rings in the holidays every year in San Diego.)
The Christmas-themed costumes didn’t come out on top in our costume contest, though. It was the colorful disco era leisure suit and sun dress of team Ottly Mercer (Ashley Day & David Garcia) that won first prize in our costume contest, narrowly edging out the dancing reindeer outfits of Santa’s Little Hunters.
Other runner-ups were teams dressed as Chilean miners, jumping frogs and San Diego Chargers fans.
As the hunt began, teams took off to Balboa Park, Old Town San Diego and the Gaslamp Quarter to solve clues and challenges. In Balboa Park’s December Nights festival, teams danced to the Cajun tunes of Gator by the Bay, did their best SeaWorld penguin impressions, explored the bustling Spanish Village Art Studios and put their botanical skills to the test in Zoro Garden.
In the Gaslamp Quarter, teams had to bowl their way to strikes at East Village Tavern + Bowl, explored San Diego’s Historic Buildings district, and found their way to Mr. Padre, Tony Gwynn.
Teams also visited San Diego’s historic Old Town neighborhood. After searching for things like covered wagons, live donkeys and blacksmith anvils, they taste-tested the hot sauces of Hot Licks, and made their own hot wax dipped candles at Toby’s Candle Shop. They also paid a visit to the The William B. Kolender Sheriff’s Museum, where they got to ride a police motorcycle and testify at the witness stand of a mock courtroom.
After a successful hunt, the team that took home the top URBAN HUNT: San Diego prize, with the speedy time of just 2 hours 43 minutes, was the Chilean Miners, Shawn and Kristina O’Conner!
They were followed by our second place team, Legal Eagles (Priscilla Johnson and Sara Youngers), with a time of just over three hours. Third place went to team Coast to Coast, Kathleen Waldvogel and Anthony Sorantino.
Congrats to our winners, and all of the teams who competed on Saturday. We had a great time in San Diego, and we hope to see you all next year!
GAME RESULTS:
1. Chilean Miners- Shawn O’Conner & Kristina O’Conner 2:43:00
2. Legal Eagles- Priscilla Johnson & Sara Youngers 3:01:00
3. Coast to Coast- Kathleen Waldvogel & Anthony Sorantino 3:16:00
4. Jumping Frogs- Alyssa Fanelli & Emma Lawson 3:31:00
5. Parkour!- Heather Korner & Abby Mennerich 3:22:00
6. M.O.B.B.- Kristi Christenson & Celia Sepulveda 3:25:00
7. Amazing Quest- Lynne Bath & Mark Bath 3:26:00
8. Two Man Wolf Pack- Andrea King & Jason Lane 3:35:00*
9. Team Hobbie- Veronica Hobbie & Keith Hobbie 3:37:00
10. Team Carey- Andrea Carey & Joseph Carey 3:38:00
11. In Sickness and Health- Cherie Linneman & Keith Linneman 3:46:00
12. Ottly Mercer- Ashley Day & David Garcia 3:48:00
13. Team to Beat- Michael Blair & Bianca De La Torre 3:53:00
14. Pythons- Dave MacGregor & Tyler MacGregor 3:57:00
15. Sofa King Cool- Enrique Muro & Ivette Rodriguez 4:07:00
16. IDK- James Boydon & Kare Moore 4:10:00
17. Cat-astrophe- Andrea Currie & Cliff Currie 4:11:00
18. Nick’s Tricks- Nick Cervante & Jenny Harris 4:14:00
19. Hoagie- Frank Lai & Haeji Hong 4:17:00
20. Team Vonah- Michelle Mears & Lingko Phongkhammy 4:38:00
21. Santa’s Little Hunters- Danielle Griffith & Cindy Mishler 4:49:00
22. Flower Pots- Janet Beronie & Molly Beronie 4:51:00*
23. Ageless Elite- Lisa Roche & Lori Tappe 5:30:00*
24. Lion Force- Rosemary Bridges & Pete Sitagkoune DNF
25. Cinnamon- Amy Maletz & Melissa Rible DNF
*Teams that incurred a time penalty for incorrect or missing clues.
PHOTOS
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OCT 16, 2010: URBAN HUNT: San Francisco kicked off Reality Rush’s California Tour with a huge success! Teams of two checked in at the Embarcadero Center outfitted to take the city by storm. They used their creativity and sense of humor to compete for the Best Costume prize and to show off their team unity.
Top costume contenders included Team Wasians who spent hours tattooing their entire bodies and made homemade convict outfits and Team Fresno in overalls, but Team WTF (Witness The Fitness) was voted the winning team for their double-decker tourist bus costume!
As the hunt began, teams were excited to spend a beautiful fall afternoon exploring San Fran! They completed clues and challenges in various neighborhoods including Chinatown, The Mission, and Inner Sunset. Teams had to interpret Chinese characters to locate the Golden Gate Cookie Factory, test their martial arts skills at the Paresh Martial Arts and Yoga Center, get in touch with their inner performer at the Circus Center, receive fortunes at Misdirections Magic Shop and give back to the community by making a donation to the Women’s Building.
In the end, Tami Fields and Chris Kinnard of Team Off Constantly were crowned the winner of URBAN HUNT: San Francisco. Their final time was an impressive three hours and thirteen minutes.
Second place went to Team Crazy Crab, and in third place was Team Dynamite.
Congratulations to our top teams and to all participants.
Thanks for a memorable and fun-filled hunt!
GAME RESULTS:
1. Off Constantly- Tami Fields and Chris Kinnard 3:13:00
2. Crazy Crab- Shelbi Elkins & Nick Kapranos 3:21:00
3. Dynamite- Chris Chan & Donna Ma 3:31:00
4. Dumms- Katie Boyd & Lindsey Grant 3:34:00
5. Alacritous Mighty Pistillate (AMP)- Tracy Goins & Catherine Kvasnicka 3:36:00
6. Hot Air- Kristen Mary & Julia Nelson 3:38:00
7. Salute Your Shorts- Maggie Gryko & Carolyn Hill 3:41:00
8. Jessmeister & Carrieanthropus- Jessica Chan & Carrie Chan 3:45:00
9. Wasian- Michael French & Julia Pinces 3:47:00
10. Waldo- Bagrat Amirbekian & Salem Kimble 3:48:00
11. Megmattaron- Megan Tracz & Matt Mendell 3:52:00
12. Failure to Communicate- Jeff Hamlin& Samantha Hamlin 3:54:00
13. Who Dat- Jerome McFarland & Phebe Wang 4:04:00
14. Thunder Kittens- Jessica Ho & Jennifer Kennedy 4:07:00*
15. WTF (Witness The Fitness)- Luis Aguilar & Kelly Simonson 4:14:00
16. Swarm- Helaine Imandelbaum & Alison Vorsatz 4:18:00*
17. Family Business- Pat Albano & Adam Catigan 4:19:00*
18. Brothy- Ilana Bain & Glen Roth 4:25:00
19. Kick-Ass Ass-Kickers- John Tiernan & Michelle Vertiz 4:26:00
20. Dirty & Easy- Erin Murphey & Diana Navarro 4:35:00
21. Pop Tarts- Pamela Ringer-Britz & Nicole Semp 4:40:00*
22. YT- Kelvin Chahal & Renee Emery 4:42:00
23. GoFlo- Jason Flores & Lidsay Goodlin 5:03:00*
24. Gung Ho- Diane Hoh & Darrell Hoh 5:41:00
25. EvRy- Eveli Alcazar & Ryan Loveman 3:56:00*^
26. Team Awesome- Stephanie White & Jenny Yi 4:23:00*^
27. Rockstarz!- Marni Heinz & Stephani Settimi 5:42:00*^
28. Where’s My Partner- Eduardo Caverzasi & Monica Bucci DNF
29. Peace Yeager- Tara Peace & Hannah Yeager DNF
30. Team Fresno- Eddie Colonna & Ben Curtis DNF
*Teams that incurred a time penalty for incorrect or missing clues.
^Teams that were disqualified for not completing a mandatory clue.
Photo Gallery
Here are some of our favorite photos from Urban Hunt. You can see more of the photos we took at our Facebook page (feel free to comment and tag yourself!) or our Flickr account.
On Friday, Reality Rush ran a custom team-building event for the Executive Staff of Teach For America on the sunny beaches of Santa Monica, California! TFA was holding their annual staff training retreat and Reality Rush came in to run an afternoon of team-building challenges for the group.
The TFA Staff split up into five teams including the Yellow Team, Green Team, Gray Team, Red Team and Blue Team. After some hard-fought competitions that challenged their mental, physical, and teamwork skills, as well as reinforced the five TFA “Core Values,” it was the Blue Team that came out on top and won the coveted “Copa de Core Values” trophy.
Thanks to our TFA group for a great afternoon!
PHOTO GALLERY:
THE TIME HAS FINALLY COME (or you might say the tribe has finally spoken)…
Founders PETE BERG & JUSTIN WALTER are thrilled to announce the OFFICIAL launch of REALITY RUSH, LLC and its website www.realityrush.com.
REALITY RUSH REWIND
Ten years ago when a little show called Survivor changed the landscape of TV, it also changed the lives of what would become two avid game show fans. At the time, Chicago native Justin and New York native Pete channeled their individual passions for Reality TV competitions into planning game show adventures for family and friends. In 2007, fate brought them together in LA and since then the two have been working to turn their former hobby into the company of their dreams: REALITY RUSH.
ABOUT US
REALITY RUSH is an adventure coordination company that offers you the chance to star in your very own Reality TV games. Our events are based on popular formats such as The Amazing Race, Survivor, Big Brother, and The Mole, as well as unique events entirely of our own creation.
We offer both public and customized, full-scale private adventures that are perfect for all types of groups and events such as reunions, birthday parties, corporate outings, group team-building, and much more.
If your group is interested in a custom Reality TV inspired event, don’t hesitate to Contact Us for a quote. And stay tuned for announcements of our upcoming public events!
