It was a fun Sunday Urban Hunt yesterday, when twenty-three teams of Yelpers competed in an exclusive Yelp hunt! Contestants ranged in age from 13 years old to 67, so we had quite a bit of age diversity among a very competitive group racers. Teams included pirates, a Team P.M.S. (“Potty Mouth Sistas”), and even two Charlie Sheen-inspired teams that happened to pick the same team name: “Duh, Winning!”
Our costume contest ended up going to team Ships Ahoy, a pair of pirates who swashbuckled their way around Downtown LA and took many great photos of themselves doing various pirate hijinx throughout the city. The runners-up were Team P.M.S., whose funny t-shirts and outgoing attitudes almost got them the win.
In the first time in Urban Hunt history, we had an all-female team come in first place! The winning team was Shannon and Melissa Sardella, of team Forza Sardella. They credit their win to their Italian roots, and they wore matching t-shirts adorned with Italian flags and other symbols of Italy.
Second place went to teams DFU (Danielle Deveau & Lorenzo Patricio), who are friends and kickball teammates.
Third went to WoMo (Jim Taney & Danielle Lay), who wore Lakers shirts in support of their favorite LA basketball team.
At the finish line, teams turned Big Wangs into quite an after party, so thanks to everyone who stuck around!
We had a great time running this Urban Hunt, and we hope you had a great time too.
Results
1. Forza Sardella – Shannon Sardella & Melissa Sardella 2:54
2. DFU – Danielle Deveau & Lorenzo Patricio 3:02
3. WoMo – Jim Taney & Danielle Lay 3:04
4. Duh, Winning! – Brian Habermann & Annie Habermann 3:10
5. Outsourced – Amish Majmundar & Jessica Lau 3:13
6. Duh…Winning! – Tuanhuy Nguyenba & Christina Chan 3:12
7. Celtic Ninjas – Hazel Paraoan & John Brookins 3:19
8. The Charles Barkleys – Sergio Ponce & Audrey Keebaugh 3:22
9. The Goths – John Wiersma & Zachary Norris 3:33
10. Ships Ahoy – Narek Der-Sahakian & Narineh Shahinian 3:45*
11. ISFLY – Joye Swan & Sean Brandle 3:59
12. Vicious & Delicious – Bernadette Tomas & Patrick Tomas 3:52
13. Da Sistas – Marisa Chien & Elena Chien 3:56
14. Threat Level Midnight – Elizabeth Landau & Nick Davis 4:00
15. Liu-Lee – Roseanney Liu & Sheley Lee 4:02*
16. Team PMS (Potty Mouth Sistas) – Luci DeRose & Sandee Mata 4:14
17. The Honey Badgers – Natalie Vratney & Kelly Rossi 4:15
18. The Most Interesting Team in the World – Aaron Meadows & Caramie Huntington 4:24
19. Houdini’s Hunters – Ira Astrachan & Lee Rachel 4:25
20. The Juicehead Gorillas – Asher Kuny & Shara Krosby 4:45
21. Lige Gore Det! – Kurt Peterson & Melissa Peterson 4:50
22. Team Awesome – Tiffany & Karen 5:00
23. The Stinky Skanks – David Lee & Nammie Doan Nguyen 5:16
*Teams who received a time penalty for incomplete or incorrect clues.
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LOS ANGELES - Nearly 60 teams competed in our first Yelp exclusive Urban Hunt this Saturday in Los Angeles. Competition was fierce for the coveted first place medals, as teams set out on a course that took them to Hollywood and all over Downtown.
Teams included The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Waldo and Wanda of “Where’s Waldo” fame, construction workers and Double Dare contestants.
Our costume contest was one of the most competitive we’ve ever had, with twelve teams entering. Some of the finalists included a “Winning” Charlie Sheen, a pair of Blue Jeans, Doctors with “I’m a real Dr. [Pepper]” shirts, and a team covered head to toe in neckties. In the end, the winners were Team J2 with their “Hung Like a Horse” / Sugar Mama ensemble. Great job to everyone with their costumes!
After an afternoon of testing their wits on LA’s public transit system, our top team, The Amazing DelaTorries came in with an impressive time of 2 hours 57 minutes. 
They just barely edged out second place team Big Paw and the truYing, who reached the finish line before them, but hadn’t quite finished their final clue. The top two teams shared their secret formula with us after the race: they are both couples with a five year old kid, both men were 39 years old, and both wives were marathon runners. They definitely proved it’s a winning formula.
Third place was a three-way tie between Team TP, The Basque Teens and Blynsey, friends who worked together as a 6-person mega team throughout the day.
Thanks to everyone who competed!
Results
1. The Amazing DelaTorries – Dave Dettore & Allison Dettore 2:57
2. Big Paw and the trueYing – Trish Ying & Jerry Ying 3:01
3. TP – Russell Dahlberg & Kathryn Kulish 3:19
4. The Basque Teens – David Axelgard & Danielle Boinay 3:20
5. Blynsey – Brandon Folkman & Lynsey Davis 3:20
6. Ratso Rizzo – Peter Phillips & Christina Kim 3:23
7. Shidoshi Tanaka – Jacqueline Mante & JR Rigor 3:26
8. Tiger Balm – Lloyd Lee & Jen Tran 3:43
9. Ghetto Birds – Amy Garrett & Rose Shannon 3:44
10. Waldos – Sabrina Landworth & Nick Roberts 3:44
11. Victorious Secret – Ashley Diestel & Maggie Sanchez-Corea 3:45
12. The Winners – Marcy Schaubeck & Matthew Schaubeck 3:58
13. Rising – Nick Tran & Keren Chung 3:58
14. Ivan & Connie – Connie Vuong & Ivan Liu 3:58
15. Dynamic Duo – Taylin Tran & Quang Nguyen (1106?) 3:58
16. Jello – Lewis Yang & Jill Chang 4:01*
17. The Ninjas – Ann Shih & Noel Alday 4:02
18. Girls Just Want to Have Fun – Elaine Wang & Grace Jeng 4:02
19. Fang Bangers – Blake Adams & Ashley Dirks 4:02
20. SLO Sistas – Carla Martin & Lilly Acuna 4:03
21. Team Rarson – Erin Regan & Kris Larson 4:05
22. Muy Tie – Jeremy Norried & Richard Davis 4:09
23. Pair of Blue Jeans – Jennifer Tisor & Charles Norrid 4:11
24. The Engineers – Shaneen Rowe & Becky Wachs 4:17
25. J^2 – Julie Cheung & Josh Lovison 4:24
26. Team 1094 4:24
27. Doctors – Elizabeth Tsay & Robert Gire 4:28
28. The Sexy Stemis – Mimi Nguyen & Stephen Li 4:33
29. Victorious Ninjas – Elaine Reodica & Victor Shyu 4:33
30. Mostly Penguins – Erisa Hines & Tony Vanelli 4:40
31. Awesome – Jubel Chen & Alice Wang 4:41
32. Clueless Geniuses?!? – Sean Kobayashi & Michelle Kobayashi 4:44
33. Team Bobbyan – Robert Mo & Yan Wang 4:45*
34. Bromance – Brian Nguyen & Garry Trinh 4:48
35. Savage Thrills – William Baier & Savannah Watson 4:49
36. Charlie Sheen (We’re Winning) – Tim Malott & Janice Varney-Hamlin 4:49
37. Red Devils – Rashma Agarwal & Sree Pinnamaneni 4:56
38. Roller Dirby Dolls – Yves Pham & Sally Ly 4:58
39. ASAP – Andrew Santiago & Angelic Peralta 5:06
40. Aubaru – Santhony Shawn & Richard Lee 5:15
41. Who Dat – Jenny Himel & Norman Himel 5:17
42. Seanelle – Sean Wang & Michelle Yu 5:23
43. Huffles & Whoozies – Kevin Saito & Kristen Duvall 5:23
44. Double Trouble – Kelly Carter & Marhs Reed 6:00**
45. Apps R Us – Kathleen Niemeyer & Kenneth Elowe 6:18***
46. Slightly Disabled – John Bates & Kristin Saito 6:26***
47. Team Gire – Mike Gire & Jennifer Gire 6:48***
48. The Inspector Gadgets – Danielle Woo & Megan Albertson 7:04****
49. Dream Team – Katherine Trujillo & Kelly Soto 7:05****
50. Gals At Work – Clara Chau & Irene Kan
51. The Sius – Kenny Siu & Catherine Siu
52. The Mad Hatters – Anand Gupta & Anu Gupta
53. JoMauMau – Joice Huang & Maureen Hsu
54. TR – Wendy Levitt & JR Weinberg
55. The Geeks – James Schaubeck & Erica Lopez
56. Lost and Confused – Debi Landrie & Nicole Polk
57. Awesome Possum – HongDao Nguyen & Franco Romualdez
58. Hallelujah Hollaback – Daniel Yi & Luke Lee
* Teams incurring time penalties for incomplete or incorrect clues. A time penalty of 30 minutes was added for each skipped clue.
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Yelpers: If you bought a voucher, click here to register for Urban Hunt.
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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NOV, 20 2010: URBAN HUNT: LOS ANGELES tested the true competitive spirit of our hunters. With forecasts (wrongly) predicting a day drenched in rain, our competitors in attendance proved a threat of bad weather wouldn’t ruin their day! The Hunt started off with our costume contest that included Team Greasy Monkeys who were ready to get their hands dirty, Team Interstitials who were dog-gone it excited to race and crowd favorite and winner Team Magic who were ready to pull a win out of their hat!
As the hunt began, teams took off in all different directions heading to various Downtown neighborhoods to solve clues and challenges.
After successful hunting, it came down to the closest foot race we’ve ever seen for the win! With near flawless execution and strategy, Team We Dream of Amazing Race was crowned the winner of URBAN HUNT: Los Angeles edging out Team 2Legit2Quit by only 60 seconds.
This was the first time William Tong and Katie Kondo of Team We Dream of Amazing Race had ever competed in this type of competition and their love for The Amazing Race made them a force to be reckoned with. Also new to adventure races was third place Team Interstitials and fourth place Hurricane Hurlic so a big congratulations to our top teams and all of our competitors.
GAME RESULTS:
1. We Dream of Amazing Race- William Tong & Katie Kondo 3:14:00
2. 2Legit2Quit- Hannah Levin & Stephanie Pollok 3:15:00
3. The Interstitials- Patrick Cunningham & Michelle Weisbaum 3:40:00
4. Hurricane Hurlic- Tam Hurlic & Kelly Hurlic 3:50:00
5. Sanduners- Amy Horst & AJ Woodsum 4:01:00*
6. Orange- Laura Scarpati & Jason Fisher 4:19:00
7. Team Magic- Cary Kingdom & Leroy Warner 4:20:00
8. Greasy Monkeys- Caitlin McCarthy & Keeley McCarthy 4:35:00
9. Goonies- Jackie Levine & Sarah Smith 4:41:00*
10. Quad M- Mike Mondi & Marla Montgomery 4:50:00
11. GoGo Luckey- Chris Burt & Amanda Ahmad 4:55:00
12. Hurricane Hurlic 2.0- Troy Brown & Folami Lacy 5:00:00*
13. KevCath- Kevin Lee & Cathy Hou DNF
*Teams that incurred a time penalty for incorrect or missing clues.
PHOTOS
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