Goleta, Calif. (Mtn Press)-If someone offered you $10,000 to fulfill your dream adventure, how would you spend it?
That's the question Teva is asking. The new Teva Life Agent program offers $10,000 awards to help support anyone with a dream for big adventure. “The Teva Life Agent program is a personification of our brand,” states Teva Global Content Manager, Liz Ferrin. “Teva products are built for adventure and through this program we want to help some deserving individuals realize their own dreams of adventure.” Teva Life Agent awards will be considered for any kind of adventure and will not be strictly limited to athletic pursuits. Award recipients will be required to complete their adventure within a year of submission, and will be asked to share their stories through blog posts, photos and videos. The current panel of Life Agents represents a cross-section of people that at first glance may not have much in common. However, at their core - they have one quality that sets them apart - they are experts at leading a life of adventure. WADE DAVIS: Wade is an anthropologist, photographer and filmmaker whose work has taken him from the Amazon to Tibet, from the Arctic to Africa, living for extended periods among indigenous communities, learning and recording their complex rituals and customs, and their uses of plants as food, medicine and psychotropic agents. The author of 13 books, he is currently an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society. JEFF LENOSKY: Jeff is a pioneer in the world of professional freeride and trials mountain biking. He is a three-time US National Champion and holds the World Record for the Bunny Hop - a high jump event using a full-size mountain bike. His bike has taken him around the world for competitions, riding demonstrations and film and photo shoots. KICK KENNEDY: Kick is the granddaughter of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the eldest daughter of environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. She is a student at Stanford University, where she is majoring in history with an emphasis on literature and the arts. Kick starred in the MacGillivray Freeman IMAX film, Teva presents: ?Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk? in 2008. She recently completed an ascent of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Kick is an ambassador for the Waterkeeper Alliance. JASON GOLDWATCH: Jason Goldwatch is a filmmaker, photographer, and co-founder of Decon - a record label and creative advertising agency. Jason has shot films and videos on nearly every continent. Jason is one half of Media Muerte - an experimental performance art duo with renowned music producer and DJ, The Alchemist. JOHN GRACE: John Grace is originally from Indiana where his father introduced him to kayaking at nine years old. Upon graduating from Indiana University in 1998 John has since dedicated more than a decade of his life searching for adventure from his kayak. Accomplishments range from over 50 first descents in countries all over the world to being recognized by National Geographic as Adventurer of the Year. You can find John planning his next trip on the banks of the famous Green River in Asheville, N.C. where he presides over a video production company and produces LVM, a quarterly kayaking DVD. |