BOB MILLER
Bob has excelled in multiple endurance sports including marathons, triathlons and mountain bike events. Since devoting himself full time to Adventure Racing in 1999, Bob has become one of the world’s top competitors. He is Captain, Navigator and Chief Strategist of Team Supplierpipeline, Canada’s top adventure racing squad. In 2006, Bob led the team to a fourth place finish at Primal Quest 2006. Since 2001, Bob has coached hundreds of athletes on the specific skills and techniques required to become successful, and regularly provides Adventure Race Training Programs throughout Ontario. Since 2003, Bob has designed and co-directed over 30 adventure races of all lengths for Frontier and others, and helped grow the sport of off-road triathlon in Canada by co-directing Ontario’s first Xterra race.
LAWRENCE FOSTER
Lawrence is a seasoned veteran of adventure racing
with several wins and many races around the world under
his belt. When he is not racing, Lawrence has
also designed world-class race courses, including the
2004 Adventure
Racing World Championship course. In addition to
being a very strong and accomplished athlete (former
elite level mountain biker) Lawrence was the captain
of Rope Rescue for Sault Ste. Marie Search and Rescue
Team, the largest volunteer SAR Ops in North America,
and a Reconnaissance Technician/Instructor with the
Canadian Armed Forces Reserves. He also ran a sea kayak
and rock/ice climbing guiding company and is an accomplished
mountaineer. His incredible wilderness savvy,
mental toughness and competitive drive have pushed the
team to new heights.

TRISH WESTMAN
Starting racing at the age of 12, Trish quickly
developed as a natural athlete skiing, running and mountain
biking in the boundless outdoor playground of Sault
Ste. Marie, ON. While at University she raced as a pro/elite
mountain biker where she was a top provincial rider
and was a medalist at the University Games in Nordic
Skiing. She began adventure racing in 1999 and quickly
proved herself as one of Canada’s best while racing
with Teams Supplierpipeline and Holofiber.
GEOFF LANGFORD
As an avid adventure racer since 1999, and the owner
and Race Director of
Frontier Adventure Racing since 2002, Geoff has seen
adventure racing from all sides. His experience includes
racing nearly everything in Canada, from sprints to
expeditions, and international races including Africa
Quest and the Southern Traverse. He co-created and race
directed the Inner Limits Urban Adventure Race in Calgary,
and since stepping into the helm at Frontier, Geoff
has observed competitors in every high and low, seen
all the tricks and errors, gained an in-depth understanding
of landscape and its affect on competitors, and watched
good teamwork save the day and bad teamwork decimate
a team.
JIM COFFEY
Since 1984, Jim has been leading expeditions, training
guides and teaching canoeing, kayaking, first aid, swiftwater
rescue and ecological awareness throughout Canada,
the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, India, Asia,
Africa, Australia and New Zealand. He first introduced
the SRT program to Eastern Canada in 1989 and became
the first certified SRT1 and SRT2 instructor east of
the Rockies. In 1992 he founded Esprit, an Ottawa Valley
adventure travel company which specializes in whitewater
tours and training. His accomplishments include being
a Canadian Team member for C2 whitewater slalom racing,
as well as the captain of four Canadian Rafting Championship
teams at the World Rafting Championships. Jim is a registered
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and an active Fellow
of the Royal Geographical Society.
ERIN COFFEY
As an avid whitewater kayaker, Erin brings along 16
years worth of paddling experience when teaching instructor
trainer courses for kayaking across North America. Complimenting
her kayaking skills, Erin is also certified as an instructor
with both Rescue 3 International for swiftwater rescue
and with SOLO for wilderness first aid. Having paddled
as part of Team Esprit Canada at two World Rafting Championships,
Erin then captained two Canadian championship women’s
teams before retiring from the competitive scene. As
a co-owner of Esprit, Erin divides her year between
managing a thriving outdoor adventure company, leading
whitewater based adventure travel programs on rivers
around the world and providing instructional courses
for first aid, swiftwater rescue and the LNT (Leave
No Trace) wilderness ethics program. When time permits,
you’ll find Erin slogging it out in the swamps adventure
racing with Team Canusa.
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