Alaska off Road Warriors ; on History Channel

[jckkys]

The History Channel is advertising a new show that features 4x4 teams competing in an expedition type cross country run. I didn't see any EBs, but I like the idea of an event that embodies what off roading is really all about.

 

[sprdv1]

Looks like a cool show. I'll be recording it

 

[Desert Thrasher]

When does it air?

 

[jckkys]

Nov. 30 at 10PM EST.

 

[ILikeBond]

Yup, looks cool. Only previews so far... maybe they're waiting for the show to reveal the ultimate wheeling machine.

 

[399strokerEB]

Cant wait to see how this turns out %)

 

[thepunisher]

Alright alright alright.

 

[motoman]

Can't wait to check it out....

 

[half cab]

Hope they don't have'ta use that word beeper to much!

 

[ransil]

I can hear it now, over hyped TV drama , bet first tire goes flat or comes off a bead it will sound like the end of the world.

 

[bronco1017]

Think they will find gold too???? Hahaha... Hope it is worth the watch.

 

[Whoaa]

I live just North of Anchorage about 70 miles and can tell you 3 things for sure.

1) Alaska reality shows seem to be popular right now, it seems like they're always making more of them. But the *real* reality is that its cold and dark here for a good part of the year, you guys aren't missing anything.

2) Because we are such a small market and a small population the few off-road enthusiaist we do have truly envy real place's to go 4 wheelin like you guys have in the states, there simply isn't many choices anywhere here. We have very little road system for such a HUGE state, you guys have many, MANY more options than we have here...plus the ability to drive somewhere, we can't drive anywhere.

3) The very limited choices we do have are MUD, or MUD,... or MUD....oh yeah and SNOW -which is bette suited for a snowmachine.

I'm just drooling for the opportunity and chance to bringing one of rigs down to dessert Southwest region of the states.

 

[WheelHorse]

I live just North of Anchorage about 70 miles and can tell you 3 things for sure.

1) Alaska reality shows seem to be popular right now, it seems like they're always making more of them. But the *real* reality is that its cold and dark here for a good part of the year, you guys aren't missing anything.

2) Because we are such a small market and a small population the few off-road enthusiaist we do have truly envy real place's to go 4 wheelin like you guys have in the states, there simply isn't many choices anywhere here. We have very little road system for such a HUGE state, you guys have many, MANY more options than we have here...plus the ability to drive somewhere, we can't drive anywhere.

3) The very limited choices we do have are MUD, or MUD,... or MUD....oh yeah and SNOW -which is bette suited for a snowmachine.

I'm just drooling for the opportunity and chance to bringing one of rigs down to dessert Southwest region of the states.

A realist...I appreciate that fact.

 

[ransil]

I have watch a lot of them shows and always think , yea alaska is nice, then I think about the winter and figure its twice as long and cold as it is where I'm currently at.
I'm getting too old for this shit..

 

[motoman]

Thanks for the reality check Whooa! The door is always open here in the southwest when you are ready!

But when the weather is fair in Alaska you just can't beat the backdrop you guys have! Incredible mountains and sky!

 

[Mark]

I can hear it now, over hyped TV drama , bet first tire goes flat or comes off a bead it will sound like the end of the world.

yeah, but that's how they do it. I don't mind the hype over little things, it's still interesting and entertaining for me.
Heck I'm easy, I'm anxious to see the guy get swallowed by an Anaconda while wearing what looks like a deep see diving outfit. lol

 

[Hank_]

Watched this show last night and unfortunately it was as I expected. A bunch of made up drama and people bitching and complaining. Also people flying around off road with no seat belts on. Seems like some of the stupidity should have been eliminated to make the show better. Oh well, I will probably watch it again just because there isn't much out there for off roading. I do like the scenery of Alaska though. I hope to visit there some day and see it for myself.

Hank

 

[Bronco1970man]

I watched it last night, and, hmm...seemed way overly dramatic and the rigs on the show weren't all that. Pretty weak if you ask me. There are a ton of rigs I see regularly on this forum that would drive circles around those POSs on that show. Drama.%)

But, I'll probably watch it again, as like said before, not much on the boob tube related to offroading.

 

[Mountain Ram]

They were a bunch of butt-monkeys except the SuperJeep guy. That Jeep used to run 47 LTBs and I have seen several pics on Pirate 4x4 where he is a true wheeler. I think they made him run smaller tires for the show.

A couple of the trucks run open diffs and even IFS... Gotta love the Mullets though!!

I didnt like how they were portraying the sport and have to agree somewhat with the Rover guy (nice rig) that running down trees was unnecessary. The narrator kept saying they were blazing trails when in actuality they were running on established mining trails.

They went the wrong route with this. They should have had a real offroader design the 'race'. Timed events are OK, but the rules of off roading should be adhered to- including helping out stranded fellow wheelers- could have given extra time for this stuff!

I will continue to watch, but it will be a short lived program.

 

[muskrat]

Watched it last night. Pretty good. The guy driving the Rover is a jerk. Mr Alaska came in 4th place and lost to some lower 48 guys. Started bitching about the others not treading lightly. Frankly they had no choice but to drive over downed trees.