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Team Everyman Jack? I am fairly certain they are still around but I don’t know where they are in the application process

Thank you! I did run across that team as well in my research and have added to my list.

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Team Wattie Ink applications open around mid-to-late September usually. But yes, 2021 applications are closed and all athletes for the 2021 Hit Squad and Elite Teams have been notified.

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Washed up footy player turned Triathlete.

Appreciate the reply!

There’s a “Dimond Factory Pilot” team, currently taking applications. I think you get a pretty good discount on a bike and a kit, maybe some other discounts/benefits. I’m not on the team so don’t actually know.

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No problem.

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Added! Thanks!

Blueseventy. (Might be closed now.)
SFuels is open.

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Will add! THANKS!

I have been around the sport for 35 years.

I don't get the point of age group teams that are spread around a country.

I see the point of a club that is local that you train with often. Other than that, this is an individual sport. There is nothing that your teammate does at another race in another part of the country or even the same race that affects your race outcome.

I played several team sports at a reasonably high level in high school before converging in individual sport in college and as an adult. Other than searching for a feeling of belonging and someone else makes you feel special by allowing you to be in their select group, and do marketing from them, I never so the upside.

Obviously cycling teams both pro and amateur make a ton of sense. Triathlon team other than national teams picked for an international meet where you're trying to get country standings, I am not sure what the point is.

So ask yourself what benefit you are seeking. Team sports you have to "make the team" because only the team gets to compete. If you don't make the cut you don't get to compete. In triathlon, you can compete without making the cut for any team.

Cupcake Cartel. I think applications just closed tho.

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Prob some local teams in your area, that could be of more value since it would give you people to go ride / workout with.

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There is only 1 Tri club in my area and next closest is a few hours away unfortunately.

Excellent point. It’s more about the community for me. I don’t have an active local community (not active enough for my liking at least) so I am looking for others to communicate with, bounce ideas off of, learn new tips/tricks, talk shop, and generally commiserate with. I do understand your position though for sure.

Can you create your own local club if you want one with different themes or values. Then you can actually do something with them and train together.

If your team is remote, you can bounce ideas off way smarter people on ST because we have a world of knowledge around here that is going to be way superior to what any distributed team can provide. I see no point in a remote team unless it makes you feel like you "made a squad" and you get a feeling of prestige and external validation out of it. If you look at a distributed team objectively and what our sport is about, I am not sure what value they provide.

I'll just ask you to objectively think about what you want to get out of being selected by such a team. A local club, by all means, go for that. They provide lots of value. A team over the internet, well just develop your own network/personal team of like minded high caliber people to virtually connect up with.

If only there was an online community, perhaps a forum, where you could do that. I think you might be onto something.... ;)

Nah, that’ll never happen

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Dan does not give us cool gear and have exclusive club banners, kit and sponsor logos all over Alii drive in Kona. Sadly he allows all of us onto this platform and his party in Kona. Unfortunately ST is the "all access team". So no one can feel exclusive in their kits and parties.

Touche’

I know this is pink, but Dan does offer plenty of discounts to those that sign up to receive emails.

Dev, as usual you make good points. I enjoy the proximity benefits of our local team much more than I likely would one of the brand-representing (coaching/ clothing/ bikes/ etc) teams.

At the same time, I see both the practical and fun benefits of such teams. There is a human yearning for “tribe”, and showing up to big events and seeing members of your tribe can enhance the experience, especially if you know them from forums, training camps, etc. I had a small taste of that at ITU worlds in Chicago - the parade, the race, walking around.

On a different level, were I a really high-performing athlete I see the benefits of a Team Everyman Jack or a Team Timex (RIP?) where you have training camps and connection with other athletes at your level. That, however, is not a problem I will ever be faced with 😂

Back to the OP’s question, I have (faster) friends on this team. Is is fairly local to us, so they get a bit of the best of both worlds:

http://www.stellafly.com/teamstellafly/

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Dan needs to start (re-start??) selling jerseys and other swag. Dammit, I pay an exorbitant membership fee every year, I should get something back, you know??

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I agree. Keep kit color uniform same every year. unlike other teams requiring you to get a new one each year

I get it now Dev, you're salty about not ordering the team kit from Emilio...

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If what you're looking for is an online community (plus some gear discounts and whatnot) then also take a look at Endurance Nation. Their forum has been a little quiet during Covid times but it's normally pretty active and a very good source of info from very seasoned members, without the ST snark (for better or worse), and they have several very active live chat groups on Geneva (just migrated from GroupMe). They host several Zwift races and group rides each week, and always have a strong showing at all the major races. I guess it's not a "team" in the same sense as some of the other teams mentioned here, in that anyone can join, but it seems like it ticks a lot of the boxes you listed.

Couldn’t agree more with this. I added Stellafly, but they are closed for apps right now

Base Performance (https://www.baseperformance.com), Base is a great team with many members across North America. This team is very social at many of the large races and holds team camps in Florida and Boulder each year (this year was a little different).

An awesome addition to the list! Never heard of this team but looks great! I added to list. Thanks!

Thanks for starting this thread. I am in the same boat as you and was looking for discussion on AG Triathlon Teams.

I didn't know that there was any type of application process for AG teams until about this time last year. I then applied to 5 teams. I was turned down to two teams, accepted to two teams, and have not idea what the deal was with the fifth team. I got confirmation that they had received my application but never got an acceptance or rejection letter.

I joined the Kiwami Team. It was a good experience for me. I live in Oklahoma and there is only one other member of the team in the state so I only got to do one race this year with another team member (a Super Sprint Duathlon in Guthrie, OK where both the Kiwami team member in the state raced). I tried to get the other team member to do a Duathlon Team with me at the Regional Championship thinking that we could win the event, but we weren't able to make that event work out for a team so I race individually placing 6th overall and 3rd over all master). Yes, there were team races set up and I planned on going the USAT AG National meet with about 20 other people on the team, but that didn't happen. Our team camp was canceled too. So, the extent of our activeness as a team consisted of 1) a supportive Strava team where I tried to keep up with my team mates on our team leader board and I got lots of Kudos and encouragement from team members 2) An active FaceBook group that was closed to the team where people could post race results (again not many this year), epic training workout completed, share news going on in the sport, ideas for staying motivated, etc. 3) We also had a Trainer Roads team where we had a custom PFT builder program shared with the team, 4) I don't Zwift, but there was a Zwift team too, and 4) we all signed up for the two weeks of free Rouvy and did a 56 mile team ride on Rouvy coupled with a Zoom call one weekend. Since we didn't get any VIP time with out brand sponsors at the team camp 5) our bike sponsor set up a conference call with the team where we got a lot of the insider information on their top secret new market development and got to discuss ways to make our team partnership more active and interactive. Our team had a few elite triathletes, tons of AG competitive team members, may who are certified USAT coaches, many have raced Kona, etc. It is a great community. but as an national team that was spread across a dozen time zones was an online community so it is not the same experience you would would have with a local tri club that gets together every week for an OWS, long bike ride, or speed work at the track. I live in a small town that doesn't even have a lap swimming pool or a bike shop for 50 miles and the closes Tri Club is 2 hours away so the on-line team was perfect for me. They did get me in some top of the line race gear which was a added bonus too and I did use some of the Discount Codes for our team partners to save money on shoes and race-day nutrition. Since we weren't able to do any team races this year, there was some talk of keeping the same team for 2021 and just making 2020 a bye year. We haven't got any final word on this yet so there is a possibility that there will be an application for the team open up in a few weeks. Many of these AG team may be in similar situations so I wouldn't be surprised to see some of them open up their application process in late October and November and would say to keep checking back on the teams that don't appear to be open.

Great info! I thought it was a good list to make too as I could not find a consolidated list of AG teams out there and assumed I was not the only one with interest.

ORR wheels
https://orrcycling.com/...-factory-racing-team

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Smashfest Queen - This is an all girls team that a girl I ran cross country with in highschool is on. The deadline for the 2021 team was 10/18/2020.

I will add for future reference

Here are two more that could be added to the list.

USA Triathlon Foundation team Newton (Open)

Suunto Multisport (Seems to be closed) I know someone on this team.

Will add, thanks!

Thanks for putting this list together. Here is the link for information on the BASE Team, which I personally run. Dev - I think you will see if you read this link that there are all different types of teams out there. Different strokes for different folks. Every Man Jack for example are all super fast. My group is comprised of team members who are not near let's say LA Tri Club, or Golden Gate Tri Club. Perhaps the closest local club is 2 hours away. So the athlete wants a community. Want to join teammates for dinner when they travel all day to an IM event. And not "eat dinner alone" That is the type of things these national teams bring to the table.

https://www.baseperformance.com/blogs/base-performance/p-strong-join-the-2021-base-team-and-family-p-strong

There is also the Betty women's team.

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Coeur Sports ( https://www.coeursports.com/...2021-ambassador-team) also has a women's team. Just announced for 2021 but for future reference, there's no cost to join, no purchases required and Ambassadors get a Free Kit.

I will add!

I will add!

  
Here's one more for the list.

MX Endurance Aussie based with a global reach. Started by Macca. Applications for 2021 are now open.

Been a member for the past two years and have enjoyed being part of this team. Good perks as well.

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Awesome! Will add

Acceptance to the Full Send Ambassador team gives you the right to pay $90 for a hat, pair of socks, water bottle, and a coaster. Lol.

Thanks for the clarification. I was kind of confused by their new three tier Full Send team. The top team said that you get the best discounts and it was a lower cost if I remember correctly, then their was the middle team that got lower benefits than the first team (i.e. lower discounts and I think higher cost to join) and then the bottom team that got even lower discounts than the middle team. I was excited about applying for Full Send in 2019, but the tier things was a real turn off this year. You can't be everything to everyone. If Full Send is going to be a team of really fast people that dominate at ever race they go to then they need to make that their brand and not do anything else because any effort that is not in line with that goal is working against it and leaves a negative impact on the team. Are their sponsors really going to offer a team discount and only let some of the team have the 40% discount and other only a 20% discount and others only a 10% discount? Of course not so what ever Full Send is doing seems like a good way to destroy team unity. I am a masters athlete and have learned over decades and decades that there are great athletes that are terrible coaches and great coaches that were/are terrible athletes. This moved seemed like a great athlete making a terrible coaching decision to me. The only draw to full send was that they were a team that didn't care about brand sponsorship, social footprint, etc. They just wanted to race hard and race together so that they could support and lift each other in the sport. They seem like sell outs and hypocrites now.

Suunto and Wattie Ink does this already.

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Here's the full deal. Kind of interesting how they decided on the "Development" or Ambassador based on USAT scores. Looks like 30% off their store. Not too appealing I won't be taking the bait.

All,

(please read this in its entirety)

Intro
What an honor it is to be able to bring together such a passionate, dedicated, and inspiring group of athletes. If you are receiving this email that means we have decided to bring you into the Full Send family on the Ambassador Team.

If you are curious how we decided Development vs. Ambassador we went based off of USAT scores as they are reflections of your performances normalized for the course and conditions. e.g. a 2 hour Olympic race on a challenging course in the sweltering heat is going to have a higher score than the same time on an easy course under perfect conditions. We looked at your top 2-3 scores and took an average. Over 89 (85 for ladies) put you on the Development team. If you do not have a USAT number where we could verify race results we placed you on the ambassador squad as well (sorry Canadians).

Either way, as ambassadors you all show the amount of passion, dedication, enjoyment and fulfilment you get out of the sport whether you are finishing 1st, 10th, or 20th. It is our hope that you can be smiling, positive, hard working, goofy, passionate role models and advocates for triathlon in racing, in training, on social media, and in your local communities.

There are plenty of people right near that 89 score number so we hope that for you all we can work hard and have some good performances in the upcoming year. Always striving for improvements!!

Next Steps
We have a sweet welcome package for you. Please follow this link and complete checkout as soon as possible to cement your spot on the team. https://www.fullsendtriathlon.com/...-member-package-2021

The password to enter is ""

It includes:
- 1 Boco Run hat
- 1 Pair of socks
- 1 or 2 coasters
- 1 Water bottle (Based on availability first come first serve so the sooner you checkout the better. We slightly underestimated. I think probably 85-90% of people will get one.)
- 1 Coffee Mug (based on availability. If you don't get a water bottle you'll get a mug. After that it is first come first serve. Again 85-90% should get a mug.)

If you are interested in adding any other items we have in stock you can do that as well by navigating to the regular shop page https://www.fullsendtriathlon.com/shop and adding items to your cart before checking out.

You can use discount code "" at checkout for 30% off everything on the regular shop page.

More Info
I apologize for the slight hiccup on the missed quantities of water bottles and mugs so please forgive me. We'll probably throw in an extra pair of socks for those who don't get a water bottle since we should have enough to do that.

The welcome package won't ship until later in November


For Covid related reasons we just found out, we were forced to slightly expedite the whole process here. We are awaiting the shipment of socks which should come in the following couple weeks and then we will get the welcome packages out ASAP.

Final Notes
I will be around with more communications to you guys in the near future. Until then Full Send.


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Maybe edit out the phone number and discount codes there...

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Good catch, then again, I don’t think there’s too much danger of us using this code to pay $90 for those 5 items!!

Lol ya get in line for a pair of socks and a mug.

Justin Lippert majored in math in college and will be able to do more things with numbers and equations that I will likely be able to do. He understands the theory and math behind the way the USAT rank system was set up but like I said earlier in this thread it discriminates by age. The USAT Age Group Nationals earn team points by your AG placing not by your over all placing so I am surprised that math guy would take a 24 year old guy that is getting his butt kicked in his age group with a USAT score of 90 over an 57 year old guy who is an All American and dominating his Age Group with a USAT score of 88.

Not exactly like that. I suppose it's "tiered" between Hit Squad and Elite Racing Team. But I know for a fact that not everyone on the elite team is fast and the biggest thing they get over the Hit Squad is no membership fee. After that, kit costs the same, discounts are the same, etc.

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Hey man/woman - I don't know what you were trying to achieve by posting this email publicly along with my phone number and info meant mainly for those who the email was originally sent to, but it kind of makes you look like a jackass. If you are proud of that action, why don't you reply with your real name so everyone can see?

Anyway - For anyone else who acts respectfully and may stumble upon this thread in the future - The main reason we decided to split the team this year is because what past members love about Full Send is the 'small team/community' feel. While we are mostly spread across the country and in-person meetings are sparse, our team communication channels along with their social media accounts are a place where the athletes really become invested in each others goals and successes.

We wanted to expand the team but also keep that small community feel. This is the main reason why we split into 3 subdivisions. Elite is mainly athletes who have their pro license, and a very small amount of AGers who are well on their way to their pro license. After that, we split Development and Ambassador between the rest. The idea here is to keep a small community feel within each squad but also have a larger team altogether. Y'all are right in saying that there aren't many technical differences between the squads because their isn't - same gear, same prices, etc. We may have some specific offerings in the ways of gear, events, activities, etc. for each squad but that is TBD. We do have a couple sponsors who offer different deals for our pro athletes - because they like to support them and it looks good to have your products being used by pros.

Maybe this is a wrong direction to go, and if so we will adapt in the future. For now we'll see how it plays out and how the athletes like it.

If this isn't something you are interested in, that's fine as well. It is not for everybody.

Best wishes to all -
JL

Ohhh geeez. I assume Justin=Boundless. Agreed, poor form.

There is nothing wrong with building a/your community. People will always have an opinion. Kudos to you for building a brand and team.

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Hey JaBuddyG,

I don't have much to go on as a comparison as this is the first big AG team I have joined. But here are my thoughts.

It's a great and very active community. Lots of chat and support via the private group on Facebook. Questions about kit, racing, training etc. get answered very quickly.

I am a bit isolated from most of the members as I am in Japan, but I look forward to the day that international travel is up and running again so I can join the training camps and some of the big races that members will be at.

My key perks:

Free training plans
50% discount on Today's Plan (moved over from Training Peaks)
Excellent team kit at discounted prices with some freebees
Big discounts on QR bikes (I ride a PR6)
Big discounts on quality gear partners like Enve, On, Blue Seventy, Swozzi, Scicon, Amp Human and more.
Podcasts they do are great.


Can't think of any negatives. Will renew for 2021.


Don't think you will have any regrets.


Cheers,


Keren

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The 2021 Kiwami Team Applications are now open.