Competitive rockcrawling has been working its way around the U.S. since organized series were started back in 1999. Since that time dozens of series have popped up around the country and the competitive spirit that we have watched for years on the trails has been refined into an organized system. Events are running nearly every weekend in this country as well as others, but no event is esteemed as highly as the UROC World Championship SuperCrawl.
Every year the SuperCrawl is moved to a different location. In 2004 UROC built the first man-made course just two weeks prior to SuperCrawl III. This year, the 2006 World Championship SuperCrawl V was held in Phoenix at Firebird International Raceway. Despite a flood of naysayers, the course proved formidable and offered plenty of rockcrawling action. In 2005 SuperCrawl IV was built on a foundation of Polystyrene blocks at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Completed in just three days, SuperCrawl IV was held in conjunction with the SEMA show, and automotive enthusiasts from around the world witnessed extreme rockcrawling for the first time. Bitten by the bug, many went home to build their own rockcrawlers in hopes of a title in 2006. In the end, BFGoodrich Tires' Tracy Jordan and Brad Lovell took the cup home in the Super Modified and Modified classes respectfully.
For more information on next year's events, contact UROC at www.uroc.com.
Dean "The Iceman" Bulloch was one of the few to finish obstacle 3. | 
Contestants from around the globe participated in this year's SuperCrawl. Here, Australia's Peter Antunac tries an obstacle, finishing the event in 15th place. | 
Dallas Luttrell of Team Shark Attack shows the crowd how it's done. We like the trend toward skins over the buggy frames, even if it's a fake shark. |
The Modified class saw Japan's Naouzumi Tsuda with his unique FJ Cruiser working his way through the courses. Running the new competition Nitto Mud Grapplers, team Tsuda ran the course while putting their heart and soul into the last obstacle, until they were turned over by a near-vertical wall in the last seconds. | 
Larry Trimm of Trail Ready trips the lights fantastic with a great save, instead of going over. This year's event had plenty of action of the crashing, bashing, and smoking-tires style. | |