Inside The Tribe

Tribal Clash in the time of Corona: what now for live events? In this episode we talk about the past six months and the challenges we navigated as a company: Australia, South Africa, a missing leg and a missing container, and our plans for 2021. As a live events company we were directly in the […]

We had a chat with Mark and Ben of Team Hood & A Pirate (CrossFit Nottingham) after their third consecutive Tribal Clash Portugal victory on Praia Almargem. Mark and Ben gave some insights into the unique chemistry and work ethic in their team; “You always hear when someone does well that it was because they […]

Billy Hannah is the Voice of Tribal Clash. He is the MC on the beach ushering the athletes into their lanes, shouting ‘rotate’ several dozen times, and calling ‘time time time!’ at time cap. His bad jokes and announcements have been a fixture at Tribal Clash ever since the first event on Blackpool Sands Beach […]

Paulo Matos was the team captain of the 2nd placing CrossFit Aberdeen team in Tribal Clash Portugal 2018. His team was at the centre of one of the most memorable moments in Tribal Clash history; at the end of a brutal 50-minute Final, where teams got eliminated along the way, until there were two teams […]

We met with Charlie Cust from Unit6 to talk about team training, why it is important to have your style game on point, and how he got hooked on Tribal Clash. In this hugely entertaining, and mostly workplace safe episode, you find out about Charlie’s plans to assemble a team to take on Australia next […]

In this episode we preview the upcoming Tribal Clash Portugal, the biggest Tribal Clash to date! We give some fun facts about the teams competing, talk through the format changes and new twists in the competition, and of course discuss who are the teams to watch! If you are competing on Praia Almargem on the […]

What makes a successful Tribal Clash team? What are the characteristics, what skills do the athletes need that are different from solo competitors? Find out what Andrew Barker thinks is the most important skill above everything else.

We discuss our plans for Tribal Clash, and some of the challenges in growing an international event series. What is primal fitness and why primal fitness is inclusive for all? What are the business models available for organisers of participatory sports events and where do we sit? We also discuss the state of sponsorship and […]

In this episode we talk about team programming. What is team work capacity? What is a true test of team fitness, as opposed to a test of 6 individuals? Find out!