About Us:

SteelSports.net, LLC is a company that was formed February, 2002 with the objective of providing high quality events, so friends and families could spend time together as well as compete against themselves and others. The first event was a 12-hour adventure race at Tyler State Park known as the "Pain in the Pines Adventure Race". This annual race was filmed in 2004 by Texas Parks and Wildlife and shown on PBS in the Texas October line-up.

Steel Sports aims to provide events that are beginner friendly, but also challenging enough to give veteran racers something to tell their kids about! If you think you would like to participate in an event, feel free to contact us for help. You can also post to the forum any questions you may have from other racers. We're here to help you have fun!

Rodney Skyles, CEO, Race Director and Course Designer

Rodney Skyles is originally from Shreveport, Louisiana and graduated in 1990 from Louisiana Tech University with a BS in Finance.  Most of his career has been in the healthcare field, but has always participated in all types of recreation from amateur boxing to intramural soccer in college.

Rodney started mountain biking in 1993 and, in 1998, competed in his first adventure race and immediately fell in love with the sport.  Since that time Rodney has raced in many events, including the 2003 Subaru Primal Quest.

Cliff Evans, Assistant Race Director

Nilda Hassell, Marketing Director