The Riviera Nayarit welcomes hundreds of practitioners of several martial arts disciplines from March 27-29 during the 4th Capoeira Art Festival in San Pancho and the 2015 Titanes del Pacfico martial arts encounter in Nuevo Vallarta on March 28th.

This international tournament will welcome 50 competitors including at least 10 professionals; among them, participants from Mexico’s SUP Team, who will use the Mexico SUP Tour circuit to measure their readiness for the upcoming SUP World Tour later this summer.

Puerto Vallarta, Jal. - The IV International Polo Cup at Nayarit Beaches is returning to the Mexican Pacific Treasure from March 13 to 15, 2015, when team from Mexico, Italy, Argentinean, Canada and two teams from United States, will fight for the crown of the king of all sports.

Puerto Vallarta, Jal. - The third International CANAMEX Cup will bring together, face to face, the best golf players from Mexico, United States and Canada.

Puerto Vallarta, Jal.- With her participation in different stand up paddle surfing tournaments, Karen Jacobson continues promoting Puerto Vallarta, especially after her outstanding performances which have placed her among one the World Tour’s favorites.

Latvia's Aleksandrs Samoilovs, left, and Janis Smedins are two-time defending FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings champions as nearly 2,000 athletes from around the globe are preparing for April's start of the 2015 FIVB World Tour.

PUERTO VALLARTA OPEN: 6 - 11 OCTOBER 2015

Countdown clock at 60 days for start of 2015 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour

The Puerto Vallarta Open will be the seventh Open event on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 2015 calendar in a season that extends from late April to mid-December. It will be the first after the FIVB World Tour Finals, with points from the tournament going towards the 2016 ranking.

The pre-Olympic 2015 season includes five FIVB Grand Slams, a new FIVB Swatch Beach Volleyball Major Series, a special FIVB Swatch Beach Volleyball World Tour season Final in the United States and six FIVB Opens.

The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 2015 also launches the Olympic qualification process with all FIVB World Tour events (except the World Tour Finals) in 2015 up until June 13, 2016 counting towards the Olympic Ranking in order to determine the 15 vacancies for each gender, which will take part in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Five Grand Slams, which offer $800,000 in prize money each, will also take place on the road to the World Tour Finals. A new innovative and dynamic FIVB Swatch Beach Volleyball Major Series including three tournaments offering $800,000 each in prize money will complete the schedule. Six Opens offering $75,000 in prize money, per gender, also feature in the build-up to the World Tour Finals.

The FIVB Swatch Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals, which will feature the top eight teams per gender based on a cumulative ranking of points from Grand Slams, Majors and Opens, will be followed by a further three Open events, which will be the first events on the 2015-16 Beach Volleyball Calendar.

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico – A 23-run outburst against Southern Illinois highlighted the Nevada softball team’s split on Saturday at the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge. The Wolf Pack set the program record for runs in a single game in the 23-9 win over the Salukis before falling to Northern Colorado, 6-4.

Junior Amanda Weis posted six RBI with a two-run home run over the two games while junior Danielle Wiltz went 4-for-7 with five runs scored against Southern Illinois, a new program single-game high. Freshman Chase Redington (3-4) recorded decisions in both contests for the Pack (4-16, 0-0 MW).

In what was at first a back-and-fourth affair, the Pack went up early, 3-0, in the top of the first before giving six runs in the bottom half of the inning to go down 6-3. Nevada regained the lead the very next inning by scoring five runs, including a two RBI double from Hopkins and an RBI single from junior Jasmine Jenkins, but lost the lead again after the Salukis pushed two runs across in the bottom of the second.

The Pack had already broken an 8-8 tie to take a 10-8 lead before Weis blasted a two-run homer to left center field that gave Nevada a 12-8 lead in the top of the second. Southern Illinois made it a three run game, 12-9, before the Pack pieced together an impressive offensive display in the top of the top of the fourth that helped rewrite the record books.

Eight hits and 11 runs made up the record-breaking fourth-inning which led to breaking program record for runs scored in a single game set last season after Nevada scored 21 runs against North Dakota. The Pack’s 21 team RBI and 20 team hits also tied single-game highs as the 11 run frame was enough for Nevada to secure the victory.

In the first inning against the Bears, Hopkins reached first, stole second and went to third on a single from junior Jasmine Jenkins before scoring on a passed ball. Jenkins moved to second on a walk from classmate Megan Sweet and later scored the second Pack run of the inning on a fielding error by the center fielder after a single up the middle from freshman Alyssa Mendez.

The Pack extended its lead to 4-0 after an RBI single from Hopkins that scored freshman Amanda Nicholas and a sacrifice fly from Sweet that plated Hopkins before Northern Colorado tied the game 4-4 in the bottom of the third inning.

Redington kept the game tied through the fourth but the Nevada bats went quiet and Northern Colorado pushed two across in the bottom of the fifth to take a 6-4 lead.

Nevada will return to Reno for its first home series of 2015 against Idaho State starting Friday, March 7 at 12 p.m.
Join the Wolf Pack softball team at Hixson Field for the 2015 season. Full season tickets start at just $60 for adults and $45 for youth eighth grade and under. Call (775) 348-PACK or visit NevadaWolfPack.com to purchase your seats today

The largest and most established regatta on the west coast of Mexico is ready to take off from March 3-7 at the Vallarta Yacht Club in Nuevo Vallarta.

Domestic residents can win a free trip to the destination with this new contest created for adventurous souls; entries are open from March 2-30, 2015 and winners will enjoy area activities including scuba diving, skydiving, kite surfing, surfing, paddle boarding, ATVs, zip-lining, rappelling, fly boarding, sailing and more.

The National Motocross MX 2015, a motorcycle competition which is celebrated on seven different dates around Mexico, will be take place in Tepic on February 28 and March 1.

Puerto Vallarta, Jal.- Together with Lombardo Ontiveros from Sinaloa, Virgen Pulido is preparing himself for NORCECA (North America, Central America and Caribbean Confederation)
This year’s goal is to position among the three best Beach Volleyball players in the continent.

NORCECA’s Beach Volleyball Tour 2015 starts March 18 in Guatemala City and Juan Ramon Virgen Pulido from Nayarit and Lombardo Ontiveros Gomez from Sinaloa, are training for these games. They are working hard to verify their position as the number one duo in the country, on the way to the Pan-American Games taking place in Toronto, Canada this year.

“We are concentrating on the NORCECA Tour and on the elimination process, working to make it to the Pan-American Games. We want to get there well prepared because we do want a medal. On 2011 I got to fourth place, very close the bronze medal; now, again, I get the opportunity to play and fight hard to get a medal for Mexico,” said Virgen Pulido.

With the support of Nayarit’s authorities, last year Virgen Pulido participated in the World Tour, where he won the Silver Medal; that day was one of celebration for Puerto Vallarta. He has also competed in Xiamen, China; Praga, Check Republic; Stavanger, Norwegian and Long Beach, United States.

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Approximately 100 professional skydivers from around the world will come together for a unique spectacle: a 13-thousand foot free fall landing on the beaches of Mexico’s Pacific Treasure.