Each of our issues celebrates a change of seasons. This one hits mailboxes just as spring is edging into the beautiful golden time of summer, when baseball, softball, fishing and beach volleyball, as well as plenty of other sports (including surfing, featured on our cover), move front and center in our collective consciousness. This issue also arrives as the 2024 Olympics are on final approach to Paris. That makes this summer an all-around great time to be an athlete, a hosting community, an event owner or even a fan. Let’s dive in.
Track and field has a major moment every four years and thanks to the Summer Olympics, 2024 will be one of them. But the sport has long been popular among high school athletes. Plenty of destinations, many with new or recently renovated facilities, consider track and field a sports tourism priority. Here are a few that are primed and ready to run. more....