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Surfin' Safari

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11.1 Ocean Blvd

10.47 km | 48 m ascent Difficulty: 2/5

5 km | 31 m ascent 200 XP

Accelerate to Elevate

41.27 km | 1152 m ascent 825 XP | Difficulty: 3/5 Level 10+

Beach Island Loop

12.78 km | 49 m ascent 255 XP | Difficulty: 1/5

29.21 km | 103 m ascent 580 XP | Difficulty: 2/5

Big Foot Hills

67.59 km | 708 m ascent 1340 XP | Difficulty: 4/5

42.6 km | 662 m ascent 840 XP | Difficulty: 4/5 Level 5+

Big Loop Reverse

42.6 km | 662 m ascent Difficulty: 4/5 Level 5+ | Event only

Bigger Loop

53.2 km | 691 m ascent 1060 XP | Difficulty: 4/5 Level 5+

Canopies and Coastlines

22.61 km | 124 m ascent 444 XP | Difficulty: 2/5 Level 10+

Chili Pepper

7.96 km | 48 m ascent Difficulty: 2/5

Chili Pepper Reverse

7.35 km | 47 m ascent Difficulty: 2/5 Event only

Climb Portal - Volcano

7.2 km | 20 m ascent 80 XP | Difficulty: 1/5

Climber's Gambit

27.82 km | 671 m ascent 600 XP | Difficulty: 4/5

Coast Crusher

34.25 km | 172 m ascent 684 XP | Difficulty: 3/5 Level 10+

Coastal Crown Loop

15.07 km | 185 m ascent 300 XP | Difficulty: 2/5 Level 10+

Downtown Titans

24.65 km | 292 m ascent 490 XP | Difficulty: 3/5

Dust In The Wind

52.11 km | 583 m ascent 1080 XP | Difficulty: 3.5/5 Level 6+

Eastern Eight

51.68 km | 407 m ascent 1345 XP | Difficulty: 3/5

Elevation Evaluation

24.62 km | 396 m ascent 490 XP | Difficulty: 5/5 Level 10+

29.7 km | 254 m ascent 580 XP | Difficulty: 2.5/5

Figure 8 Reverse

10.27 km | 61 m ascent 200 XP | Difficulty: 1/5

Flat Route Reverse

10.27 km | 61 m ascent Difficulty: 1/5 Level 5+ | Event only

Four Horsemen

89.79 km | 2109 m ascent 1780 XP | Difficulty: 5/5 Level 6+

Glyph Heights

25.4 km | 537 m ascent 510 XP | Difficulty: 3/5 Level 10+

Going Coastal

16.39 km | 63 m ascent 308 XP | Difficulty: 1/5 Level 10+

Handful Of Gravel

6.13 km | 75 m ascent Difficulty: 1/5 Event only

Handful of Gravel Run

Hilly Route

9.19 km | 109 m ascent 180 XP | Difficulty: 1.5/5

Hilly Route Reverse

9.19 km | 109 m ascent 180 XP | Difficulty: 1.5/5 Event only

Italian Villas Circuit

1.94 km | 15 m ascent Difficulty: 1/5 Event only

Itza Climb Finish

30.09 km | 290 m ascent 600 XP | Difficulty: 3/5 Level 10+ | Event only

45.75 km | 506 m ascent 920 XP | Difficulty: 2/5 Level 10+ | Event only

Jon's Route

12.5 km | 59 m ascent 500 XP

Jungle Circuit

7.86 km | 83 m ascent 260 XP | Difficulty: 1.5/5 Level 5+

Jungle Circuit Reverse

7.86 km | 83 m ascent Difficulty: 1.5/5 Level 5+ | Event only

Jurassic Coast

19.32 km | 212 m ascent 386 XP | Difficulty: 2/5 Level 10+

Legends and Lava

24.51 km | 352 m ascent 490 XP | Difficulty: 3/5

Loop de Loop

12.42 km | 144 m ascent 246 XP | Difficulty: 2/5

412 m | 0 m ascent Difficulty: 2/5

23.07 km | 241 m ascent 460 XP | Difficulty: 2/5 Level 10+ | Event only

Mayan Bridge Loop

5.27 km | 48 m ascent 105 XP | Difficulty: 1.5/5

34.62 km | 755 m ascent 700 XP | Difficulty: 4/5 Level 10+

Mayan San Remo

21.09 km | 217 m ascent 420 XP | Difficulty: 2/5 Level 10+ | Event only

32.26 km | 691 m ascent 640 XP | Difficulty: 4/5

Mountain Mash

5.79 km | 335 m ascent 116 XP | Difficulty: 3/5

Mountain Route

29.72 km | 683 m ascent 580 XP | Difficulty: 4/5

Muir And The Mountain

34.14 km | 792 m ascent 680 XP | Difficulty: 4/5

63.86 km | 417 m ascent 1280 XP | Difficulty: 3/5 Level 10+ | Event only

Ocean Lava Cliffside Loop

19.05 km | 156 m ascent 380 XP | Difficulty: 2/5

7.89 km | 306 m ascent 160 XP | Difficulty: 5/5 Level 10+

Out And Back Again

39.9 km | 328 m ascent 840 XP | Difficulty: 3/5

Peak Performance

45.82 km | 726 m ascent 920 XP | Difficulty: 5/5 Level 10+

Power to the Tower

44.7 km | 1493 m ascent 900 XP | Difficulty: 5/5 Level 10+ | Event only

Quatch Quest

46.47 km | 1706 m ascent 920 XP | Difficulty: 5/5 Level 6+

Radio Rendezvous

20.52 km | 736 m ascent 410 XP | Difficulty: 5/5 Level 10+ | Event only

Repack Rush

2.78 km | 28 m ascent 56 XP | Difficulty: 2/5

Road to Ruins

29.65 km | 275 m ascent 580 XP | Difficulty: 2.5/5 Level 5+

Road To Ruins Reverse

29.65 km | 275 m ascent Difficulty: 2.5/5 Level 5+ | Event only

Road to Sky

17.5 km | 1046 m ascent 380 XP | Difficulty: 4.5/5 Level 6+

Run Path Reverse

5 km | 31 m ascent Difficulty: 2/5 Event only

Sand And Sequoias

20.15 km | 175 m ascent 400 XP | Difficulty: 2/5

Seaside Sprint

6.29 km | 47 m ascent Difficulty: 1/5 Event only

Serpentine 8

19.26 km | 206 m ascent 385 XP | Difficulty: 2/5

Shorelines and Summits

46.19 km | 772 m ascent 924 XP | Difficulty: 3/5 Level 10+

44.04 km | 578 m ascent 880 XP | Difficulty: 4/5 Level 10+

Spiral into the Volcano

55.63 km | 355 m ascent 1112 XP | Difficulty: 3/5

Splash and Dash

6.03 km | 26 m ascent Difficulty: 1/5 Event only

Sugar Cookie

33.55 km | 250 m ascent 660 XP | Difficulty: 2/5 Level 10+

Surfin' Safari

9.77 km | 43 m ascent 195 XP | Difficulty: 1/5

Temple Trek

6.51 km | 25 m ascent 128 XP | Difficulty: 1/5 Level 10+

Tempus Fugit

17.23 km | 26 m ascent 380 XP | Difficulty: 1/5

That's Amore

6.44 km | 55 m ascent Difficulty: 2/5

That's Amore Reverse

5.83 km | 54 m ascent Difficulty: 2/5 Event only

The Big Ring

48.87 km | 268 m ascent 977 XP | Difficulty: 3/5 Level 10+

The Magnificent 8

28.93 km | 155 m ascent Difficulty: 2/5 Event only

The Mega Pretzel

107.27 km | 1638 m ascent 2140 XP | Difficulty: 5/5 Level 5+

The Pretzel

72.54 km | 1361 m ascent 1440 XP | Difficulty: 5/5

The Uber Pretzel

128.3 km | 2380 m ascent 2560 XP | Difficulty: 5/5 Level 6+

Three Little Sisters

37.74 km | 435 m ascent 755 XP | Difficulty: 3/5

Three Sisters

48.01 km | 896 m ascent 950 XP | Difficulty: 4.5/5

Three Sisters Reverse

45.69 km | 883 m ascent Difficulty: 4.5/5 Level 5+ | Event only

16.86 km | 53 m ascent 380 XP | Difficulty: 1/5

Tides and Temples

36.47 km | 460 m ascent 730 XP | Difficulty: 3/5 Level 10+

Tour of Fire and Ice

25.36 km | 1164 m ascent 500 XP | Difficulty: 4.5/5 Level 6+

Triple Flat Loops

33.98 km | 157 m ascent 680 XP | Difficulty: 2.5/5

Two Bridges Loop

7.11 km | 81 m ascent 140 XP | Difficulty: 1/5

Volcano Circuit

4.1 km | 20 m ascent 80 XP | Difficulty: 1/5

Volcano Circuit CCW

Volcano Climb

22.86 km | 203 m ascent 460 XP | Difficulty: 2/5

Volcano Climb After Party

39.85 km | 285 m ascent Difficulty: 2.5/5 Event only

Volcano Flat

12.35 km | 50 m ascent 240 XP | Difficulty: 1/5

Volcano Flat Reverse

12.35 km | 50 m ascent Difficulty: 1/5 Level 5+ | Event only

Watopia's Waistband

25.46 km | 95 m ascent 555 XP | Difficulty: 3/5

WBR Climbing Series

43.21 km | 1116 m ascent Difficulty: 4.5/5 Event only

Whole Lotta Lava

12.29 km | 161 m ascent 240 XP | Difficulty: 2/5

Zwift Bambino Fondo

51.89 km | 580 m ascent Difficulty: 3.5/5 Level 5+ | Event only

Zwift Bambino Fondo 2022

52.96 km | 397 m ascent Event only

Zwift Games 2024 Epic

79.73 km | 822 m ascent 1590 XP | Difficulty: 4/5 Level 10+

Zwift Gran Fondo

97.51 km | 1196 m ascent Difficulty: 5/5 Level 5+ | Event only

Zwift Gran Fondo 2022

92.47 km | 1116 m ascent Event only

Zwift Medio Fondo

72.51 km | 1010 m ascent Difficulty: 4.5/5 Level 5+ | Event only

Zwift Medio Fondo 2022

79.02 km | 922 m ascent Event only

Acropolis Sprint

Sprint | Forward 450 m | 0.7%

Sprint | Reverse 450 m | -1.1%

Alpe du Zwift

Climb | Forward 12.44 km | 8.5%

Epic KOM / Epic QOM

Climb | Forward 9.49 km | 4%

Climb | Reverse 6.27 km | 6.3%

Fuego Flats

Sprint | Forward 496 m

Fuego Flats Reverse

Segment | Reverse 7.1 km

Segment | Forward 9.01 km

Segment | Reverse 9.01 km

Climb | Forward 3.75 km | 2%

Jungle Loop

Segment | Forward 7.8 km

Segment | Reverse 7.8 km

Mayan Mountainside KOM

Climb | Forward 2 km | 3.1%

Radio Tower KOM

Climb | Forward 1.2 km | 12.9%

Sasquatch Sprint

Sprint | Forward 350 m | 0.3%

Sprint | Reverse 350 m | 0.9%

Sprint | Forward 360 m

Sprint | Reverse 200 m

Stoneway Sprint

Sprint | Forward 400 m | 0.8%

Sprint | Reverse 400 m | 0.4%

Climb | Forward 3.58 km | 8.7%

Sprint | Reverse 61 m | 0.3%

Titans Grove KOM / Titans Grove QOM

Climb | Forward 2.59 km | 2.2%

Titans Grove KOM Reverse / Titans Grove QOM Reverse

Climb | Reverse 897 m | 4.3%

Segment | Forward 4.2 km

Segment | Reverse 4.2 km

Volcano KOM / Volcano QOM

Climb | Forward 3.75 km | 3.2%

Woodland Sprint

Sprint | Forward 500 m | -2.2%

Sprint | Reverse 500 m | -1.6%

Zwift KOM / Zwift QOM

Climb | Forward 913 m | 5.6%

Climb | Reverse 2.49 km | 1.8%

Frequently asked questions

Faq: what do the coloured areas overlapping the elevation profile mean.

Segments along the route are coloured along the height profile. Climbs are indicated with red, sprints with green and other segments (e.g. laps or timed segments) with blue.

FAQ: What do the climb categories , , , and mean?

Climbs are categorized based on how tough they are, which depends both on the climb's length and its average incline. The toughest climbs are rated (HC comes from Hors Catégorie, which is French for beyond categorization). Less tough climbs are rated as category , less tough climbs than those are rated as , and onwards with and . Any climb less tough than category four does not get a rating.

FAQ: How can I ride/run on an event only route?

By joining an event you can get into event only worlds and routes. Don't want to join an event or don't see an event with your desired world/route? Use the Zwift Companion app to create a meetup or (for even more choice of worlds and routes) create a club and then an event.

Surfin' Safari XP error

With Tour de Zwift in full swing, I noticed that for Run Stage 6 long, Surfin’ Safari, it awards 195XP. When I first did the route during the Adidas Run for the Oceans in June 2022, I only received 20 XP. My question is, if I do the long run in stage 6, will I be awarded with additional XP, or am I “out of luck” because my profile is showing the badge completed, and out that 175 XP?

The complete list of Zwift badges and how to get them

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If you are new to Zwift, you might have heard about Zwift badges. But where to find them, how to get them, how many are they? … Let’s see all of this in this guide about Zwift badges and achievements.

What are Zwift badges?

Zwift badges are achievements inside the game for completing specific routes or achieving a specific goal like reaching 100kph. Badges exist for both cycling and running. Each time you earn a badge you will get bonus points (XP) associated with it. This will help you level up in the game.

Zwift badges are a good incentive to keep riding and exceed ourselves. In my case, it has motivated me to ride difficult routes just in order to get the badge and associated bonus points.

How many Zwift badges are there?

In total, there are 197 badges on Zwift to obtain: 168 related to cycling, and 29 for running. They are divided into different categories: badges about route achievements and badges about meeting specific conditions in the game to get it. I will detail them all below.

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Global badges

General badges (12 badges).

In this general category, you find the following badges:

• Habitual: Ride 10 km in a single activity 3 days in a row.
• Addicted : Ride a lap 7 days in a row.
• Working from home : Ride 10 km in a single activity 14 days in a row. Receive 10 Ride Ons in one ride.
• You’re popular : Receive 10 Ride Ons in one ride.
• Ride on : Give 3 Ride Ons.
• Big fan : Give 30 Ride Ons.
• Fan club : Give 100 Ride Ons
• Paparazzi : Fan view for 15 minutes.
• Into the wind : Did a u-turn.
• Statistician : Connected your Strava® account.
• Paired : Pair Zwift Companion (ZC) with Zwift.
• Sweat! : Completed a workout.

Missions & Training plans

Zwift also gives you badges when you enroll and complete a mission, or when you complete a training plan . I didn’t count them as it’s difficult to know how many you can get. Let me show you what I completed on my profile (so far):

Zwift missions appear at the top of the start screen of the game. Each mission lasts for a couple of days or weeks and will ask you to achieve something during that period of time. For instance, at the time of writing this article, the current mission consists in climbing 3000 meters over the course of one month to get the badge.

As for the training plans, if you want all the badges, just do them all :p good luck 🙂

Badges for cycling

Cycling achievements (17 badges).

In the cycling achievement category, you find the following badges:

• Can’t stop now: Ride 10 mi in 1 activity.
• Marathoner : Ride 40 km in 1 activity.
• 100 clicks : Ride 100 km in 1 activity.
• No big deal : Ride 100 mi in 1 activity.
• Whoa nelly : Break 30 mph.
• Speed demon : Break 40 mph.
• Daredevil : Break 50 mph.
• Sprinter apprentice : Hit 500 Watts.
• Lit : Hit 600 Watts.
• Circuit breaker : Hit 700 Watts.
• Master drafstman : Draft with another rider for 15 seconds.
• Jelly : Hold over 500 Watts for 10 seconds.
• Warmed up : Do 5 Volcano circuit laps in 1 activity.
• Hot head : Do 10 Volcano circuit laps in 1 activity.
• On fire! : Do 25 Volcano circuit laps in 1 activity.
• Avid climber : Climb Alpe du Zwift 5 times.
• Masochist : Climb Alpe du Zwift 25 times.

Cycling Extra Credit (10 badges)

The Extra Credit badges are hidden and only appear once you get them. This is the list of hidden Zwift badges you can get:

• 100 KPH : You hit 100 km per hour.
• Just scrape : You hit 800 Watts.
• The blowdrier : You hit 900 Watts.
• Premier Power : You hit 1000 Watts.
• Off the rocks : You hit 1100 Watts.
• 1.2 gigawatts : You hit 1200 Watts.
• You’re famous : You receive 30 Ride Ons in one ride.
• Bigger than Jensie : You receive 100 Ride Ons in one ride.
• Everested! : You climbed 29,029 ft in 1 activity.
• Lift off : You climbed Alpe du Zwift in under 1h.

Cycling Route Achievements (129 badges)

Route achievements are badges you obtain when you complete a route in Zwift. This includes the total list of routes available in Zwift in all different worlds.

There are currently in the game: 129 cycling routes with a badge, out of which 6 are event-only routes. They all look like this:

This is the list of cycling route badges you can obtain, with their associated XPs:

Note: there are more routes available in Zwift than the ones that come up with a badge. I have made a list of all cycling routes, sorted by difficulty, in my guide about Zwift routes:

Zwift routes planning: hard? short? flat? (we got you!)

Badges for running, running achievements (11 badges).

In the running achievement category, you find the following badges:

• Hot off the line: Run 1 mi in 1 activity.
• First five : Run 5 km in 1 activity.
• Gimmie ten : Run 10 km in 1 activity.
• Runners dozen : Run 13.1 mi in 1 activity.
• Centurion : Run 26.2 mi in 1 activity.
• Street Cred : Run a total of 100 mi.
• Pursuit of happiness : Run a total of 500 mi.
• Earning the donuts : Run a total of 1000 mi.
• Leg warmer : Run 1 mi in under 9 minutes.
• Like the wind : Run 1 mi in under 8 minutes.
• Engines are go : Run 1 mi in under 6 minutes.

Cycling Extra Credit (2 badges)

• Olympian : You ran a mile under 5 minutes.
• Going the distance : You ran 26.2 miles.

Running Route Achievements (16 badges)

There are currently in the game: 16 running routes with a badge, out of which 6 are event-only routes.

This is the list of running route badges you can obtain, with their associated XPs:

Where can you see your Zwift badges?

To see your Zwift badges, you simply need to go to the related menu. Below are the steps to find your Zwift badges:

• Launch Zwift app
• Click Let’s go
• Skip the pairing screen
• Select the badge icon on the top right of the screen
• Scroll to view the list of badges

The badges you own are the ones with a picture. If you see only the title, it means you don’t have it yet.

For the route achievements, you can easily check which routes you have completed before riding it.

Indeed, Zwift added in 2021 a feature that allows seeing if you own a route badge. Note: currently it is only possible to view the route achievements from today’s active worlds . As you can see in the picture below, there is a green icon next to the route I have completed and for which I own the badge like “Classique” for instance. You can even sort the list of routes by ‘route completion’.

Note: Zwift released end of February 2023 a new update of Zwift Companion app which includes a new menu called “ Leaderboards “. In this menu you can see all the routes and badges available in Zwift, and if you have completed them or not.

To understand how to use it, you can see in the picture above that in New York there are 21 routes and only 12 badges to obtain. I have obtained so far 11 of these 12 badges. Once you select New York, you can view the list of routes. There is a tick icon next to the route that gives a badge. It is green if you have completed it, and grey if you haven’t.

So, I have completed “Everything Bagel” for instance, but not “Gotham Grind”. And “Gotham Grind Reverse” is a route you can ride but you won’t get a badge for it.

How to prepare for a Zwift badge hunt?

It can be a bit annoying to launch Zwift each time you want to prepare your next ride or check the badges you own. One solution for this is to go to zwifthub.com . On this website, you can create an account and save all the achievements you have made in-game and prepare your next rides. You can view the routes, profiles, distance, elevation and estimate how long it will take you to complete it. Perfect to plan your Zwift badges hunt!

This website is not connected to Zwift so you will have to select manually the badge you have and save it to your profile. Then it’s just a matter of selecting your new badges after completing a new route! It’s actually very rewarding to click on the badge on the website to memorize it.

How do you get the 100kph badge on Zwift?

Method 1: with a Power-up

• Go to the Reverse Watopia Sprint
• Get the Aero Boost Power-up
• Then climb Epic KOM reverse up to the Radio Tower
• Ramp up the speed from the monument
• Release the Power-up at the corner at the start of the descent
• Pedal as hard as you can (biggest gear!) until you reach 100kph

Method 2: without a Power-up

In this case, you can either climb up to the Radio Tower or join a group ride on the Bologna TT circuit.

You will have to draft behind a group of cyclists from the top of the descent to reach the 100kph in the super tuck position. You need to be drafting correctly from the group of cyclists and not pedaling at all. You will reach 100kph near the end of the descent. Don’t be impatient.

Related question

Which Zwift routes have I completed?

To know the routes you have completed in Zwift, you can either see the list of your achievements in the ‘badges’ icon menu on the top right of the start screen; or look for the green icons when you select a route before riding it.

Avid triathlete, I love to write about my passion and share knowledge than can benefit others. I admit I consider my bike my best companion after so many miles done together both indoors and outdoors: training, racing, as well as bikepacking and commuting.

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Surfin Safari!

Salty, sandy, sunswept and smiling after our first full day of surfing, we are also entirely exhausted... But most definitely the good kind of exhausted - from days crammed full of new places, old jokes, continued adventures and hilarious escapades! As our days together in this travelling family are dwindling, our shared laughs, games and memories are accumulating.

Here are just a few of those snapshot moments so far in Australia:

Caitlin - *Watching Rossco (our guide on Fraser Island) jump off the side of a sand dune at the Rainbow Gorge. It was totally unexpected and then we all got to try. We all got to spend time "jumping off the edge of the world!"* ** Lauren - *I had a really hard time deciding! Trapeze in Byron was amazing. It was really scary at first, but swinging/trying tricks was such a rush. Trapeze was something I hadn't anticipated doing but I had such a good time. I'm pretty sure I annoyed most of the group because I couldn't stop talking about it! I won't forget how exciting and exhilarating it was when I mastered my trick!*

Cody - *The atmosphere at Surfaris is my favorite part so far. They've got hammocks, a pool, an awesome band, free internet and they cook for us! Not to mention meeting James, Mitch and Mal and including them in our games and stuff. I don't ever want to leave!*

Kristen - *I really enjoyed the couple of days we were in Byron Bay because the weather was beautiful and the beach was pristine! The sun was shining and the water temperature couldn't have been better. I loved floating in the water, I never wanted to get out. The water had pretty variations of blue and the waves were strong but not overwhelming. Everything was as good as it could be in Byron. * ** Leah - *It's hard to decide which moment to choose! I think surfing for the first time was a pretty exhilarating moment. Actually standing up on the board after being tossed around in the waves all day was such an adrenaline rush. * ** Ilana - *There are so many moments that I always randomly think about from Australia. I loved working with the kids at North Keppel and I LOVED Fraser Island with its magical colorful sand at Rainbow Gorge. But I think my snapshot moment was walking to the lighthouse in Byron. It was a long hike from our resort, and blazing hot, but it was worth it. The landscape was beautiful, and on our way down we spotted about 20 dolphins in a pod. It was a rewarding token to our hike up the hill. * ** Olivia - *A great moment in Australia was rhe first evening of surf camp - playing scrabble and listening to the band play, then waking up in the morning to go surfing. * ** Kaitlyn - *One of my favourite moments was in Byron Bay doing the sunrise mission up Mt. Warning. Only a few keeners were down to wake up at 2:30am and endure the big climb with our head torches. Chicnuts, figs and muesli bars fueled us up and we made it in time to watch the beautiful sunrise. Then we ran down the mountain in time to fill our hungry bellies... and to pee. Amazing!* ** Christine - *A small, but great moment for me was discovering the gelateria in Byron Bay. Having done my first semester of the school year in Italy, I'm spoiled in regards to good gelato, but this was SO GOOD! I got a banana cinnamon scoop and a double chocolate scoop. It was absolutely amazing, and made ten times better by the fact that I was eating it in togs by the beach. * ** Grace - *During the trip to Fraser Island, we made our way to Lake MacKenzie. We swam for a few hours in the beautiful lake and exfoliated our skin, hair, teeth and jewelry! The small, smooth, round grains of sand provide the perfect method for smoothing and softening our bodies. We could all feel a huge difference!*

Daniel - *The most memorable time in Australia was the zoo! I had never seen live kangaroos and also be able to pet them. It was so incredible!*

Laura - *Rainbow Gorge on Fraser Island was the most beautiful place I have been in a while. Truly incredible. Wiping out on a massive wave at surf camp was the scariest moment of life so far, but go big or go home!* ** Holly - *Pulling up to the Grand Hotel in the small country town of Biggenden, Queensland.... detoured due to a flooded highway, we headed inland on backroads and ended up spending the night at a quirky hotel/pub in a rural mining town - a classic and unexpected taste of country Australia!* ** Only one week left in our collective journey - onwards from surf camp to the Blue Mountains and then to the famous city of Sydney!! ** **

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On a global scale 2022 began tamely enough, but it turned into quite a ride. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine put the world on edge, and inflation spikes made people more budget conscious than ever before. Post-Covid logistics issues resulted in business challenges in the cycling and indoor training space, leading to job loss, price cuts, and in some cases bankruptcies and buyouts.

It wasn’t a pretty year. But amidst all of that, Zwifters continued to ride and run our favorite virtual roads, while Zwift kept rolling out updates.

Was 2022 everything we’d hoped for on Zwift? Of course not, because we always want more than Zwift delivers. That’s just part of being a Zwifter; we never get enough new roads, racing improvements, or new shiny features.

But Zwift made some major internal changes this year, implemented a pile of welcome improvements in the platform, and emerged from 2022 a leaner, more focused organization. That bodes well for 2023.

This is our look back at all things Zwift for 2022. Enjoy the ride!

New Roads and Routes

While Zwift still isn’t creating fresh roads as fast as most Zwifters would like, they’re still giving us new routes on existing roads from time to time. Toward the end of the year, they threw us a bone and released the new Urukazi section of Makuri Islands – the only “fresh pavement” released in 2022. Here’s a list of new routes added to the game, by month:

• Castle to Castle
• Twilight Harbor
• Chasing the Sun
• Electric Loop

April (Rebel Routes added for Tour of Watopia )

• Downtown Titans  
• Eastern Eight 
• Three Little Sisters
• Triple Flat Loops  
• Mayan Bridge Loop  

May (run-only routes)

• Surfin’ Safari
• Splash and Dash
• Continental Qualifiers for the 2023 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships

November (Urukazi launch)

• Bridges and Boardwalks
• Country to Coastal
• Fine and Sandy
• Island Hopper
• Island Outskirts
• Mech Isle Loop
• Turf N Surf

Also worth noting, in August Zwift finally made Innsbruck’s Leg Snapper into an official segment.

That’s a total of 20 routes added in 2022. By comparison, 26 routes were added in 2021, 19 in 2020, and 34 in 2019.

Looking for a complete list of Zwift routes? Check out our Master List of All Zwift Routes .

Major Events

In 2022 we didn’t see Zwift rolling out major new community events. Instead, they largely built on previous years’ successes, attempting to improve what was already proven to work in marquee events like the Tour of Watopia , the Zwift Classics , Zwift Fondos , Zwift Academies, and more.

The one notable exception is the Zwift Grand Prix – a new elite racing format Zwift launched to replace the ZRL-linked “Premier League”. In what must surely be a sign of things to come, this event series saw Zwift experimenting with many fresh, uniquely-esports race formats.

WTRL’s Zwift Racing League continued to grow in popularity as the biggest race league in Zwift, while Zwift’s monthly ZRacing series ( see the current series here ) launched and become a welcome fixture on the calendar with its monthly GC and smart rotation of routes.

On the community side organizers continue hosting amazing races week in and week out. This includes our own Zwift Insider Tiny Races which have proven very popular since launching in July!

We won’t list all of Zwift’s major events for 2022 here, but you can certainly browse the events archive to see what we highlighted throughout the year.

Restructuring

In May, Zwift announced a major restructuring and refocus of the organization. This included a pause on their smart trainer plans as well as a reduction of their ~700-employee workforce by ~20%.

The employee exodus was massive and included Watopians on all levels of the food chain, some of them veterans from Zwift’s early days.

While this sort of thing is never easy, it does seem from our “Inside” view that the new leaner, meaner Zwift is moving more quickly and nimbly than before.

Then in December, Zwift announced that CEO Eric Min would be sharing the CEO chair with former Amazon executive Kurt Beidler. This is an unprecedented change in Zwift leadership, and our guess is we’ll start to see the effects in the next few months.

New Homescreen

Zwift announced that a long-awaited new homescreen would begin rolling out to Windows users in January 2022. It took until December for the homescreen to be rolled out to all Android users – the last group of Zwifters to receive the update.

Reviews of the new homescreen have been mixed, especially when it comes to the hassle of selecting certain workouts. But overall we like the stronger focus on events, and see lots of potential for smart activity recommendations in the future.

Workout Changes

This year saw big changes made to Zwift’s workout library and functionality, in an attempt to make Training Plans and workouts more flexible and accessible. Key changes include:

• Bigger Bias : in February, Zwift made it so you could adjust your FTP Bias from -25% to +25%, expanded from -10% and +10%.
• Wide Open Training Plans: Training Plans become truly flexible this year, allowing you to take on whatever workouts you’d like, whenever you’d like.
• Localization: Workout localization began in April, translating popular workouts to French, German, Spanish, and Japanese.
• UI Update : this rolled out in September, updating the workout browser UI to match the new homescreen
• Short workouts : just last month Zwift added two new Training Plans for time-crunched athletes, as well as additional “under 30 minutes” workouts.

Frames and Wheels

Lots of new wheels and frames were added to the Drop Shop in 2022, but most weren’t remarkable in terms of their performance. Here’s what stood out:

• New gravel wheels were released in February, and more in March. These name-brand wheels perform much better on dirt than the stock Zwift-branded gravel wheels.
• Specialized Crux was released in February, setting the new standard as the fastest climbing gravel bike.
• Felt IA 2.0 and Scott Plasma RC Ultimate were added in May, and they’re the best TT frames to use if your course involves much climbing at all.
• CADEX Tri frame was added in September, and it’s the fastest TT frame on flat and rolling routes, by a significant margin.

New/Expanded Features

Along with everything listed above, Zwift rolled out additional new features in 2022 and improved existing features. Here’s the complete list:

• 90-Day Segment PRs : segment PRs on the in-game leaderboard have always lasted for only 30 days, but in June this changed to 90 days.
• Auto screenshot improvements : in August, Strava users smiled when Zwift started taking automatic screenshots at key points in our activities, making our Strava uploads much more interesting.
• Category Enforcement : Zwift began testing CE in February 2022, and it quickly caught on. Related UI was added in October, and as of now around 2/3 of all races use it. This is, simply put, the biggest advance in racing fairness since Zwift launched. Read more >
• Clubs : limits were increased dramatically this year, allowing more people to join more Clubs. While Club functionality hasn’t expanded much this year, lots of Clubs are using their basic tools each week to manage events. Hopefully Zwift will upgrade Clubs with new features in 2023.
• Handcycles : added in September, the virtual handcycle let IRL handcyclists finally have an avatar that matches their real bike. Read more >
• HoloReplay : released in October, this handy feature lets us ride against our past efforts. Read more >
• “ Join a Zwifter” returns : the “Join a Zwifter” tool was mystifyingly not included in the new homescreen UI. But Zwift finally brought it back in November, and it was improved significantly from the original version.
• Levels 51-60 : veteran Zwifters rejoiced when 10 more levels were added in September. Some of those Zwifters hit the new level 60 limit before the year was out.
• Pace Partners/RoboPacers : in September Pace Partners finally moved out of FutureWorks and “graduated” to become an official Zwift feature. As part of that process they were renamed RoboPacers, given an ongoing rotation in Watopia and Makuri Islands, expanded to include a wide variety of paces, given their own row on the homescreen, and the Drops multiplier game was even updated so it gives us more Drops! Read more >
• Pack Dynamics 4.x : in 2021, Zwift released Pack Dynamics 3.0, bringing major improvements to the way riders behaved in packs. They’re currently testing Pack Dynamics 4, which is supposed to slow down packs, display less forward/backward movement in packs, and allow for more breakaways in races. We assume this will be released in the first half of 2023.
• Ride on Bombs return : we haven’t been able to give Ride Ons to the 5 closest Zwifters in events for years, but in September Zwift flipped a switch so we could easily share the Ride On love in races, group rides, etc.
• Smart Anvils : while we loved seeing people deploy the anvil on climbs, Zwift apparently did not. So in September they made the anvil powerup smart, so it only works if you’re on a 1.5% or greater descent. It’s now a favorite powerup of many racers.
• TT improvements : these began rolling out in June, and eventually included TTT improvements so ZRL racers could stop manually timing their TTT starts, and could use TT frames. Zoom zoom!
• Zapping Fence : in June, Zwift announced that ride leaders could request that their event use the zapping fence, which boots riders out if they ride ahead of the fence for too long. Take that, zinners!

Zwift stayed on schedule with monthly updates throughout the year. Some updates were far more exciting than others, but we like the pace of regular releases nonetheless:

• 1.21.0 – Jan 12, 2022
• 1.22.1 – Feb 14, 2022
• 1.23.0 – Mar 9, 2022
• 1.23.1 – Mar 16, 2022
• 1.24.0 – Apr 13, 2022
• 1.25.0 – May 12, 2022
• 1.26.0 – Jun 8, 2022
• 1.27.0 – Jul 13, 2022
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• 1.29.0 – Sep 14, 2022
• 1.30.0 – Oct 17, 2022
• 1.31.0 – Nov 9, 2022
• 1.32.0 – Dec 7, 2022

Support for Wahoo’s Direct Connect was (finally) added to Zwift in April, and this functionality now allows the latest Wahoo KICKR to connect to Zwift via WiFi.

The biggest news in the hardware space, though, was Zwift’s release of their Zwift Hub trainer : a capable direct-drive trainer priced to sell at $499. It’s no exaggeration to say this news rocked the indoor cycling world, where direct drive trainers typically sell for $800+.

Wahoo quickly filed a lawsuit against Zwift, arguing that the Zwift Hub infringes on a number of patents utilized in Wahoo’s KICKR trainers ( read more from DC Rainmaker ). This lawsuit is in its early stages, but we’ll surely see more news in the coming months.

2020’s lockdowns validated indoor training, then 2021 saw the fruit of that validation as trainer sales stayed robust and trainer manufacturers ramped up production.

Then 2022 arrived, and the bottom dropped out.

This year, for the first time ever, we’ve been seeing massive, ongoing discounts for trainers from popular makers including Wahoo, Tacx, and Saris. Where you couldn’t find a KICKR v5 to buy in 2020, Wahoo couldn’t seem to offload enough of them this year, even at a 30% discount.

It’s a challenging time to be in the trainer business, with so few customers looking to drop big money on a new trainer and the aftermarket flooded with post-Covid used hardware. So it was no surprise to hear Saris had to sell itself at a bankruptcy auction a few months back. Chances are we’ll see others struggle in the indoor space for the next year or more.

Competitors

In April, Wahoo announced its acquisition of Zwift’s closest competitor, RGT. Rebranded as “Wahoo RGT”, the platform was integrated into a new monthly subscription dubbed “Wahoo X” which also includes Wahoo’s SYSTM (formerly known as Sufferfest).

With Wahoo X priced equally to Zwift, the acquisition was a clear move to compete head-to-head with Zwift in the training software space. Wahoo also made moves to differentiate RGT from Zwift, offering an annual plan discount and recently rolling out in-game voice comms.

Where will the Wahoo vs Zwift story go in 2023, with a trainer patent lawsuit looming and the industry’s two top software platforms battling for market share?

Community Bummers

Two things happened in the Zwift community in 2022 which need to be mentioned here, in the interest of having a complete record of the year.

First, in February, there was #FreeLuciano. We’ll leave it to you to read the full story if you wish , but to summarize: one Zwifter (Luciano) revealed a massive racing exploit, then was banned by Zwift. And the kerfuffle just got more fuffled as the days went on…

Then in June, Zwift warned community add-on developers that required upcoming encryption changes would be breaking their apps. And in July, that’s exactly what happened. Popular add-ons like Zwift Activity Monitor , ZwiftMap , and Sauce for Zwift were rendered nonfunctional when Zwift began encrypting their client-side datastream to comply with new requirements on Android.

Since that time, both ZwiftMap and Sauce for Zwift have released updated versions with workarounds. Still, we sure would love to see Zwift create a true API so approved developers could plug into game data and do amazing things.

What’s Coming in 2023?

Here’s what we know is coming very soon (within 1-2 months) to Zwift:

• Scotland Map : this will host the UCI Esports Worlds in February
• Personalized Leaderboards : a Companion app upgrade so you can track your segment and route times
• Zwift “For You” : a smart set of activity recommendations on your homescreen

There’s more to come in addition to what’s listed above. Some things we’re not allowed to mention yet, but there are definitely other things Zwift simply hasn’t told us! We’re looking forward to 2023 and all the Zwifty upgrades it will bring, and we hope you are, too.

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