About Us
June 21st, 2006
Thoos is the newest creation of Get Out Sports, an online sports resource started by husband and wife team Sean and Anne Hudson. In 2000, Get Out Sports began with Camp4.com, a site devoted to climbing, climbing photography, and climbing literature. For the past three years, it has been ranked on Forbes Magazine’s Best of the Web as one of the best climbing websites.
In 2004, Get Out Sports launched RunningPlaces.com, an online community-created database of running places, events, groups, and people. RunningPlaces.com fulfilled the Hudsons’ dream of a free quality online information resource for runners. By 2005, CyclingPlaces.com was launched to extend the concept to the cycling community.
The year 2005 brought new life not only to the Hudson family (a baby girl named Sadie, born in June!) but also to the Get Out Sports’ vision. The concept behind RunningPlaces.com and CyclingPlaces.com grew to incorporate other non-motorized sports such as hiking, skiing, fishing, paddling, paragliding, surfing, and skating. All the “places” sites were rolled into one single site - Thoos.com. Most importantly, Thoos.com would be a social networking site to encourage online athletes to share their interests and information.
The goal of Thoos is become the Internet’s social guide to adventure. If you are looking for comparisons, it is like if MySpace.com met up with Wikipedia.com and went on a little outdoor adventure. From recreational weekend warrior to competitive athlete, members can can post and find information on their favorite sports, find races and events to attend, and clubs/groups to join. Thoos is socially oriented with such features as a personal page for every member with photo gallery; ability to share your personal best accomplishments; find new friends with the Partner Finder tool; ability to edit every single page on the site “wiki style”; ability to leave your comments and personal experiences; and a goals section for posting and searching common sports related goals.
Visit Thoos today and see what all the fuss is about!