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For trail & ultra directors

Remote coverage, easier to find.

Trail and ultra courses are remote, long, and off-grid. Where event, account, consent, age, and jurisdiction gates allow it, PodiumBase can combine face matching with timing windows to return likely eligible matches from covered aid stations and the finish.

Get photos for your trail & ultra
No retainer · pay per pro or rep-only $0 · US metros
A trail runner on a mountain ridge during an off-road ultra
Where PodiumBase fits

Between an overpriced incumbent and a Drive link.

The incumbent

There isn’t one

Nobody serves remote courses
  • ·Road-race vendors can’t staff backcountry aid stations
  • ·Bib-only matching fails under packs and jackets
  • ·Runners leave with no photos at all
The DIY option

A photographer + a Drive link

You coordinate everything
  • ·Shooters scattered across miles of trail with no signal
  • ·Runners scroll thousands of unsorted frames
  • ·No sales, no payouts, no matching
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The middle option

Podiumbase

Pay per pro, or rep-only $0
  • ✓Where event, account, consent, age, and jurisdiction gates allow it, selfie search may return likely eligible matches when bibs are hidden
  • ✓Timing windows place runners across aid stations
  • ✓Pros upload off-grid; galleries sync when back in range
Get photos for your trail & ultra
How it works

Three steps to race-day photos.

01

Consented selfie search is gated

Where event, account, consent, age, and jurisdiction gates allow it, selfie search can return likely eligible matches from covered legs, stations, or heats.

02

Publish on your event schedule

Pros can upload as they shoot, and galleries update as eligible photos are published. Timing depends on the event and photographer workflow.

03

You pay nothing to start

Post a bounty zone with a floor, or run rep-only at $0. Stay in the loop on coverage and sales the whole way.

The trail & ultra difference

No cell coverage, no problem.

A runner in a hydration pack, a buff, and a rain shell can leave a bib-reader with little to work with. Where event, account, consent, age, and jurisdiction gates allow it, PodiumBase combines face matching with timing splits to return likely eligible recognizable matches from covered aid stations.

AID
Remote aid stations
Eligible face matches can use split-time context where supported
TRL
On-course + summits
The landscape shots that sell an ultra
FIN
Finish line
The hero shot alongside eligible matches from covered stations
Trail runners climbing a technical mountain section on an ultra course
Two more ways in

For your athletes, and the pros who shoot them.

For athletes

Find your photos.

Where event, account, consent, age, and jurisdiction gates allow it, athletes can use selfie search to return likely eligible matches from covered course segments, with offers set by the event.

Find your photos
For photographers

Shoot trail & ultra races.

Get paid to shoot the trail & ultra events already happening in your city, with a guaranteed minimum when you cover a zone; eligible sale earnings count toward it, and you keep higher eligible earnings.

Shoot trail & ultra races
Questions

Before you add your event.

Our aid stations have no cell coverage. How do photos get uploaded?⌄
Photographers can shoot offline and upload when they are back in range. Successful eligible uploads then publish through the event workflow; local files and connectivity still need to be managed by the photographer.
Runners’ bibs are hidden under packs and jackets. Can you still match them?⌄
Where event, account, consent, age, and jurisdiction gates allow selfie search, a clear enough face can return a likely eligible match when a bib is hidden. Timing context can help, but coverage, image quality, and eligibility can still cause missed or false matches.
How do you cover a 50k or 100-mile course with stations miles apart?⌄
You can post a bounty zone per aid station or segment and pros can opt into the ones they can reach. Eligible uploads publish into one event, and available search can return likely matches from covered locations.
How do runners find themselves across so many locations?⌄
Where event, account, consent, age, and jurisdiction gates allow it, selfie search can return likely eligible matches from covered aid stations and the finish, ordered with timing context when available.
What does it cost me?⌄
You set a guaranteed floor per bounty zone and pay only the gap after photo sales — or run rep-only at $0 and pros earn from sales alone. No retainer either way.

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Add your trail & ultra.

Free to post. See your coverage and suggested floor before you commit a dollar.

Get photos for your trail & ultraHow it works