Rich Knipping grew up in Winterport Maine outside of Bangor.  As a child he spent his summers and school vacations on Moosehead Lake where his grandparents ran a set of sporting camps.  It was here that he started snowmobiling around the age of 5 on a 1972 Ski-doo Elan.  He has been riding snowmobiles ever since.

Rich graduated from Hampden Academy in 1994 and went on to Springfield College where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Sports Biology.  He started school in September 1998 at New York Chiropractic College where he went year round to graduate in December 2001.  He is currently employed at Hoyt Chiropractic Center in Winthrop Maine and resides in Monmouth.

For the past 5 years Rich has averaged around 3500 miles of riding each season with the majority of it coming from Quebec.  Last years total was just shy of 4000.  Most of his riding is done with a few close friends including Dana Blackstone, Rob Gardiner, Mike Hoyt, Ryan Chamberland and his wife Amanda.

Rich's background includes alpine skiing, winter camping, strength training and nutrition.  He also dabbled in Motocross Racing growing up as well.

       He is excited at the opportunity to compete in the Cain’s Quest Adventure Race in Labrador and feels that Team Maine can be competitive in the Adventure Race arena.

Helicopter Shot from 2007 Race, that was the smoothest section of trail