“World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji” will premiere Aug. 14 on Amazon Prime Video. This 10-episode adventure series hosted by Bear Grylls follows 66 teams — including one mostly from Orlando — from 30 countries as they race nonstop for 24 hours a day, 11 days straight across more than 400 miles of Fijian terrain.
The teams consist of five competitors (four racers and an assistant crew member). For mostly Orlando-based Team Canyoneros, the racers are team captain Hien Nguyen, Greg Watson, Nathan Whitaker and Lena McKnight with Steven Greer as their assistant crew.
McKnight serves as director of Natchez Adams County Humane Society in Mississippi, but the remaining four teammates work highly technical jobs in front of computer or TV screens at Electronic Arts in Maitland, a contrast to racing.