Do your Clif Bars look different? A little more badass? For the first time in 28 years, the usual packageing showing an illustration of a climber hanging from a cliff is being replaced with six female athletes [1] representing six different sports. Clif Bar wanted to celebrate these incredible trailblazing athletes, and they'll be available through 2020 while supplies last. Each wrapper also includes quotes from each athlete. Keep reading to see which six athletes you'll find on your favourite Clif Bar.
Chocolate Chip Featuring Football Player Megan Rapinoe
If you're a football fan, you'll want to stock up on Clif Bar Chocolate Chip bars — they feature two-time World Cup champion Megan Rapinoe [3]. Featuring her iconic pink hair, you can definitely feel Rapinoe's bold yet positive energy bursting from this illustration.
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Featuring Surfer Lakey Peterson
Probably my all-time favourite flavour, White Chocolate Macadamia Nut will now feature two-time US National Surfing Champion Lakey Peterson. In the quote on the back of the bar, she talks about how her parents took her on a trip around the world when she was just 5 years old, and that's when she learned to surf.
Chocolate Brownie Featuring Rock Climber Ashima Shiraishi
If you grab a Chocolate Brownie Clif Bar, you'll see 18-year-old Ashima Shiraishi [4], 2017 US National Champion in Sport and Speed Climbing. She started rock climbing at just 6 years old, and she was hooked (pun intended!). We've definitely got our eye on her for the 2020 Summer Olympics [5]!
Crunchy Peanut Butter Featuring Tennis Star Venus Williams
Grab a few Crunchy Peanut Butter Clif Bars and you'll see Venus Williams [6] staring back at you. Do you think if you eat one, you'll magically be able to play tennis as well as her?! Venus has 21 unbelievable Grand Slam titles in singles and doubles. She says in her quote on the back of the package, "When I was growing up, my mom was into healthy eating, so instead of sweets our family would reach for something nutritious like an apple."
Cool Mint Chocolate Featuring Skateboarder Jordyn Barratt
Skateboarder Jordyn Barratt is featured on the Cool Mint Chocolate Clif Bar and is a member of the inaugural 2019 USA Skateboarding National Team. Did you know she was a surfer before she started skateboarding at age 12? She says in her quote on the back of the bar, "Right away I fell in love with it and always wanted to be skating."
Peanut Butter Banana With Dark Chocolate Featuring Mountain Biker Katerina Nash
The badass biker on the Peanut Butter Banana With Dark Chocolate Clif Bar is Katerina Nash, who has eight World Cup wins in Cyclocross and Mountain Biking. In her quote on the back of the bar, she explained that growing up in Czechoslovakia on the border of West Germany, she wasn't allowed to go near the border until the political situation changed in 1989. "Riding my bike through the Alps that very first Summer is still my most memorable cycling experience," she says.