Trailblazer or trail blazer may refer to:

Awards

AMVCA Trailblazer Award The AMVCA Trailblazer Award is a special award given by MultiChoice to an film actor, actor through Africa Magic for outstanding achievement the previous year. Awards List of Awardees 2013 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards * Ivie Okujaye 201 ...

, one of the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards * NAACP Theatre Award – Trailblazer Award, an award presented to an individual who has made their mark in the entertainment industry * VH1 Trailblazer Honors, a televised LGBT awards ceremony in the United States

Media

Music

* ''Trail Blazer'' (album), an album by the Turkish heavy metal band Mezarkabul * ''Trailblazer'' (album), a 1990 live album by punk band All * "Trailblazer", a 2017 single by Nora En Pure

Film and television

* '' Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer'', a 1956 American film * ''Trail Blazers'' (film), a 1953 American film directed by Wesley Barry * Trailblazers (TV series), a 2007 British television program broadcast on XLEAGUE.TV

Sports

Derby Trailblazers The Derby Trailblazers are an English semi-professional basketball club based in Derby, Derbyshire. The club was founded in 2000 as a feeder club for the now-defunct Derby Storm, and wear the same blue and white colours as their predecessor. The ...

, a British semi-professional basketball team * North Carolina Trailblazers, a US women's recreational ice hockey association *

Portland Trail Blazers The Portland Trail Blazers (colloquially known as the Blazers) are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. The Trail Blazers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division (N ...

, a basketball team based in Portland, Oregon * Southampton Trailblazers, a British basketball club

Technology and computing

* TrailBlazer, a 1980s–1990s high speed modem by

Telebit Telebit Corporation was a US-based modem manufacturer, known for their TrailBlazer series of high-speed modems. One of the first modems to routinely exceed 9600 bit/s speeds, the TrailBlazer used a proprietary modulation scheme that proved highly ...

Trailblazer (satellite) Trailblazer was a technology demonstration satellite, which was to have been operated by the United States Air Force and the Missile Defense Agency. It was selected for launch under a "Jumpstart" contract, to demonstrate responsiveness, with the ...

, a technology demonstration satellite, which was to have been operated by the US Air Force and Missile Defense Agency * ''Trailblazer'' (video game), a 1986 video game by Gremlin Graphics, later updated for the Gizmondo ** '' Cosmic Causeway: Trailblazer II'', its sequel *

Trailblazer Project Trailblazer was a United States National Security Agency (NSA) program intended to develop a capability to analyze data carried on communications networks like the Internet. It was intended to track entities using communication methods such as ce ...

, a NSA programme to track communication methods such as cell phones and email * Trailblazer-class cruiser starship in ''Lightspeed'' (video game) * ''Trailblazers'' (video game), a 2018 video game by British studio Supergonk

Transportation and travel

* Chevrolet Trailblazer (crossover), subcompact crossover SUV produced by General Motors since 2020 *

Chevrolet TrailBlazer (SUV) The Chevrolet TrailBlazer (also known as Trailblazer) is a mid-size SUV produced by Chevrolet, a division of General Motors. The nameplate was first used in North America from 2001 to 2008; in 2009, it was replaced by the Traverse, as a cros ...

, a sport utility vehicle made by General Motors an offered in North America during 2001–2008 *

Lunar Trailblazer Lunar Trailblazer was a small (class D) lunar orbiter, part of NASA's SIMPLEx program, with a mission to detect and map water on the lunar surface to determine how its form, abundance, and location relate to geology. Its mission is to aid in th ...

, an American lunar orbiter planned by NASA * ''Trail Blazer'' (train), a Pennsylvania Railroad train, which ran from Chicago to New York via Pittsburgh * Trailblazer, a

highway shield A highway shield or route marker is a Signage, sign denoting the route number of a highway, usually in the form of a symbolic shape with the route number enclosed. As the focus of the sign, the route number is usually the sign's largest element, ...

and route marker roadside sign assembly *

Trailblazer (monorail) Trailblazer was a suspended monorail that operated at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas from 1956 to 1964. It was the first commercially operated monorail system in the United States. History Envisioned as a demonstration project for transit solutions, ...

, a suspended monorail that operated at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas, from 1956 to 1964 *

Trailblazer (rocket) Trailblazer was an American series of rockets used between 1959 and 1973 for research on Atmospheric entry, atmospheric reentry. Both vehicles were tested at the Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Accomack County, Virginia, Accomack County ...

, an American rocket used between 1961 and 1967 *

Trailblazer (travel) Trailblazer is an independent British publisher of travel, trekking and railway route-guides. Started by author Bryn Thomas in 1991, it was originally synonymous with the ''Trans-Siberian Handbook'', which for years was the only guide to crossin ...

, an independent British publisher of travel, trekking, and railway route guides *

Trailblazer Travel Books Trailblazer Travel Books a series of ten recreational guides for the Hawaiian Islands. plus one each for Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada, and San Francisco. They are published by California-based Diamond Valley Company and written by Janine ...

, a US series of guidebooks focusing on Hawaii

Other uses

* ''Trailblazer'' (board game), a 1981 science fiction game *

Trailblazer (roller coaster) Trailblazer is a family roller coaster at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Hershey, Pennsylvania. It is located in the Pioneer Frontier section of Hersheypark, just below Storm Runner. The ride is notable for being the second-oldest ope ...

, a rollercoaster at Hersheypark, USA * Trailblazer Pipeline, a natural gas pipeline that brings natural gas from Colorado into Nebraska * The Old Trailblazer, nickname of Albert Pendarvis, an American Christian broadcaster * Operation Trailblazer, a coalition military operation in the Iraq War * Trailblazer, playable main protagonist in Honkai: Star Rail