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If you want to lounge on an empty beach for hours, consider one of these trips.
Cleanses, specifically store-bought ones, are almost always bunk. No weeklong celebrity cayenne pepper diet or colonic lemonade spritz can rid your body of the gunk you’ve been exposed to—from alcohol and nicotine to pesticides and air pollution—says Mark Moyad, a urologist at the University of Michigan. Luckily, you’re already equipped…
Working out in nature is more restorative than exercising in a busy city.
The embattled philanthropist speaks out for the first time in years about his own public takedown and the discredited bestseller Three Cups of Tea.
December 28, 2013 – A group of world-class kayakers decided to head to the Rio Fuy with one thing on their minds…THE PUMA! To this day Salto de la Puma is still the tallest waterfall ever run in Chile. Accurately measured, the drop is around 35-36 meters tall (110-115…
The original energy bar is back with Epic, Omnibar, and Tanka Bar
Let's just say the dry spell means much more than an epically awful ski season.
When the urine collector came knocking, I didn't have a choice—start whizzing in front of him, or hang up my bike.
In short, yes. And, maybe, no. Tasers can be an effective method of non-lethal defense against cougars, ignoring other vital factors. But we’ll get to that. Before you head into the backcountry packing high voltage, you’ll want to know a few things about America’s misunderstood lion.
I have a five-year-old who I want to put on skis for the first time. What's the best approach to a new sport?
Man's best friend diverged from wolves at least 11,000 years ago.
Young Laura Dekker set out on a two-year voyage to become youngest person ever to sail around the world alone. This documentary tells her story.
Poised to qualify for the Winter Games this weekend
In season 6 episode 5 of Teton Gravity Research’s Behind The Line, our heli pilot along with athletes Sammy Carlson, Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, Angel Collinson and Ian McIntosh redefine what’s possible in skiing. For the past decade, pilot Tighe Daugherty, has helped the athletes reach new and daunting terrain in…
Throughout the summer of 2013, professional skier John Spriggs explores the mountains of Montana for ski mountaineering potential. After the snow finally melts away in the late summer, John turns to Montana’s blue ribbon trout waters to occupy his time and waits for the snow to fall once again. A…
The Wegge Bros have set off on a new adventure: watch the new Bear Island Trailer! Inge Wegge (25) and Jørn Ranum (22) spent nine months in an isolated and uninhabited bay of a remote, arctic island by the coast of Northern-Norway. To surf of course….
187 of the best videos from the web, compiled into one! If something exciting happened last year, it’s in this video. A project from Luc Bergeron.
Outside's Gear Guy Joe Jackson takes the Dagger Katana for a spin. A solid crossover kayak that will work for just about any excursion. In the market for a cooler? The answer is yes!…
Step one: Read the essential texts. Rock-star alpinist Conrad Anker, who leads The North Face’s dream team of globetrotting expeditionists, recommends Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills. First published 54 years ago by The Mountaineers climbing club in Seattle, the how-to guide…
Next week at Outdoor Retailer, Black Diamond will unveil jackets with a revolutionary cord management system that shrinks, hides, and embeds the technology needed to tighten hoods and hems. It’s called Cohaesive, and I’m excited about it for a few reasons. Cohaesive simplifies cord…
Looking for your next getaway? Consider putting your money—and time—in a place that is more than postcard pretty.
Cruising speed is 1.4 times the power a cyclist can sustain for an hour
Sends the 2,500-foot limestone big-wall route in three hours
In summer 2010, photographer James ‘Q’ Martin and conservation biologist Chris Kassar started an organization called Rios Libres. The organization uses multi-media to join the fight to protect the wild lands of Patagonia from proposed dams that threaten two of the most pristine rivers in one of the world’s…
Rail slide to base jump, what could go wrong? Behind the scenes with Stept Productions on their latest project Mutiny. Sketchy is one word that comes to mind for Mike Wilson’s bridge jump. (Warning: Adult language)…
Douglass Lawder, owner of Buddha Fitness Club in Santa Fe, NM, walks through a quick workout that will keep you fit through the holidays.
Look out Planet Earth. Filmed entirely in the Oostvaardersplassen, a nature reserve that harbors the largest population of wild horses and red deer in Europe. The film aims to show the circle of life in all its intricacy and glory – not through didactic scientific explanation, but by feel,…
Called the purest form of climbing, deep-water soloing (DWS) is free rock climbing practiced on sea cliffs, lakeside ledges, or climbing walls above pools. In deep-water soloing, water serves as the safety net. In deep-water soloing, water is your safety net. “It’s an exciting type of climbing; usually you can’t…
The short answer: nope. “It really doesn’t do much to alter meal frequency,” says Dr. Michelle Kulovitz Alencar, an exercise scientist at CSU San Bernardino who is investigating the impact of meal frequency on body mass. Weight loss “has more to do with the amount of calories consumed throughout the…
Before criticizing the gravel bike movement, throw a leg over Niner’s impressive new RLT 9
Prolonged inactivity shortens lifespan, study shows
Pocket-sized HD camera is recognized for its contribution to filmmaking
Featuring Kasie Enman, who was the 2011 World Mountain Running Champion and in 2012 had multiple 1st and 2nd place finishes in the SkyRunner World Series. In this episode she shares her experience of running throughout her entire pregnancy. She tells us what’s important to her, and how running fits…
The Bomb Snow crew has been getting after it since the first snowfall of the season. Searching for Solstice documents the cold wet storms that hit Montana in December 2013, frequently dropping their loads across most of the state. Although the early season has seen wide ranging temperatures resulting…
Skate skiing is classic cross-country’s edgier cousin—literally. Propulsion comes from pushing off the edge of the ski with a duck-footed stance, similar to how speed ice skaters drive off their blade edges. Couple that with gliding on the flat of the ski and thrusting with chin-to-toe poles, and skate skiers…
Over the past few decades, humans have developed some pretty high-tech synthetic fabrics, including membranes with nine billion pores per square inch and bi-layer wicking polyester. But in spite of our best efforts, the most advanced technical fibers still come from Mother Nature. Take merino wool, which is hard…
This is always a tricky question. There’s plenty of room for debate when it comes to choosing the “right” ski length, and a useful answer should entail a lot of research. Take the rocker revolution, which had people arguing about how the effective edge—or the length of metal…
With it’s new 26+ semi-fat bike, Surly is carving out a whole new category of bikes
Sure, the women of the U.S. ski-jumping team want to medal in Sochi. But they’ve already scored the biggest victory: getting their sport into the 2014 Olympics in the first place.
In the wake of a controversial death, OCR hopes to better manage risk with the help of a new sanctioning body.
California plantations sap water, spill harmful chemicals
TGR looks behind the scenes at U.S. freeski athletes training for Sochi.
As an effort to document this latest chapter in freeskiing’s history, Teton Gravity Research aims to put the spotlight on these skiers. This brief edit from Way Of Life, Teton Gravity Research’s latest ski film, highlights some of the training and preparation that the US Freeskiing Team has…
A quick edit from Silverton Mountain on January 11th, 2014. Doesn’t seem half bad up there in Colorado.
100% GoPro – Leo Ahrens skiing at Alta Ski Resort on a classic pow day in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Not to mention a little Bob Ross in there. …