There Are No Winners with 'The Biggest Loser'
When the long-running TV game show relaunched in January, it promised a kinder, gentler version suited for the current health climate. It didn't deliver.
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The Ambitious Plan to Create a Ski Utopia in Maine
An impact fund wants to transform Saddleback Mountain, and its surrounding community in Rangeley, Maine, into a skier's paradise. The plan might be a moonshot. But it's also the kind of vision the greater ski industry needs.
We’re in the Middle of a Sports-Bra Revolution
Technological advances and a growing line of research have paved the way for a new class of support systems that are comfortable, look good, and fit a wide(r) variety of bodies.
David Quammen Is a Golfer Now, Sorry Not Sorry
Why a lifelong outdoor adventurer couldn't resist the siren song of fairways and greens
A Boat Fire Killed 34 People, and We May Never Know Why
On Labor Day weekend 2019, the 'Conception' left Santa Barbara, California, for a diving trip to the Channel Islands. Six months later, authorities are still trying to determine how what should have been a routine excursion became one of the deadliest maritime disasters in U.S. history.
World's Best Kayaker Seeks Full-Time Employment
With a résumé full of wins at kayaking's most prestigious competitions and historic first descents of the planet's deadliest whitewater, Nouria Newman is considered one of the greatest paddlers around. So why can't she turn her passion into a sustainable career?
Nouria Newman Kayaks in Norway
A week of running rivers around Voss, Norway, with French kayaking sensation Nouria Newman and her buddies
Denmark Took a Mountain of Trash and Made a Ski Hill
Renowned architect Bjarke Ingels has crafted an epic synthetic slope on top of a massive waste-to-energy plant
The Wild World of the Underwater Torpedo League
The new sport is attracting everyone from NFL players to pro surfers hoping to get an edge in the pool—and on land
Nordic Skiing Has an Addiction to Toxic Wax
Fluorinated glide wax is being banned from elite competitions, and big brands like Swix say they’re searching for environmentally friendly alternatives. But the seductively speedy—and noxious—compounds are unlikely to loosen their grip on the sport anytime soon.
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