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Courtesy of Chris Korbulic In late 2010, a team of kayakers including Chris Korbulic, Ben Stookesbury, and Hendrik Coetzee set off to notch first descents on the upper tributaries of the Congo River. On December 7, while paddling the Lukuga River in the Democratic Republic…

Emergency beacon signaled rescue

New tech may be faster than banned suits

Cobras: New tactic in dispute resolution?

Climber sends V14/15 on first try

Four Colorado transactions that put Tom Chapman on the map

Red Bull's Crashed Ice is a physical mashup of hockey and snowboardcross held on a downhill ice rink. We talk to the one of the stars of the fledgling sport.

Since the release of 127 Hours, a certain canyon in Utah has become a lot more popular—and dangerous

Tired of waiting in long lift lines at ski resorts? For a few thousand dollars, you could have the place to yourself.

If your favorite American ski resort added a single rail coaster would you ride it? Watch this video and then let us know in the comments section below. Ski resorts looking for an alternative way to bring in guests during the offseason, pay attention. This single-pipe coaster can…

Antarctica, Courtesy of Keoki Flagg The bad news? This expedition—in which 23 of North America's best known skiers, mountaineers, and guides invited you to cruise to Antarctica with them on a search for virgin powder—is over. The good news? The crew has…

Parent company says service will continue

Tomorrow, November 30, is the last day of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season. To mark the occasion, NOAA released a video that condenses the entire six-month, seven-hurricane season into a 4 minute and 42 second video. A few notes on the…

You can watch the full version of Xavier De La Rue and TimeLine Production’s latest snowboarding epic, This Is My Winter, at TimelineMissions.com.

Animals fed dirty meat, performed sick

Country to halt use of govt. helicopters

Men filled hollow-out boards with cocaine

https://www.mercedes-benz.tv/embed/1724/en The truth is, 38-year-old unicyclist Kris Holm has been around longer than video bike sensation Danny MacAskill. His videos piled up YouTube hits before the Scottish biker's first short went live. Holm pulls off some seriously impressive tricks in this latest video for, ahem,…

Thomas Vonn was also skier's manager

MTB champion gets time served, house arrest

Ski racing season in full swing

BMX rider was one of world's top dirt jumpers

ext_script = "//player.ooyala.com/player.js?deepLinkEmbedCode=xuZXYyMzoqJXug2nw7YJ3bWfhe9wrBKp&height=357&video_pcode=1jZG06vQqWlGOe2jr1WK6VaYFHtK&embedCode=xuZXYyMzoqJXug2nw7YJ3bWfhe9wrBKp&width=566" This past weekend we posted Yve Rossy's TED talk online. This morning, his crew sent us video of his latest stunt. The swiss pilot donned his wing, jumped out of a helicopter, and flew above the Swiss Alps with two Breitling jets.

As Olympic bid looms, test hours approved

The swiss pilot and self-proclaimed Jetman flies above the Swiss Alps with a team of Breitling jets.

You can thank Taj Burrow's father for the video clip above. Burrow and crew shot a three part video series in Fiji after a family vacation he had planned fell apart. He describes the evolution of the trip at stabmag.com. Taj Burrow:…

A few months ago, National Geographic put a picture of swiss pilot and self-proclaimed jetman Yves Rossy on its cover. In the picture, Rossy is casually looking right while flying in a bright red suit under the cover of his carbon fiber wing—which…

In our December issue, we feature Amy Purdy as one of the planet's most powerful innovators. Eleven years ago, Purdy lost her legs after getting…

Is working closely with killer whales in a marine park dangerous for trainers? Our reporter travels to a courtroom in Florida to cover the controversial OSHA-SeaWorld hearing, the outcome of which could redefine SeaWorld’s Shamu shows.

Mountain has never seen winter ascent

Doctors, manager could face 2 years in jail

By Guest Blogger Emily Brendler Shoff There’s still time before winter really sets in to log a few more miles on your mountain bike. Here in Telluride, we recently snuck in a late-season family ride on our favorite three-mile loop linking the paved in-town bike path to…

Documents appear before Durban talks

Mishap is latest in race's first leg

Searls misjudges jump from balcony to pool

Pro skiers Cody Townsend, Mark Amba, and the crew of Salomon Freeski TV hit up chest-deep powder at Washington’s Steven’s Pass.

French cyclist had missed three tests

Second-ever ascent of route

Marko Chesto spent 2 days in AK storm

The world is a playground of incredible places waiting to be experienced and cherished, places like the Coronado Islands, a small chain of deserted islands off the coast of Baja, Mexico. Recently some friends and I sailed to the islands for a few days of exploration and fun.  We paddled…

Te Araroa will run the length of the country

Carl Pope, Courtesy of Sierra Club Carl Pope, the current chairman of the Sierra Club, announced he is stepping down to pursue other projects. Pope led the environmental non-profit for much of the…

Endangered birds hover in Grand Canyon

As membership declines, group shifts course

Run from base camp took less than 3 days

Men collapse near finish line

Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker spent two months in Wyoming and Utah this fall climbing the United States's hardest offwidths—awkwardly sized, unpopular cracks that are too wide to fist jam but too narrow to chimney. In October, the pair established what is believed to be the world's most difficult offwidth…

Ben Stiller says “night mountain biking” reminded him of Apocolypse Now. But for me his hysterical description—”one of the most frightening experiences of my life,” complete with “a Lacross helmet with miner's lights” and that “CamelBak slurp thing”—is more reminiscent of Tom…

Switzerland upholds nudity ban on trails

Chair would cut hour drive to 11 minutes

Rescue efforts hampered by weather

Team is second from Korea to perish

This past weekend, skier Jamie Pierre died in an avalanche in Utah's Little Cottonwood Canyon. Known instabilities in the snowpack had been brushed aside by dozens of experienced skiers in the area that day, but these layers could persist for the whole season. How well can avalanche experts predict slides for the rest of the season based on these conditions?

Positive is Jamaica's Mullings 2nd since '04

The best environmental blogs, from one-sided political commentators to prolific aggregators and reporters breaking news.

Six dead in latest storms

Man slaps 9,000 hands in 24 hours

Comtel flight stranded in Vienna

Frog missing since '50s still alive

Lacking spaceship, agency still recruiting

Cancer risk may be higher than thought

Skier Jamie Pierre died this past weekend in a Utah avalanche and memorials and comments around the web have piled up in response. Warren Miller Entertainment put together this short tribute video to honor the 38-year-old athlete who…

Have kids, will heli-ski: the Cummings in AK [Dean Cummings] Last week I posted highlights from my interview with world champion extreme skier Dean Cummings, who lives in Valdez, Alaska, with his wife and two kids. Naturally you’d think that if…

Plan would freeze part of river for summer

Discovery won't air Frozen Planet finale

Man ran red light and killed tourist

Nepalese court jails men in fungus deaths

After evac, men will reattempt record

Customs agents find ivory worth $2.2 million

Lost in AZ, hiker sends picture to police

Up in the Pacific Northwest, Salomon Freeski TV hits the slopes in the snowiest month of the snowiest year in a decade.

Rider to appear in front of court next week

In late September, a surveyor found a small dead bat lying on the ground at a 6,500-acre wind farm in Pennsylvania, prompting an indefinite shutdown of night operations. With demand for green energy on the rise, is pulling the plug on a wind farm over one dead bat the right call?

Well-known skier pulled down rocky slope

Nat Geo honors climber, "Cold" filmmaker

Man couldn't find parking garage in NYC

Cull would aim to raise moose population

First to boulder and sport climb at top level

Is working closely with killer whales in a marine park dangerous for trainers?