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Every year Mike Olbinski dedicates a week to chasing storms across the western plains. This year, his trips in April and May took him to Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico and Texas in search of pulsing clouds. Needless to say, this was a great year. …
Paramotorist makes history as the first to complete the cross-country flying feat
Pro kayaker Rush Sturges takes you on a course preview of the Steep Creek Challenge at the 2014 GoPro Mountain Games. The games kick off in Vail, CO, on Thursday June 5 and run until Sunday June 8. …
Cold-weather surfers are cut from a different cloth. Eager to travel north, these guys dodge icebergs between sets and aren't afraid to freeze for the perfect Arctic barrel. Photographer Chris Burkard has the heart of a cold-weather surfer but more impressively, the eye to capture these stunning Nordic scenes from places such as Iceland, Norway, and Russia.
Intends to make documentary, study coral reef
Ed Viesturs is a professional mountaineer and a Whittaker Mountaineering Guide Team member who has summited Everest seven times. The Whittaker Mountaineering crew recently sat down with Ed and got his perspective on the risks of climbing Everest, in light of this year’s deadly avalanche. …
A young, paralyzed Brazilian may walk onto the field for the start of the world's largest sports tournament
Shades to be released June 23 go for the "hot nerd" look
In the worst disaster in decades, on one of the country's most iconic peaks, two guides and four clients go missing and are presumed dead—leaving a climbing community searching for clues.
Newly prescribed pollution limits are sure to push coal further out of the U.S. energy mix—but overseas demand might help keep coal cranking stateside.
Silk can communicate structural information, inspire new materials
Wolf Carr is a beekeeper from Portland Oregon, and the owner of Wolf Honey. A short profile piece from Juliet Zulu about the importance of following your passion and doing things you love. Read the full story here. …
Builder tells the story of trail building, through the eyes of some of mountain biking’s best riders and builders. From filmmaker Scott Secco. Premieres April, 2015. …
George Hincapie, one of the most celebrated cyclists in history and Lance Armstrong’s top domestique, opens up about his new book, his relationship with Armstrong, and why he chose to testify before the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. Read the full story here. …
Runs 26:44.36 in the 10,000 meters at Prefontaine Classic
Drop your jaws and pack your bags. Outside's best adventure photography of the year.
This year’s Red Bull King of the Air event took place in February at Capetown, South Africa’s Big Bay. 24 of the world’s best kiteboarders went head-to-head in a competition all about big air and style points. Watch as Kevin Langaree wins the title in this edit…
Norbu Tenzing Norgay is deeply familiar with Mt. Everest—his father famously made the first summit with Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953. But alongside the beauty and adventure, there's real danger, especially for Sherpas. It's time to make a change.
In his new memoir, George Hincapie delves into the past, examining his relationship with Lance Armstrong and his own choice to take performance-enhancing drugs. In an extended interview, he explains why he still has hope for cycling.
Fight-or-flight mode: The Internet follows you everywhere, it's all your fault, and there's nowhere to hide. Maybe that's not a bad thing.
Driver error, rear-end collisions most responsible for fatalities
Sometime in the near future, it’s almost certain that Vail Resorts will be operating a rebranded 7,500-acre mega resort in Park City. Will the Wasatch survive?
Using results from 600-student personality survey
A 2014 Telluride Mountainfilm Favorite. 90 year-old Frank Moore has always loved to fish. A WWII veteran and one of the many brave troops who landed on the beaches of Normandy. Mending the Line captures Moore’s incredible pursuit to return to Normandy seeking serenity in the waters where he witnessed…
Scientists use solar panels to follow their path across the ocean
Meet HISTORY’s Mountain Men and the lands where they make their living.
Dean Potter (aka The Dark Wizard) has been pushing the limits of the outdoor world for years. In his newest life challenege as a film director, Potter has created a short film about his dog Whisper, who often BASE jumps with Potter in a special compartment on…
Dean Potter buzzed the ice cream social at Telluride Mountainfilm Festival on Saturday afternoon in a wingsuit. Without his dog Whisper along for the ride, Potter jumped out of a single-engine plane just above town and flew over main street before landing at the edge of…
He's not one to take up the spotlight, but the Team Garmin-Sharp rider turns heads anyway.
The first county in the United States to outlaw fracking has an idea that could give environmentalists the upper hand—and deliver a major setback to big oil.
Chelsea and Hillary Clinton have teamed up to confront a new challenge—protecting the heavily poached African elephant.
Fast, furious, and under-the-radar, short track mountain bike racing offers something for everyone