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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. …
We posed your question to Dr. Kevin Laudner, a kinesiologist at Illinois State University who specializes in shoulders. “There are 20 to 30 muscles around the shoulder,” Laudner says. “I’m guessing there are quite a few that are causing the tightness, and there’s no one stretch that’s gonna get everything.”…
Jack London said that achieving greatness sometimes means burning white hot, even if there's a price to be paid once the flame goes out. Josh Dean went to Alaska to hang with Lance Mackey, the toughest competitor in Iditarod history. He came away with a new understanding of resilience, bravery, and the iron bond between a musher and his dogs.
$350,000 hunting permit auctioned off in the name of conservation
Amid "Blackfish" controversy, SeaWorld anticipates $1.46 billion for 2013
Season 6, Episode 4 – the entrance to a perfect Alaskan line. Behind The Line is an online video series from TGR that takes you into the minds of the athletes. Each episode features a unique line, jump, or session as athletes take a look back and discuss the…
The 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, a tech orgy that draws hundreds of thousands of people every year, wrapped up Friday in Las Vegas. And as usual, there was some pretty weird technology on the floor. Sensoria Fitness Sock A tattoo that measures your pH. A glove…
Kicking off the New Year at a kid-friendly adventure resort.
West Virginia in state of emergency as 200,000 are without drinking water
Euros just have more fun. Freeski-Crew.com’s film for 2013. Directed and edited by Marinus Höflinger.
Last April, Ski The East and Meathead Films invited the best up-and-coming Eastern skiers to a Superpark shoot at Carinthia – Mount Snow. In this first of three Carinthia episodes the crew slays the custom built step-up jump… and in true Meathead fashion, even manages to bring home some…
Mad River Glen, VT has born and bred some of the best big mountains skiers in the world today. The “resort” is dedicated to providing an authentic, as-nature-intended skiing experience and it shows in their huge variety of glades, cliffs, gulleys and untracked snow to be found on powder days.
Exercise caution when you look for an inexpensive mountaineering pack. Remember, a well-built pack is going to last a lot longer than a cheap one, and you want to make sure it won’t fail at a crucial moment. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t good options out there that cost…
Researchers have fingered several things as sources of sweet cravings. Stress, caffeine, and lack of sleep can all over stimulate your HPA (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal) axis, the body’s stress response system. Researchers believe chronic overstimulation of that HPA axis can impair its function, leading to poor immune activity, memory, and metabolism. Calorie-dense…
Is there a more abused word in the travel writer’s lexicon than “escape”? But it really does describe a Belizean vacation. Belcampo: Room 1 and the room of your dreams. The Central American country has all the makings for a timeout from reality, including multiple ecosystems to explore (swampy planes,…
A warming habitat—and a changing Antarctic landscape—have forced the iconic wobblers to take to high ground, ascending precipitous frozen cliffs in the process. But how is the question.
