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Toy Soldier Productions just released the trailer to their new ski and snowboard flick, Act Natural. The movie shows a host of freeskiers and snowboarders testing their skills on slopes, concrete, and rails from California to Minnesota. The movie…
Tough Mudder says their Electroshock Therapy obstacle delivers a 10,000-volt electric shock. Can a human survive that, or is it a sham?
You may not be a pro skier or climber, but at least you can train like one. Mountain sports coach Rob Shaul and his students share how they prepare for the peaks.
You may not be a pro skier or climber, but at least you can train like one. Mountain sports coach Rob Shaul and his students share how they prepare for the peaks.
You may not be a pro skier or climber, but at least you can train like one. Mountain sports coach Rob Shaul and his students share how they prepare for the peaks.
You may not be a pro skier or climber, but at least you can train like one. Mountain sports coach Rob Shaul and his students share how they prepare for the peaks.
You may not be a pro skier or climber, but at least you can train like one. Mountain sports coach Rob Shaul and his students share how they prepare for the peaks.
You may not be a pro skier or climber, but at least you can train like one. Mountain sports coach Rob Shaul and his students share how they prepare for the peaks.
You may not be a pro skier or climber, but at least you can train like one. Mountain sports coach Rob Shaul and his students share how they prepare for the peaks.
You may not be a pro skier or climber, but at least you can train like one. Mountain sports coach Rob Shaul and his students share how they prepare for the peaks.
You may not be a pro skier or climber, but at least you can train like one. Mountain sports coach Rob Shaul and his students share how they prepare for the peaks.
Watch Dan Ransom's 22-minute film about canyoneer Richard Rudow's exploration of an undiscovered slot in the Grand Canyon.
You may not be a pro skier or climber, but at least you can train like one. Mountain sports coach Rob Shaul and his students share how they prepare for the peaks.
You may not be a pro skier or climber, but at least you can train like one. Mountain sports coach Rob Shaul and his students share how they prepare for the peaks.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=P9IrVHoTwjc Three separate ski and snowboard tours joined forces last week to become one international series for freeriding. The Swatch Freeride World Tour, the Freeskiing World Tour, and The North Face Masters of Snowboarding will become the Swatch Freeride World…
Whether you’re catching a wave, splashing in the nearest stream, or chilling at the beach, if you’re a Patagonia fan, you’ll soon have eight new styles of board shorts in 45 different color combinations to wear for the occasion. Athlete-approved from the barrels of Hawaii to the…
Pushing the new Genius hard in Sun Valley, Idaho. We've been saying for awhile that one of the big stories in cycling for 2013 will be the rise of the 650B wheel in mountain bikes. Of course this 'tweener wheel size that splits the difference between…
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Here's a different kind of ski flick. Chalk'n Ski is a one-minute short that took more than 20 hours to make. Chris Dickey of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, directed artist Emily Feuz as she sketched out ski scenes…
The latest film in the Of Souls+Water series profiles surfer Christopher Peterson. For more, check out this interview with series director Skip Armstrong, of Forge Motion Pictures .
This year's Tour de France has been anemic, at best. I mean, the most fascinating story line was the rivalry between Sky's leader Bradley Wiggins and his first lieutenant—and likely the stronger rider—Chris Froome, and in the end it was a drama…
Wiggins has been road testing the new Shimano Dura-Ace 9000—seems to work okay. Photo. Cor Vos One of the best things about this year's Tour has been all the new toys the teams have been showing off. But while $10,000 bikes are great eye candy, given…
Originally published 9/9/2009 Outside's photo editor Amy Silverman has kept a book by her computer for a month or so now called The California Surf Project. More than once when I've been down in her office I've thumbed through it. Each time I find a…
In September of 2009, I interviewed photographer Chris Burkard about his photo book, The California Surf Project. Burkard set off on a 50-day road trip to capture the California surf scene with…
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9YVp3U_5mqI The best stories, videos, and photos I didn't post this week—until now. ADVENTURE Allow South Sudanese runner Guor Marial to compete in the Olympics Marathon, Change.org Guor Marial to compete in the Olympics, ESPN Summit of Nanga Parbat and…
In this weekly roundup, we scour the Web for our favorite long-form magazine and newspaper articles, collecting them here and on Longreads.com and Twitter. This installment focuses on the weight we're gaining, the addictions we're suffering from, the encroachments of me
By Jen Charrette As we look out the window at our friend’s house in Golden, Colorado, Kalden’s eyes fix on Lookout Mountain. “I want to ride up that,” he says as he gets ready for his second road bike ride ever. Is he a wannabe cyclist who has watched too…
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This short 51-second commercial is a really clean and quick take on what motivates Lesotho Olympic marathon runner Tsepo Ramonene. There's much more to his story than you see in the short. The 21-year-old lives with his unemployed parents, his twin brother, and his sister in a…
A new documentary from Walking on Water films looks at the life of blind surfer Derek Rabelo.
What does Walter Hagen have in common with a group of novices, swinging golf clubs through downtown Portland? More than you might think.
I have a friend who runs home from the bar and sits in a sauna after a night of drinking. He says this ritual helps him sober up faster and avoid a hangover. Is he right?
I heard about the BioLite stove, which supposedly makes electricity from wood. Does it work?
This illegal deer stand is bigger than most Manhattan studios. Photo: St. Louis County Land and Minerals Dept. Deer hunters wait. They find a good spot in the forest, and they wait. To get a better vantage, they might climb into a tree or build a…
Light-is-right fanatics take heed: don’t bother cutting the handle off of your toothbrush just yet. If you’re going on a multi-day trip, look to your sleeping system to shave some serious weight. After 2,700 miles on the road, our cross-country walking tester Andrew Forsthoefel gave us the scoop on his…
Fabiola in smoke. Photo: Brian Nevins This past April, 33-year-old, Hampton, New Hampshire-based photographer Brian Nevins won the Telus Pro Photographer Showdown in Whistler, British Columbia. It’s one of…
This week Google announced it had improved its Street View offering for Antarctica, which previously showed pictures of the Cape Royd's Adelie Penguin Rookery. The company added 360-degree panoramic views of…
These three athletes are guinea pigs for the latest in athletic science
Height is a distinct advantage in the high jump: tall guys don’t have to put as much air between their feet and the ground to get their center of mass over the seven-plus-foot bar. Which is why it’s astonishing that North Carolina native Jesse Williams, 28, is the reigning world champ. At six feet, he’s at least four inches shorter than most of his competition.
London is being called the Twitter Olympics—there were more Olympics-related tweets on one day in May than there were during the entire Beijing Games. Here are the Twitter accounts, sites, and apps that matter.
The method behind the most intensive drug-testing program in history
Following up on Donald Katz's "The King of the Ferret Leggers"
Marathoner Shalane Flanagan’s masochistic plan to bring home the gold
This summer in London, Trek will debut the lightest mountain-bike frame ever built.
Give money to your favorite environment-protecting non-profit without spending a dime. Clif Bar is inviting outdoor enthusiasts to protect the places we play by sharing photos and stories of our adventures on MeettheMoment.com. (Clif Bar's Meet the Moment is also sponsoring Outside's So There…
Telluride Mountain School students explore the Needle Mountains. Photo: Jamie Salem By Emily Brendler Shoff The older kids get, the easier it is to take them into the backcountry. This is even true for teenagers, who, despite getting a bad rap for being addicted to all…
Sagan roars to a narrow victory on Stage Six. In a Tour de France that has thus far been mostly ho-hum because of Team Sky's insipid domination, Peter Sagan, the Liquigas-Cannondale prodigy, has breathed some life into the race. In just…
Lolo Jones Photo: Screenshot of Twitter.com/LoloJones This is the social media Olympics. At least, such are the rumblings all over Facebook and Twitter. Fans and followers have exploded since the 2008 Games. Twitter has jumped from…
Nothing quite splits readers of Outside like a story about an adventurer or athlete who has died and left behind a spouse and children. The comments on such stories range from Good for them and They died doing what they…
America's leading active-lifestyle and adventure-travel magazine is looking for a web producer to join its growing online team. Think you have what it takes? Apply now. Are you passionate about compelling digital content and audience development? Interested in the fast-paced, dynamic, challenging world of online news and information? Outside magazine,…
“You might even live if you fell off of it,” says Squamish pioneer Perry Beckham. But that doesn't make this gorgeously-edited film of 25-year-old Canadian climber Will Stanhope free-soloing British Columbia's Zombie Roof (5.12d) any less gripping to watch. While the tone of the video is more soulful than…
Women's cycling is neglected throughout the year. But every Olympic season, our interest in most women's sports peaks—only to quickly wane. With Americans set to compete for gold in London and new races on the horizon, is it finally women's cycling's time?
From magic coatings that repel water to wired ski poles, these are the four innovations of tomorrow
I’m going backpacking through Europe and Southeast Asia later this summer, and I have a question for you. When you hit a big city, do you fly by the seat of your pants or do you make a plan for what you’re going to see and do?
In August, Australians will be able to check out a new 3D big-wave surfing documentary in select theaters. Storm Surfers follows Aussie tow-surfing legend Ross Clarke-Jones and two-time world champion Tom Carroll as they enlist the help…