The Road to the Nor'easter with Sonnie Trotter & Russ Clune from NE2C…

If you talk about the great runners of today, Meb Keflezighi is undoubtedly part of the conversation. He tore it up on full-scholarship as a distance runner at UCLA, scored Nike sponsorship when he turned…

I'm doing the Tough Mudder in November and was wondering what shoes to wear? -Ben (Albany, NY)

Quadruple amputee, Philippe Croizon, swam across the English Channel on Sept 18, the Adventure Blog reports. Only a few days later, the Frenchman has his sights…

September 17 marks the sixth annual PARK(ing) Day, when people around the globe reclaim metered parking spaces as public spaces. According to Parkingday.org, the “project began in 2005 when Rebar, a San Francisco art and design studio, converted…

Saturday, September 11 was one of the most painful days of my life. On that day, I competed in the Tahoe Sierra 100, a 100-mile endurance mountain bike race in the wilderness northwest of Lake Tahoe. Suffering with me were my husband and our…

It's time again for the Reel Rock Film Tour, the annual climbing film fest put together by Big UP  Productions and Sender…

Chrissie Wellington stunned the world of triathlon, and maybe even herself, by breaking the Ironman world record for women in Roth, Germany, in July. The time she beat was her own, clocking in at 8:19:13, 12…

Courtesy of Michael Francis McCarthy on Flickr. An study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine tallied 287 documented injuries – including 20 concussions and one death – among 2,567 competitors at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games…

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The first dolphins caught in Japan this season were herded into the notorious Cove at Taiji today, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society reports. The Society, an International non-profit conservation organization whose mission is to end the slaughter of…

On August 26, Aaron “Wheelz” Fotheringham became the first person in a wheelchair to land a double backflip. The 18-year old, who was born with Spina Bifida, had been dreaming about the double since he landed his first…

Picture Courtesy of Online Photography School The Billabong Pro Tahiti surf contest finally began today after seven consecutive lay days, Surfersvillage reports. The contest, event number…

Courtesy of thelastminute on Flickr. Today the fifth consecutive lay day was declared at the Billabong Pro at Teahupoo, Tahiti after suitable swells again failed to show at the legendary break, Transworld Surf reports.

Hood To Coast Movie Trailer from HoodToCoastMovie on Vimeo. The Hood to Coast relay, a 197-mile relay run from 6,000 feet up Oregon's Mt. Hood to the town of Seaside, starts tomorrow. Over its 28-year…

Courtesy of Ramón Peco on Flickr. When the 75th Vuelta a España begins on August 28, it will be one marked by absence. Alberto Contador, the 2008 winner of the Vuelta and 2010 Tour de France winner, and Alejandro Valverde,…

Duncan Callahan (Vasque) of Gunnison, Colorado took the Leadville Trail 100 ultra-marathon this weekend, with a time of  17:43:24. The race took place just a week after the LT100 Mountain Bike race. The excruciating 100-mile out-and-back foot…

TypePad has a feature where it remembers titles of posts much like your address operates. So I typed in Pro Specialized rider…

What do you get when you toss award-winning documentaries, artists, activists and adventurers all into Aspen’s Wheeler Opera House? The second annual MountainSummit in Aspen, a four-day celebration of film, adventure and advocacy. A slightly downsized…

Courtesy of Arlyn Asch on Flickr. Levi Leipheimer finished first at Leadville Trail 100 on Saturday with a new record time of six hours, 16 minutes, 37 seconds, the Associated Press reports. The Team Radio…

Malibu, California's playground for celebrities and surfers, will become the first World Surfing Reserve this October. The Save the Waves Coalition launched the World Surfing Reserve initiative in 2008 as an effort to “designate and preserve outstanding waves, surf zones and…

By Stephen Regenold The twice-annual Outdoor Retailer trade show is an exhibition of thebest outdoors equipment in the world. New this year, GearJunkie.comlaunched an inaugural “Best in Show” award for the Summer Market tradeshow, held in early August. After four days in…

In case you didn’t make it out to Wanaka, New Zealand last week to watch the World Heli Challenge, this video will clue you in on what you missed. Sixty skiiers and snowboarders from around the…

Courtesy of Arlyn Asch on Flickr. Mark Higgins, a spokesman for the cyclist, announced this morning that Armstrong will not be competing in this year's Leadville Trail 100, ESPN reports. According to Higgins, Armstrong will…

Photo Courtesy of Flickr U.S archers concluded the 2010 Archery World Cup Stage 3 with a stunning seven medals in Ogden, Utah yesterday, ESPN reports. Four gold, one silver and two bronze went to the U.S as a boisterous…

Outside's Sam Moulton reviews Black Diamond's Z-Pole. It's a carbon-fiber trekking pole that weighs in at 260 grams and costs $150. –Erin Beresini…

  Chris Christenson has been shaping surfboards for over a decade. He’s never been a pro surfer, so imagine his surprise when the 37-year old got a call inviting him to star in a surfing film. Outside called up the Cardiff by the Sea,…

Eighteen months in the making, Patagonia's P26 light hiking shoe is finally here. Alicia Carr breaks down the shoe that Patagonia developed with input from Appalachian Trail hikers. It retails for about $185. –Erin Beresini…

Shannon Walton from Schoeller Textiles introduces black fabric that's specially treated so you can wear black on hot summer days. –Erin Beresini…

NAU Clothing's Caitlin Murphy introduces the NAU Gust Jacket, one of the nicest technical lifestyle pieces we've seen. It's made out of 100% recycled polyester, and is durable and water repellent. Portland-based clothing company, NAU, develops products by three main principles: beauty, performance, and…

Outside's Alicia Carr introduces the North Face Hedgehog. Lightweight, more durable and more comfortable than previous models, the Hedgehog is one of our favorite light hiking shoes–and it's the same price as previous models! The GORE-TEX version costs $110, and the…

Courtesy of kla4067 on Flickr. This morning Lance Armstrong joined Colorado Governor Bill Ritter at the state capital to announce that the inaugural Quiznos Pro Challenge will take place next August, the Associated Press reports.

Volunteers and Nature Conservancy staffers counted bighorn sheep this July to see if efforts to conserve the endangered species' population are working. The 40th annual bighorn sheep census took place in triple-digit heat at California's Anza-Borrego…

  When the world's best skiers and snowboarders converge on a mountain in one of the most beautiful spots in the world, blizzards aren't enough to stop them. The World Heli Challenge in Wanaka, New Zealand was nearly scratched when warm storms hit the region two…

Kayaker Thatcher Bean will race in the Class V Gore Canyon Whitewater Race on August 28 and the Wapiyapi Classic Bike Ride in Aspen on September 26 to raise funds…

By Stephen Regenold  It's trade-show time again. This week, you'll find me (and thousandsof other “gear junkies”) in Salt Lake City at the Outdoor RetailerSummer Market, a twice-annual exhibition of the latest gear andequipment made for playtime outside. Here's a peek at some of…

In case you couldn't watch the X Games live in Los Angeles last weekend, here are the 10 must-see tricks and tumbles you missed: 10. Canadian Pierre-Luc Gagnon follows up his win over Shaun White in Skateboard…

It’s been over a month since I’ve been under the tutelage ofpro downhill bike racers. Still,not a day of riding has passed without me crashing and flying through dirt athigh speed. I have put every piece of armor to use, and I was evendeveloping perma-cramps from braking…

  Courtesy of RonAlmog on Flickr. Last Wednesday 17 climbers were caught in a lightning storm above 13,000 feet on the Grand Teton, the Jackson Hole Daily reports. All of the climbers were injured in…

Mark Cavendish was the winner in a day that featured the sprinters of the Tour de France. Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck took it relatively easy today, saving up for tomorrow's big push.

Andy Schleck took Stage 17, and he did it riding closely with Alberto Contador. The two are good friends, as Contador says on his Twitter page, and the respect between them was visible today. Contador could have sprinted at…

It's National Tequila Day this Saturday, July 24! Instead of spending a lot of dough bar-hopping, we suggest making your own drinks. Mixologist Mark Drew of Casa Herradura gives you his best tequila recipes for summer fun: Blood Orange and Ginger Collins: El Jimador…

Lance Armstrong attacked in Stage 16, trying to win for the day, but it didn't happen. He wound up finishing sixth, and Pierrick Fedrigo took the victory. Alberto Contador held on to the yellow jersey, at eight seconds ahead…

A unmanned solar drone, the Zephyr, stands to set records in a test flight over Arizona's Yuma Proving Ground, the New York Times reports.  A representative from QinetiQ, the British company that developed the drone, says that the plan is to land the aircraft…

Andy Schleck lost the yellow jersey by eight or nine seconds to Alberto Contador in Stage 15 of the Tour de France. Contador took advantage of a mechanical failure that Schleck had with…

The Iroquois national lacrosse team was stranded in a Comfort Inn in Ozone Park, Queens Thursday night after being denied visas by the British government, the New York Times reports. The team was forced to forfeit the opening match of the world championship tournament…

Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador went head to head again in Stage 12 of the Tour de France. Schleck wasn't expecting Contador to attack, so he lost a bit of time but was…

Watch the best of the action in Le Tour's Stage 11 in the video above, and check out the day's winner, British sprinter Mark Cavendish, below. For more videos, go to Versus.com, and for analysis, go to…

Sérgio Paulinho has won Stage 10 of the Tour de France. His victory lightened the load for Team RadioShack, whose leader, Lance Armstrong, is no longer in the running to win his eighth…

Here's an update on Lance Armstrong in the Tour de France so far. He knows his eighth Tour victory won't happen this year, but he's still motivated to help Team RadioShack win.

Zach Gingerich blazed to victory at the Badwater Ultramarathon yesterday morning on the steep trailhead of Mount Whitney, California. The 30-year old runner from Aurora, Illinois, beat out second-place Oswaldo Lopez (Mexico) and third-place/first-woman Jaime Donaldson (Colorado) to claim the win with a time of 24:44:48. The…

When I was 40, I had a heart attack. It came by surprise. I had been, and still am, a dedicated athlete. Luckily, I survived, and, in 2008, I founded MI:Aware–MI stands for “myocardial infarction”–to educate people about the risk of heart attack,…

The 2010 AdventureCORPS Badwater Ultramarathon began today, with runners from 14 countries battling it out in the infamous furnace of Death Valley, California. At time of writing, Jorge Pacheco (California) held a thirty minute lead over Marco Farinazzo (Rio De Janeiro) followed close behind by Zach…

Frenchman Sandy Casar won Stage 9 of the Tour de France, while Andy Schleck took the yellow jersey. Alberto Contador pushed to take second overall. For more videos, go to…

Andy Schleck dons his first ever yellow jersey after Stage 9. He got it by out riding Alberto Contador in the final three to four kilometers, going uphill. For more Tour de…

Photo by Luis Escobar The 2010 AdventureCORPS Badwater Ultramarathon began today, with runners from 14 countries battling it out in the infamous furnace of Death Valley, California. At time of writing, Jorge Pacheco (California) held the lead with an approximate thirty minutes over Marco Farinazo (Rio De…

Watch recaps of the weekend action in the Tour de France, with highlights of Stage 7, above, and the sprint to the finish of Stage 8, below. Cadel Evans has the current overall lead, with the yellow jersey. For more Tour de…

Mark Cavendish won a second day in a row, taking the victory in Stage 6. And Fabian Cancellara still hasn't let go of the yellow jersey. To see more videos of the Tour, go to Versus.com, and check…

Here are some key moves that Team RadioShack uses to build and maintain strength off the bike. For more Tour de France videos, go to Versus.com, and check out…

The Stage 5 winner, Mark Cavendish, thanks his teammates for getting him the victory–an emotional win to overturn what had been, up to now, a “bad year.” Go to Versus.com for more videos, and check out The Spoke Word…

Stage 4 of the Tour de France was relatively easy compared to the cobblestone attack of yesterday. Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador stayed close to the front of the peloton. Alessandro Petacchi took…

Fabian Cancellara, who holds onto the yellow jersey after Stage 4, talks about what he likes to do when he's not in the peloton and about Frank Schleck being out of the game after a collarbone injury on the rough cobblestone streets of Stage 3. For more videos check…

Here's a recap of Stage 3 in the Tour de France. Thor Hushovd of Norway came in first, and Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland ended up with the yellow jersey. Lance Armstrong and Alberto…

A look at what kind of wheels riders use to make it through the rough cobblestone streets in the Tour de France. For more videos check out versus.com. For race analysis check out …

Here's a profile of Mark Cavendish, who narrowly missed the green jersey in last year's Tour de France by being disqualified in a stage. The cyclist has made a name for himself as a sprinter, and he's back…

Fantasy cycling is here. Get in on it by checking our July issue for a look at the odds for this year's Tour de France stars, then go to…

The Tour de France starts today. Check out the video above, from Versus, to see what went down last year, which directly affects the dynamics of the peloton this year. Keep checking the blog for daily video updates…

The Tour de France starts tomorrow, July 3. Watch this video, from Versus, to see who and what should be on your radar this year. Keep checking the blog for daily video updates from Versus and analysis from…

Lance Armstrong versus Alberto Contador, a battle royale. Their rivalry started during the 2009 Tour de France, when it became clear both men were vying for the ultimate win, despite being on the…

The Tour de France is only days away. Check out the video above, from Versus, about Lance Armstrong's chances for nabbing the yellow jersey again in 2010. Watch our blog for upcoming analyses…

The winners of the 2010 Mountain Click Photo Competition at the ninth annual Teva Mountain Games were announced today, with winners in three categories: Performance, Vibe, and Mountain Magic. Amateur and professional photographers submitted photos for a chance at cash prizes and the opportunity for…

John Isner and Nicolas Mahut have just begun a third consecutive day of play at Wimbledon in a match that has become a true test of endurance.  According to the LA Times, Isner, an American, and Mahut, a Frenchman, had already logged exactly ten…

U.S. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps will compete this October in the inaugural Mission Hills Star Trophy Pro-Am golf tournament on China's Hainan Island, according to Reuters. The tournament, scheduled for October 28-31,…

Wednesday will be a big day for soccer in America. After Team USA faces off with Algeria at 10 a.m. EST with a chance to advance out of the first round, New York City will play host to the most star-studded pickup game all year, the third annual…

Now that I'm part way through day three of my first Telluride Bluegrass, I've officially drunk the festival kool-aid. We're already making plans to come back next year. I've already been on two incredible mountain bike rides—the pic above if from yesterday's ride up the Bridal Veil trail, before snow…

Outside in Aspen: Catching Up With Melissa Arnot from Outside Magazine on Vimeo. Climber Melissa Arnot recently became the first American woman to summit Everest three times. (She's bagged Mount Rainier 73 times.) We caught up with her at…

Welcome to our definitive list of the players who have the best chance to make a name for themselves in the 2010 World Cup. (We did a similar list months ago, but injuries and…

As we drive to the start line of the 100th Dipsea race, my dad launches into one of his inspiring father-daughter pep talks. “It’s a shame you couldn’t run faster last year,” he says to me, smirking, as he pulls into Mill…

As I mentioned in my earlier post, a bunch of us are getting fired up for Telluride Bluegrass this weekend. If you're on the fence about going this year, it's not too late. I just got a press release last…

If you missed the action at this year's Teva Mountain Games in Vail, check out a behind-the-scenes recap from the Outside Serac Adventure Film School, above. And if you're looking to make your own adventure film, go to…