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Archive聽 Who can say no to free gear? Not too many here at 国产吃瓜黑料, that's for sure. If the same is the case with you, then you'll want to check out Transworld Surf's 30 Days of Giveaways before the month-long…
Sometime around World War II, synthetics exploded into our everyday lives. By some estimates, these materials鈥攑lasticizers, dyes, pesticides鈥攈ave increased by a shocking 8,200 percent in the last quarter century. The upshot of that, of course, has been improved agriculture, economic wealth, and an abundance of…
Sometime around World War II, synthetics exploded into our everyday lives. By some estimates, these materials鈥攑lasticizers, dyes, pesticides鈥攈ave increased by a shocking 8,200 percent in the last quarter century. The upshot of that, of course, has been improved agriculture, economic wealth, and an abundance of…
Geoelectric image showing electrical conductivity of magma plume beneath Yellowstone Caldera. Courtesy of the University of Utah. Geophysicists at the University of Utah have…
Geoelectric image showing electrical conductivity of magma plume beneath Yellowstone Caldera. Courtesy of the University of Utah. Geophysicists at the University of Utah have…
A cold day in Yosemite National Park. Courtesy of Fovea Centralis on Flickr Five months into the fiscal year, the federal government's inability to find common ground on the annual budget is…
A cold day in Yosemite National Park. Courtesy of Fovea Centralis on Flickr Five months into the fiscal year, the federal government's inability to find common ground on the annual budget is…
I've been having a hard time motivating to ride lately. Maybe it's because I've been logging too many hours on the trainer. Or perhaps it's that the spring winds are starting to strafe Santa Fe again, blasting away at my resolve as well. I use lots of ploys to beat…
I've been having a hard time motivating to ride lately. Maybe it's because I've been logging too many hours on the trainer. Or perhaps it's that the spring winds are starting to strafe Santa Fe again, blasting away at my resolve as well. I use lots of ploys to beat…
Alexandra Horowitz on her bestseller Inside of a Dog, summer tips for your pooch, and why the Far Side gets it right. To listen to the extended interview click here, or subscribe to our iTunes podcasts.鈥擲tayton…
Photo courtesy of Flickr The Professional Cycling Council announced Thursday that it will recommend to the UCI, cycling's governing body, that penalties for first-time doping offenses should be double what they are now, according to VeloNews. The…
Courtesy of Amble Resorts Become the first (paid!) intern on Panama's Isla Palenque, future home of the Resort at Isla Palenque. You'll travel, blog, take photographs and film life at the…
Dr. John R. Sharp, who teaches at Harvard and UCLA, has been practicing psychiatry for two decades. He brings his wisdom to the masses with The Emotional Calendar, a book of case studies and advice on recognizing…
https://www.youtube.com/embed/vnwPSu7B2pM On Tuesday, Taubes, author of Good Calories, Bad Calories, and, most recently, Why We Get Fat, appeared on the Dr.
Patagonia has teamed up with a group of musicians to create Patagonia Music. Artists donate exclusive versions of songs鈥擯atagonia says you won't find these songs anywhere else鈥攖o the Patagonia Music Collective. When a listener purchases one of the songs on iTunes, a portion of…
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The first fight former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson ever got in was over a pigeon. Yep, some acquaintences taunted him about one of his pet pigeons and his passion for keeping the birds. He fought back when one of them killed the pigeon and, as the onetime “Baddest Man…
Carl Safina is a critically acclaimed ecologist and marine conservationist whose latest book is The View from Lazy Point. You can check out Bruce Barcott鈥檚 review in…
View more of the best photos in surfing at Surfline. Klein/Surfline The Surfline Portfolio Series is back with another great collection of shots, this time from one of Australia's leading photographers, Ray Collins. The series…
Photographer Corey Arnold has released a book about commercial fishing right on the heel's of President Obama's State of the Union joke about salmon.
聽 “The Way Back,” a movie depicting the supposedly-true escape and journey of seven prisoners from a Soviet gulag, goes to wide release this weekend. In limited release last weekend, the film garnered mostly positive reviews, receiving a 77 percent “Fresh” rating from Rotten Tomatoes. But, the…
聽 Photo from WIkimedia Steven Rinella can cook anything, which pairs nicely with his ability to hunt anything anywhere. He's 国产吃瓜黑料's go to guy for anything food and wilderness related, whether it's a quest to…
In 1939, wealthy American adventurer Dudley Wolfe was abandoned high on an unconquered K2, becoming the Savage Mountain's first victim. For more than 60 years, no one knew his story. Enter Jennifer Jordan, author, filmmaker, and…
Musician Ry Cuming grew up surfing Australian waves, so it鈥檚 no wonder that his music has a chillax, beachy vibe. Lately, the 26-year old has been touring with Maroon 5 and One Republic, far from his native swells. But he surfs…
The All-New 国产吃瓜黑料+ December iPad App from 国产吃瓜黑料 Magazine on Vimeo. Check out our complete December issue, plus exclusive videos, galleries, and digital enhancements for $3.99 in the iTunes store. To see what…
聽 Filmed over the past three years and incorporating interviews from more than 50 influential climbers鈥攊ncluding Royal Robbins, John Bachar, Lynn Hill, and Tommy Caldwell鈥擳he Last Wild Mountain attempts to tell the story of American rock climbing…
Mt. McKinley photo courtesy of Unhindered by Talent on Flickr. Ever dream of standing atop one of the Seven Summits, winning a marathon, or swimming across the Atlantic Ocean? So did these guys. But instead of following through, they lied about…
What did you miss last month? A lot. Pay attention next time. Or, just check back at the beginning of each month for a round-up of the top 10 blogs from the previous month, like this one. Number 10 (a tie!): Stuff You Should Click On: Week…
In the early 18th century, only a few thousand species were known, the word 鈥渟cientist鈥 didn鈥檛 exist, and, according to Richard Conniff, 鈥渆ven educated people still inhabited a jabberwocky world in which monsters abounded.鈥 Conniff鈥檚 ninth book, The Species Seekers: Heroes, Fools, and the Mad Pursuit of Life on…
In the early 18th century, only a few thousand species were known, the word 鈥渟cientist鈥 didn鈥檛 exist, and, according to Richard Conniff, 鈥渆ven educated people still inhabited a jabberwocky world in which monsters abounded.鈥 Conniff鈥檚 ninth book, The Species Seekers: Heroes, Fools, and the…
In the age of Prii, An Inconvenient Truth, and reams of 100% recycled printer paper, environmentalism is as much a fixture in American society as football season. That issues like climate change and sustainable fuel are topics of conversation among government officials and citizens alike is taken for granted. Environmental…
SKATEISTAN: TO LIVE AND SKATE KABUL from Diesel New Voices on Vimeo. Recently, Vimeo highlighted a short called Skateistan. In the film, quick shots of chickens eating garbage, soldiers patrolling busy streets, and dust kicked up against worn down buildings are crosscut with shots of teens…
You don鈥檛 need van-loads of equipment to make a documentary. People all over the world are making pro-quality feature-length films out of their backpacks for relatively little cost. I鈥檝e been working in India as a cameraman, filming for a project that will…
News of a giant wave off the coast of Ireland has stoked additional interest in the country as a surfing destination. Some of the best Irish surfing footage we've seen came to us last week via Allison…
聽 聽聽聽聽Sarah Palin checks fishing nets for holes,聽 Photo by Gilles Mingasson An early review of Sarah Palin鈥檚 Alaska聽 鈥擜be Streep Toward the end of a long montage introducing Sarah Palin鈥檚 Alaska, the Mark Burnett-produced, eight-episode series that premieres on TLC Sunday at 9 P.M. Eastern (7…
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Soldiers to the Summit – Veterans Day Tribute from 国产吃瓜黑料 国产吃瓜黑料 Film School on Vimeo. –Joe Spring@joespring…
Photo by Michael Nichols 聽“My whole thing is visceral,” says photographer Michael Nichols. “My stuff is savage, on the run.” “What I'm really known for is pushing the boundaries鈥攕howing something you can't see in any other way.” Nichols is one of…
Photo courtesy of Red Bull. Ultra-marathoner Karl Meltzer can outrun a horse. To prove it, Meltzer recently completed the first-ever run of the full 2,064-mile Pony Express route in 40 days, finishing on October 25. The run commemorated the 150th…
From Eastern Rises, winner Best Film on Mountain Sport, 2010 Banff Film Festival. Courtesy of The Banff Center The Banff Mountain Film Festival wrapped up yesterday, with Jason Burlage’s Mi Chacra taking home the grand…
聽聽 The documentary, Free Shane & Josh, is 25 minutes of explanation of how three American hikers crossed near the border of Iraq and Iran and were detained by the Iranian military last year, Wend reports. Sarah Shourd, the one of the three hikers who…
By J.J. Kelley Perhaps you want to create a YouTube video of your cat riding a vacuum robot. Maybe you want to make an insightful feature-length film that will tug at the hearts of your viewers. Both are examples of a documentary, and…
Fourteen people have passed out while watching 127 Hours, the LA Times reports. The film tells the story of Aron Ralston, a hiker who amputated his own arm after a boulder…
The NYC Marathon is Sunday, November 7. If you鈥檙e going to be in the area, check out Born to Run author Christopher McDougall鈥檚 prelude event on Friday, November…
If you鈥檝e ever been glued to the television during Discovery's Shark Week, chances are you've seen the work of Andy B. Casagrande. The 33-year old cameraman was obsessed with great white sharks as a kid and turned that passion…
In an effort to bring you the best in outdoor news each day, we comb through a lot of Web content.聽 And trust us, there's a lot out there. A good story can take a lot of clicks to find. But those clicks often lead us to content that, while…
The kayak action genre is generally known for pounding sound tracks and huck-a-minute waterfall drops. Wildwater, a new half-hour film from director Anson Fogel and narrated by kayak legend Doug Ammons that's making the festival rounds now, takes a slightly different approach. Shot with a…
Introducing the 国产吃瓜黑料 Journal. Steve Casimiro has renamed The 国产吃瓜黑料 Life and added the ability for readers to buy prints from noted photographers like Jimmy Chin, Chris Burkard, and others…
Spike TV just ordered “Coal”, a mining reality show from the creators of Deadliest Catch, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Thom Beers and Original Productions will follow a West Virginian mining company with 40 employees. It's not the first mention of a coal-related series.
Jonno Durant and Stefan Hunt, the documentary team that made Surfing 50 States and Somewhere Near Tapachula, have headed off to India for their next film, Surfing 28 States. Their goal is to connect with locals, lend…
Race Across The Sky 2010 from Citizen Pictures on Vimeo. Yes, Lance Armstrong dropped out of this year's race before it started. Still, the 2010 Leadville 100 MTB Race featured a slew of great competitors: Levi Leipheimer, Dave Wiens, Rebecca Rusch, and…
WARNING: This video contains graphic content. Watch at your own risk. 聽 Wouldn't it be great if everyone believed in climate change and was taking the necessary steps to reduce their impact on the Earth? We think so too. But is a video of climate activists pressing a big red…
Courtesy of murphy-R on Flickr. On the last rest day of July's Tour de France, Alberto Contador tested positive for small quantities of a banned substance, the New York Times reports. Although the 27-year-old Spaniard insists that…
National Geographic filmmakers were tracking elephant herds in Africa for the upcoming Great Migrations, airing in November,when a giant sand storm blasted into…
Two new videos with journalist and filmmaker Sebastian Junger have been posted on Made Possible. In the first, above, Junger talks about fear and risk when fighting or reporting a war. Risk is the fear that you'll die. And that's something…
Bestselling author Mary Roach on laboratory sex, space condoms, andFelix Baumgartner鈥檚 record-breaking attempt to jump from 23 miles above sealevel.–Stayton Bonner What鈥檚 the deal with people jumping from really highplaces?As a BASE-jumper, Felix鈥檚 day job…
The good folks over at Made Possible conducted a series of interviews with 国产吃瓜黑料 September cover subject Sebastian Junger. In the…
Photo Courtesy of Hurley Legendary freesurfer Rob Machado is having a busy year. First, he released and toured with The Drifter, a lifestyle film about his travels in Indonesia. Then he recorded the score to, Melali:…
It's time again for the Reel Rock Film Tour, the annual climbing film fest put together by Big UP 聽Productions and Sender…
Heuga Can Do Trailer from Larkin Flynn on Vimeo. This past June I had the chance to hang out in Aspen with Mike Marolt鈥攃pa, dad, high altitude skier, and filmmaker. On that Saturday night in…
As It Happens from renan ozturk on Vimeo. The good folks over at Vimeo recently chose As It Happens鈥攁 climbing series shot by Renan Ozturk and…
Need to improve your yodeling or candle-blowing skills but can't perform in the polluted air? Look no further than a breath of “Fresh Air,” which allows Hong Kong residents a chance to “experience breathing like the rest of the world…
Photographer Chris Burkard's image of Peter Mendria riding a wave off the coast of Chile won the overall prize in the Red Bull illume, a highly competitive action and adventure sports photography contest. More than 5,000 photographers from 112…
James J. Lee, 43, was killed by police inside Discovery Channel's Maryland headquarters yesterday afternoon, the Washiongton Post reports. Police shot Lee as he pulled a handgun and aimed it at one of his three hostages just before 5 P.M.
One of our favorite things to do with our covers is to put them up on facebook before they hit newsstands, then read the comments. We also like to hear what other magazine editors have to say. So we…
Yesterday Vail Resorts announced EpicMix, an app where Twitter meets ski lodge tall tales. The press release, which we covered this morning, reviewed the what and when. Rob Katz, Vail Resorts' CEO, gave me the skinny on the why and how – and…
Vail Resorts has released a new ski and snowboard gaming app for iPhone, Droid, and Blackberry. Visitors can track and share their time on the slopes through the app via radio chips embedded in their ski passes. Mashable.com has an in-depth…
“First Ascent: The Series” Trailer from Sender Films on Vimeo. Sender Films has released First Ascent: The Complete Series, a great new collection of climbing videos starring the likes of Dean Potter, Chris Sharma, and Alex Honnold. The entire…
In between grad school, performance art, and soap opera episodes, actor James Franco found time to star in director Danny Boyle's new movie about Aron Ralston's survival story. You can check…
What do you get when you toss award-winning documentaries, artists, activists and adventurers all into Aspen鈥檚 Wheeler Opera House? The second annual MountainSummit in Aspen, a four-day celebration of film, adventure and advocacy. A slightly downsized…
国产吃瓜黑料 films so horrendously awful, they鈥檙e brilliant. 聽 10The River Wild (1994) The plot is washed out, and villains Kevin Bacon and a pre-comedic John C. Reilly are mediocre at best. But when the bad guys force a buffed-out…
(Viking, $27, August) In The Black Nile, Dan Morrison and his hometown buddy,Schon, set out to trace the Nile from the Great Lakes region of Uganda to its…
Boogie 'til You Poop from Cedar Wright on Vimeo. One of the negatives of having a friend with a new digital SLR that captures great video? Having him record your most embarrassing outdoor adventure moment and sharing it on Vimeo. Warning: This video contains explicit…
Watch producer Jonathan Burhop’s short film on art photographer Howard Weamer. Since 1974, Weamer has spent every winter tending Ostrander hut in the Yosemite backcountry. Watching and listening to Weamer, who looks like John Muir and takes photos like Ansel Adams, spurs the urge to replicate his poetic lifestyle. We…
聽 Chris Christenson has been shaping surfboards for over a decade. He鈥檚 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. 国产吃瓜黑料 called up the Cardiff by the Sea,…
It's never been easier to show off your chops: Thanks to video sharing, any wannabe with an iPhone can aspire to a brief moment in the spotlight. But a few self-made stars manage to stick around. Here are four 国产吃瓜黑料-approved YouTubers who've turned their 15 minutes into everything from Red Bull sponsorships to record deals.
Shark week is back on Discovery Channel. Last night the piscine extravaganza kicked off with a return to Seal Island in South Africa for Ultimate Air Jaws. It's the third time the Discovery Channel has returned to…
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…
Check out pro kayaker Trip Jennings鈥 latest expedition tale tonight on the National Geographic Channel (10 p.m. East Coast; 8 p.m. West Coast). This time Jennings, one of 国产吃瓜黑料鈥檚…