Liz, who blogs for us on her iWend page from deep in the South Pacific, has a new video presented by Patagonia, and produced by Tiffany Campbell. I was lucky enough to sail with her a couple of years ago down Baja, and I still dream about it.… Read the rest

I got this video sent to me by a friend. I won’t lie, it’s pretty much a partisan propaganda piece, and typically I’d avoid such issues on the Wend blog, but not this time. This world is full of wonder. This world is imbued with so many different hues of… Read the rest

Guy Mariano was a child skate prodigy. He could have ensured fame and fortune over the last decade but the streets of LA where he honed his skateboarding skills also offered other temptations and he dissappeared into obscurity. Luckily Guy found his way out and made, perhaps one of the most profund come… Read the rest

Eco humor is great. Thanks to the folks at EcoGeek for putting this together.

Well, you can all start your official countdowns: the next issue of Wend is officially off to the printer and should hit stands in just a couple of weeks! To get you excited about the new issue, we’ll be giving a few sneek peaks of what Volume… Read the rest

The Wend crew is heading out to Bachelor this weekend, and so should you, because there’s a hip and happening event going on that you won’t want to miss. (Plus you might experience a Sasquatch sighting.) What: King and Queen of the Cone, An uphill/downhill race to benefit… Read the rest

Congrats to our wonderful CEO/Publisher Ben Finklea (right) who managed to score himself an award for Best Presenter last week at the Zino Society Green Investor Conference. Read more here. Still waiting for that plant to show up in the office Ben!

Okay, it’s Wednesday, which means it’s Wipeout Wednesday again. What’s the best part about W.W.? I know exact moment when the other editors in my office watch it on the blog. Random outbursts of empathy, at witnessing others in pain, ring through the office. Got some good wipeout footage? Best… Read the rest

Even though spring may be upon us, this month we want to see your best extreme weather shots. Downpours, blizzards, lightning, even extreme sunshine… we want it all! Just submit your best extreme weather shots to our Flickr pool, shoot an email to fphoto@wendmag.com with… Read the rest

Left your American roots in the pursuit of a better life elsewhere? Just need some motivation to move forward on your plans to move abroad? Then there’s a new website you should be checking out: Expatify. Expatify is all about inspiring “people to dream, investigate and… Read the rest

I’ve always said, if I were the czar of the southern US, I would invest in a comprehensive light rail system, outlaw future construction of strip malls and tract homes, and use LEGO houses to plan out the next round of growth. Looks like South Carolina is… Read the rest

For this crazy shot taken at the Monarch Mountain Boatercross, Alex Kearney is our grand prize winner of April’s Friday Photo contest and scores an Orbit Tour PFD from Kokatat. Want to try to be one of our Friday Photo winners? Keep up with our monthly… Read the rest

Water is arguably the most valuable natural resource in the world and two mountainous Central Asian countries don’t see why they can’t profit off it the same way their neighbors do with oil. When the Soviet Union split Central Asia into separate nation-states in the early 20th… Read the rest

Cool video from Moab. This is part 5 of 5. via http://www.nationaloutdoors.net/

WHAT: The Baby Jumping Festival (El Colacho)
WHEN: June 11-15, 2009
WHERE: Castrillo de Murcia, Spain
COST: Free