This is a pretty cool video which documents the beginnings of Portland’s skate park movement. And it all started with the legendary Burnside skate park, which came about guerilla style; skaters originally built it illegally.
[via Wall Street Journal]

For this month we wanted photos that would inspire readers to protect our waterways, and we couldn’t have chosen a better one to wrap up the month than this one. Taken by Matthew DiPietro in Yosemite National Park, the water in this photo is so clean and… Read the rest

Tour de Fat — the craziest and wackiest, sustainable festival on wheels — is rolling into Portland in a few weeks, and they’re still looking for a volunteer to trade their car for a bike. What?? Yes, you read correctly, the pedaling festival sponsored by New Belgium gets… Read the rest

I saw a tweet that led me to the Folbot Blog, where I found some cool POV footage from one of Folbot’s kayak testers. Folbot are the makers of fine folding boats that allow you to get a kayak where you couldn’t otherwise. Full blows and flukes!! Check it… Read the rest

San Francisco artist Andres Amador works against the tide; with the beach as his canvas, his amazing works remain only until the waves wash them away. He keeps a pretty extensive website of all his work, complete with a Tide Table Link, so you can… Read the rest

Sometimes I want to move back to Europe. This video (which was produced by the City of Copenhagen) will make you want to do the same.

Fixed Gear Gallery has been a staple of mine for bike porn for a while. Always entertaining, and always creative. But the one above, built by David Mahan takes the cake. I’m jealous as all hell. Click here to see more photos.

Big swell for the summer. And an SUPer even takes it. Nuts.

For all of you non-Portlanders, we’ve been experiencing some extreme weather. Seriously, Northwesterners are not made to deal with 100+ degrees several days in a row. So the only thing to do in times like these is work from home and stock up on iced coffee (seriously, having… Read the rest

Welcome to our final installment of our interviews from last week’s Summer Outdoor Retailer. Thanks to Jess from Patagonia, Tim from TyRy, Norm from Timberland (we dig the color of those shoes!), and finally, Flash from Mission Playground. Definitely some cool things coming from all of… Read the rest

It’s freaking hot in Portland; we’re going on our third day of 105+ heat and all I can think about is running off to some cool mountain stream and cliff jumping. Which got me thinking as I pursued the vault of WW submissions. Belly Flops. Yeah, this one should be… Read the rest

A non-profit group, Zambikes, and bike builder Craig Calfee are partnering up to bring the next reinvention for bikes, the Bamboosero. This design inspiration was first received after Calfee embarked on a trip to Africa where he noticed a shortage in bikes, at the same time as… Read the rest

Tappening — the anti-bottled water project that works to campaign for tap water — recently launched a new marketing campaign aimed at educating consumers about the “truth in advertising.” The Start a Lie Campaign is all about creating and spreading false information about bottled water to… Read the rest

Here comes Part 2 of our video interviews from last week’s Summer Outdoor Retailer. Thanks so much to Tim of El Naturalista, the always good humored Jaime from Teva, Robyn from Innate with the fancy schmanzy Kaze thermos, and Jordan from Marmot. We’ll be posting Part… Read the rest

For the truly rugged, there’s no need to rent an apartment — just take your living space outside. At least that’s what Brazilian brothers Tiago and Gabriel Primo are doing. With their art installation in Rio de Janeiro, they are living suspended 33 feet in the air… Read the rest