Archive for October, 2011
More than 34 million people have viewed Foster The People’s video of “Pumped Up Kicks” on YouTube. The song hit number one on Billboard’s … Read the restAlternative Songs chart and the indie-pop band from L.A. is currently up for an American Music Award. Since their start in 2009 Mark Foster, Mark Pontius
Cold… Read the rest, a short from Forge Motion Pictures by Cory Richards and Anson Fogel, is the quintessential mountain film. Pieced together with loving care within hours of its premiere this summer at the 5 Point Film Festival, the movie has merit for all the critical details that make adventure media
The brisk cold of the mountains came early for competitive ultra-runners Luke Nelson and Ty Draney when they hit the trail along the Middle Fork of the Salmon River on September 30. The plan: To raise awareness for plight of the salmon of the Snake River basin and a few… Read the rest
Gaz, founder of Silly Cyclists, is a regular cyclist in central London. To prove that bike commuters are just as guilty of committing frustrating traffic mistakes as cars, he rides around with a set of video cameras to record the worst cyclist violations. From no-handed, red-light runners to pedestrian crosswalk… Read the rest
Alligator wresting has arrived in Gresham, Oregon and Richard Ritchey is the undisputed champion beating out Multnomah County Animal Services, who had set a baited trap Friday to no avail. Sunday morning Ritchey, who also goes by “The Reptile Man”, swam into the storm drainage pond that the five-foot gator… Read the rest
In their feature film project, All I Can, Sherpas Cinema blends animation and graphic design techniques to give you a unique mountain film experience. This one is different than your typical ski flick–it expresses both a love for riding in the mountains and the environmental impact of exploring those mountains.… Read the rest
The Condit Dam went down yesterday. Check out this great mini-mentary from the Oregonian. ‘Nough said.… Read the rest
The latest installment of the random tandem adventure travel series by Dominic Gill and Encompass Films premieres this week at the Adventure Film Festival in the United Kingdom. Take A Seat Egypt… Read the rest pedals across the North African Sarah Desert to bring the story of this most ancient civilization as it
With November approaching the thoughts of lads and lasses of the winter sports persuasion turn to powder, and what better way to get ready for the slopes than to show people who weren’t.
From Jameel: (Back to the drawing board.)
From Antoine: (Don’t lose that edge.)
From Guillermo: (That first… Read the rest
If you add 37 ounces and $75 to each tire you can avoid spontaneous flats for the rest of your biking days. Hutchinson announces its answer to the plan-ruining, work-missing, totally aggravating bike flat—a 100 percent flat-proof, airless city tire. But is all that extra weight worth it? Check it… Read the rest
A Chinese City Games kayak race turned bloody on Sunday after a paddle-waving brawl broke out between two teams, sending one athlete to the hospital.
It all started when the Guangzhou team intentionally rammed their kayak into that of the Nanchang team, the hosts of the Games, who then retaliated—naturally—by… Read the rest
When an off-duty search and rescue volunteer happened upon Michael St. Laurent’s makeshift shelter in the backcountry of Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver, B.C. on Saturday, St. Laurent was prepared to die.
The 45-year-old had spent the last 10 days in the wilderness, suffering from frostbite, dehydration and injuries he… Read the rest
Ken Champion, a resident of Wilson, New York, an upstate town on Lake Ontario, found an alligator in a creek near his house. Champion called the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) immediately when he spotted the 30-inch long reptile. DEC officers then took the alligator to a local veterinarian where… Read the rest
Bangalore, India is testing out a new type of public transportation. The Automated Public Bicycle Sharing System (ATCAG) pilot recently kicked off and is scheduled to run for three months.
“The ATCAG aims to serve the need of the public for the last-mile connectivity for other public transport such as… Read the rest
My first experience with The Head and the Heart was entirely on a whim. Late on a Sunday night some friends and I found ourselves bopping our heads and humming along with the rest of the crowd at the Wonder Ballroom in NE Portland, Ore. And I’ll be honest, the… Read the rest
