Here at Wend HQ we love to feature bad bike lane photos. So we certainly loved the photo gallery over at the Guardian… Read the rest featuring pictures from Warrington Cycle Campaign book of Crap Cycle Lanes. Check them out, laugh and then shed a little tear for the people at transportation departments
DVS Skate & Create 2009 Feature from DVS Shoe Company on Vimeo.
This is a great skate video, with some amazing shots. The video is DVS’ official entry Transworld Skateboarding’s 2009 Skate & Create contest.… Read the rest
Tomorrow marks the big day: 350.org’s International Day of Climate Action.
We’ll be joining our friends at River of Action making a big 350 out of boats on the Willamette (even Sassy the Sustainable Sasquatch will be making an appearance) and then we’re headed to the big climate rally in… Read the rest
PORTLAND, ORE. — On Saturday, October 24, more than 100 paddlesports enthusiasts will form a giant floating “350” on the Willamette River in downtown Portland as part of the largest global day of climate action ever. Participants of this River of Action event will take to the river in kayaks,… Read the rest
Climate rally planned in Portland for international day of action
October 24 rally to support US action global warming
Portland, OR–Concerned Oregonians from all over the Portland area will
join together Saturday, October 24, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Pioneer
Courthouse Square to support strong global action on… Read the rest
Since fall is now in full swing, we’re dedicating the Friday Photo Contest to autumn. We’re looking for beautiful images that depict, fall, one of our four favorite seasons. Sometimes the best outdoor moments are the serendipitous ones; John Weld came across this beautiful autumn scene almost by accident. “I… Read the rest
All you snow lovers in PDX will want to check out the new Teton Gravity Research film playing this Friday at the Aladdin Theater.
What: The award winning producers at Teton Gravity Research (TGR) present their newest 16mm and HD film, Re:Session. This project takes viewers beyond the traditional ski… Read the rest
24 October: 350.org International Day of Climate Action from 350.org on Vimeo.
October 24th: 4,000 events, 170 countries, 1 message. What will you be doing?… Read the rest
Artist Jesse Graves calls his mud graffiti “environmentally friendly street art.” Using stencils and mud he spreads social and environmental messages. You can check out all of his work, and how to do your own mud stencils, on his blog.
Full gallery after the jump.… Read the rest
Another hilarious sport from Unreel Sports… this time, the beautiful act of synchronized skateboarding. The super tight, 80′s neon spandex outfits are amazing, and according to this video they’ll probably help in boosting your self esteem. Just remember that taking on this sport also includes doing some aggressive promotion.… Read the rest
We all know that sports can do good things for people, and the film Rio Breaks is another wonderful example. It follows the story of two friends from a Rio de Janeiro favela as they pursue their love of surfing. Part documentary, part surf film, even this trailer is moving.… Read the rest
Streets are so last year. In fact with the rise in popularity of biking to work, trails are where it’s at. Or so says Google.
The web giant is about to hire some pedicab drivers to ride the Google Street Trike around to get shots of place not accessible by… Read the rest
From the current Watershed installation in New York City:
1500 is the number of plastic water bottles consumed in 1 second in the US
That’s not bad enough for you? Consider this:
17 million barrels of oil are used in producing bottled water each year… Read the rest
What’s your impact?
So much that we crammed together with a bunch of our friends on the floor of Keen HQ just to prove it!
Thanks to everyone that came out last week for River of Action‘s October 24th Pre-Party.
[NOTE: click on the image for a larger version]… Read the rest
