When she was 9, Severn Suzuki, founded the Environmental Children’s Organization, a group dedicated to teaching kids about environmental issues. At 12, she spoke in front of the U.N. at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Here’s her mindblowing speech.
It’s scary to think that she gave… Read the rest
I thought kayak sledding was insane, but at least you can kind of steer. But my crazy sailing friends over at West Coast Sailing are, well, they’re crazy. You’d have to be to tie a boat to a truck and do this.… Read the rest
Every store in Portland has been sold out of sleds for a week. They say necessity is the mother of invention and yesterday, we discovered that kayaks make pretty good sleds. You can even steer! My one word of advice: wax the bottom, with earth-friendly soy-based wax of course.
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The most common question we answer at Wend is, “What does Wend mean?” We define it as “Wandering, meandering, and seeking out your own path.” For our Fall Marmot contest, we asked you to show us pictures of you and/or your friends Wending.
Every issue we get more and more… Read the rest
It’s always hard picking the winners for the Marmot photo contest because you’re all out there doing so many cool things. My favorite part about the photos is that we get to see pictures of you during amazing, Wending moments in your lives.
We got loads of submissions for this… Read the rest
We were floored by how many submissions we received from readers for our first ever “Show us your Marmot” contest.
Yeah, that’s right…we’ve finally chosen a winner. The delay was caused by the change in ownership. Don’t know about that? Our letter from the editor in the July issue gives… Read the rest
Up and coming Maryland-based paddler beat out paddling legend Tao Berman on his own turf April 12 to take first place in the Washington Canyon Creek Race.
Now in its 16th year, the event drew almost double the number of competitors expected and a huge crowd of spectators who scrambled… Read the rest
The day Portland paddle maker Lee Bonfiglio closed up shop, folks lucky enough to own a Fluid paddle sighed, knowing that one of the best whitewater paddles ever made had become irreplaceable. After three years of abuse, I still haven’t managed to break mine, though it is missing a large… Read the rest
In the upcoming issue of Wend, on stands May 22, I review Brian Eustis’s film, Mekong: Exploring the Mother of Waters.… Read the rest I spoke with Ryan today and found out that the film was recently accepted into the Telluride Mountain Film Festival, aka Mountainfilm in Telluride.
Congratulations Brian!
Mt. Ashland, the only resort in Oregon to be powered 100 percent on Green Energy, is also the only Oregon finalist in this year’s Golden Eagle Awards. The ski area is a finalist for the “Silver Eagle – Excellence in Energy Conservation/Clean Energy” and also for the “Silver Eagle –… Read the rest
I’ve been testing out GoPro’s Digital Hero 3 and I gotta say…it takes a little getting used to to get great shots, but after that learning period, damn it’s awesome. The camera is itty bitty, about the size of half a Clif bar mushed into a square. (sorry for that… Read the rest
Eddyflower.com, a paddling website, is hosting a new competition to benefit First Descents, an organization for young kayakers with cancer. It’s pretty cool–in a 30 day period, you and your teammates (5 max) paddle as many rivers as you can and log your vertical feet. Then they add it all… Read the rest
Lately I’ve been bombarded with a slew of awesome kayaking videos. The latest I’ve heard about, Light and Liquid… Read the rest, is being put out by New Beligium Brewery (Fat Tire beer, mmmm, yummy). Or their super cool marketing guy. Or both. It’s somewhat unclear. Anyway, he describes it as a
