Wend Mag

Just in case you haven’t noticed the fancy new image on our Facebook page or the brand new cover featured in the top right-hand corner of our website, our latest issue is now available to peruse and enjoy via our digital edition.
In this issue, you’ll find a fantastic story… Read the rest

This week’s Friday Photo winner is Adam Sullivan, who submitted the above shot of his regal-looking dog, Alexander Supertramp. Here’s what Adam had to say about his shot:
This is Alexander Supertramp enjoying the view from his first summer in Colorado on the descent of his first 14er. Looking out … Read the rest

This week’s Friday Photo winner is Terry Welliver, who submitted the above shot of her canine companion, Massey, playing in the wild flowers. Here’s what she had to say about her shot:
Massey loves running around in fields or meadows. This shot was taken at Mayflower Gulch near Copper Mountain, … Read the rest

An open water channel crossing of the Hawaii Islands will always make for good cinema. And Destination 3 Degrees… Read the rest, a film by Chris Aguilar and Soul Surf Media Productions, does not disappoint. Though hardly a triumph of movie-making, the film pulls together the key components of a complex recipe

Dean Potter. His name is synonymous with adventure. He not only highlines far above and beyond most human beings (sometimes without a tether), he also BASE jumps and climbs, often making first ascents, speed ascents and free solo ascents.
Of course, Potter’s at it again. This time he’s highlining above… Read the rest

August’s first Friday Photo winner is Bernadette McKeever, who submitted the above shot of her dog, Griffin, on his and her ritualistic Sunday trail run.
Congrats, Bernadette! You just won a Ruff Wear water fetching fun Hydro Plane toy and your choice of a Ruff Wear float coat to keep… Read the rest

It’s August. In other words, it’s the “hot, sultry period of summer between early July and early September.” In yet other words, it’s the dog days of summer–and we know half of the Northern Hemisphere is saying hell yes it is… Read the rest to that.
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Just a few days ago, Jennifer Pharr Davis set the record for the fastest hike of the entire 2,181 miles of the Appalachian trail, which took her by foot from Maine to Georgia.
Davis left Maine on June 16 and–according to Huff Po–arrived at the end of her journey in… Read the rest

Carla Morrison‘s voice is soft, subtle and soothing. And the Mexican musician’s cooing sound carries lyrics in spanish that touch on the subjects of ‘Lagrimas’ (Tears), and ‘Este Soledad’ (This Solitude) with melancholic charm.
Morrison’s music almost sounds as if it could be echoing out of a small child’s music… Read the rest

This week’s Friday Photo winner is Shawn Tracht, who submitted the above shot. Here’s what he had to say about it:
Getting a heavy surf shot is no easy task. To get a wall hanger, the surfer, Shawn Tracht, and the photographer, Jeff Pfost, spend days waiting for a special … Read the rest

This week’s Friday Photo winner is Robbie Crawford, who submitted the above shot, which he calls simply, Murphy Bartling @ Wedge.… Read the rest
This month, we’re offering some incredible prizes to our four weekly winners, which are as follows: A pair of OluKai shoes, a GoPro HD wearable camera and, each week,

Late last week a nameless bald eagle was found on the road by two women in Bend, OR who believed it had been hit by a car. The eagle was badly injured and, after being taken to a vet, was determined to have a fractured wing, a dislocated elbow and… Read the rest

Take a look at this three-and-a-half-minute music video and you may not realize it took, according to the artists, Mattson 2, “5 men, 2 cars, 13 airplanes, 32 beers, 12 eggs, a broken generator, sunblock, a 10-22mm wide angle lens, a giant caterpillar, 1/2 of a kitchen and an ocotillo… Read the rest

This week’s Friday Photo winner is John Aaron Powell, who submitted the above shot. Here’s what he had to say about it:

This shot was taken in Waikiki last week at a surf spot called Courts in Ala Moana Beach Park. I’m riding a finless wooden board called an Ala’ia … Read the rest

Sure, Jake Gyllenhaal’s pretty–but does he have the balls to climb a mountain or shimmy along a rope across a deep ravine? Actually, he makes the latter look pretty easy.
In this clip, he’s initially oh-so-scared; “This is one of those moments,” Gyllenhaal says, “Face your fear.” But once he’s… Read the rest