New York
The world’s top professional surfers are heading to Long Beach this week. Long Beach, New York, that is.
Long Island—just 50 minutes from Manhattan—will host the Quiksilver Pro New York Surf Competition this week. Starting Sept. 1, the competition will run for two weeks and is the sixth of 11… Read the rest
Thanks to Adventure Journal… Read the rest, we now know about an event so wonderfully fun-looking that we have to share it with as many people as possible. The happening happens to be something we’ve yet to hear of, though it seems as if it’s an experience we should have already had.
From the Wall Street Journal:
“Dear God, your son walked on water but we know it would have been a lot more fun if he had a surf board or boogie board,” Rieder said as he splashed holy water onto the boards and their owners. “Let’s ask his blessing … Read the rest
It’s okay. You don’t have to admit it to us. But if you don’t know how to ski or snowboard, this is just the month to try it out. January is officially ‘Learn to Ski & Snowboard Month‘, and many resorts around the country are offering up incredible discounted packages… Read the rest
UNDERCITY is a gritty documentary short that follows urban historian Steve Duncan along a tour of New York City’s forgotten, but still (illegally) accessible historic places.
The suspense builds as Duncan leads filmmaker Andrew Wonder down active subway lines where the deadly omnipresent third line will “kill ya quick”; through… Read the rest
In 2009, four-year-olds Juliet Breitman and Jacob Kohn decided to race each other on their bikes, both of which still had training wheels on them. The kids were on a sidewalk outside of a building in New York, and were under the supervision of their mothers. But when an 87-year-old… Read the rest
Luke Geissbuhler has to be the coolest dad ever. Not only did he build a fail-proof carrier (out of a take-out box, according to New York magazine) for an iPhone prepped to enter outer space, he successfully launched it and… Read the rest recorded Earth at 100,000 feet with the HD video camera
I’m hungry and tired and arrived in NYC (the end of my U.S. tour!) without any type of fan fair. Yet my spirits lifted when my slackline passed a beautiful fire escape garden. Throughout, this cross country slacktour I ate a generous amount of burritos, consumed more beer than a… Read the rest
This week at the Bronx Zoo, the squirrel monkeys got a treat they didn’t quite know how to handle… Read the rest — Jell-O. The blue blocks were given as a treat and experiment, as Jell-O supposedly enhances the monkeys’ foraging instincts. We’re not sure about that, but it certainly is cute.
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Will people in the future call our time the age of stupid? Or will humanity find a solution to the world’s most urgent problem? You decide!… Read the rest
The Age of Stupid is the new four-year epic from McLibel director Franny Armstrong. Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in
Not everyone has the chance to get out in the wildest parts of the wilderness, but its still important to cultivate a love for the outdoors, something the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation is very aware of. On Friday and Saturday nights through all of July and… Read the rest
Yes that is a photo of Times Square, and yes, that is a photo taken at our benefit ping pong tournament. Proof that you should never ever miss a Wend party!… Read the rest
Urban adventures call for a means of transportation, and many cities are starting to realize that the best way to get around and explore is via bicycle. New York City isn’t behind on the trend, and the Downtown Alliance is currently hosting its second annual “Bike Around Downtown” where between… Read the rest
The only thing worse than seeing one of your state representatives suck back on a single-use plastic water bottle is knowing that your tax dollars paid for it. But luckily some states are taking action. Last week New York State Gov. David A. Paterson signed Executive Order No. 18, which… Read the rest
