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Over the past year, we’ve gathered our own little collection of incredible time-lapse videos. In time-lapse style, we’ve showed you the Milky Way, the Northern Lights, a serious snow storm and even the growth of a beard in one year’s time.
The newest time-lapse vid we’ve come across shows off… Read the rest
Have you been to the beach yet this summer? Hopefully your adventures didn’t turn out like the guys and gals featured in the videos below.
From Mark: (That looks like it really hurts.)
From Lindsey: (Start at :20 and ignore the music.)
From Jess: (Since when does this seem like… Read the rest
I’ll admit it, the inspiration for this post is that it’s supposed to be upwards of 80 degrees in Portland today and I’m starving for some sunshine. Since I won’t be able to make it to the beach anytime in the foreseeable future, this seemed like a good release.
Whatever… Read the rest
According to the Oregonian… Read the rest, yesterday was the first clear day in the Portland area since February 25, and unfortunately the sun isn’t supposed to last. We will again be showered in rain tomorrow.
From what I hear, we’re not the only ones wishing for more sunshine in the forecast.
To capture the experience of body surfing in three and a half minutes does not seem like an easy task. And yet, the folks behind Woodshed Films have made it happen here, in the film Come Hell or High Water… Read the rest.
You don’t need to be an avid surfer of
The winner of this week’s Chaco Waves for Change Art Contest is Teresa Espaniola, who submitted this depiction of a “future sea bird,” made up of debris she’s found at a local beach. Here’s what she had to say about her plastic-inspired piece of art:
This gARTbage artwork was created … Read the rest
Tomorrow, Cynthia Aguilar, 26, will depart on her “Dream Big” journey–a 36-hour, 130 mile solo paddle board crossing from Cuba to Key West. Her goal is twofold. Aguilar will attempt to raise money for her non-profit Keep On Paddlin’, Inc. and the Make a Wish Foundation in the hopes of… Read the rest
Robert F. Burgess, author of The Cave Divers… Read the rest, as well as a ridiculous amount of other books on the subject, wrote that “scuba diving is itself a hazardous sport. To do it without any training is tantamount to playing Russian roulette with a loaded revolver.”
For all of you
It’s August and it’s hot, so a trip to the local watering hole may be just what you need to beat the heat. But unless you’re trying to ugly up your face with some sharp rock-induced gashes, you might want to take a gander at the next couple of videos.… Read the rest
As I was scouring the Creative Commons of Flickr to find photos for this week’s edition of ‘Round the World, Styx’s “Come Sail Away” started playing in the coffee house I was sitting in. So because of that and the fact that the weather happened to be the perfect mix… Read the rest
Apparently, a PR group in Russia thought it would be a good idea to send a donkey (of all animals) to parasail over the ocean as a promotional stunt.
As the reporter in this video states, “Witnesses report hearing the terrified animal bray as it flew over the sea for… Read the rest
There’s no finer way to spend a (hopefully) sunny holiday weekend than leaving the luxuries of city life to enjoy the great outdoors. And how better to cool off in the hot, summer days ahead (that we could really use right now) than water-skiing at the lake, ocean, river or… Read the rest
What with the tragic environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and a ridiculous amount of plastic and garbage floating around in the ocean, it’s about time the water of the world fought back. Here are videos of the ocean taking a stand against its undeserving victims: surfers.
From Linda:… Read the rest
Cy’s Sunrise Lefts from www.KORDUROY.tv on Vimeo.
A stunning video of a gorgeous wave from off the coast of Chile.
[Via: Oceans Waves Beaches]… Read the rest
