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Normally, this kind of thing would be saved for a Wipeout Wednesday roundup, but since the end of the year is upon us… Enjoy.
[Via: The Goat]… Read the rest
We’ve got a holiday weekend coming up, which means a lot of folks are probably heading to the lake. Hopefully, they do better than these people.
From Richard: (I’m not sure what even happened here, except for that cackle.)
From Jennifer: (Not quite.)
From Jason: (We’ve got a tumbler.)… Read the rest
How would you feel if a shark jumped over you… Read the rest while you were surfing?
[Via: Huffington Post]
As illegal, stupid or dangerous as this may be, what we’re deeming ‘dam boarding’ looks like a lot… Read the rest of fun.
[Via: Paul Fisher on Vimeo]
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
Co-workers Tom Pickles and Sarah Harrington were recently kayaking in Lake Windermere, England’s largest lake, when, according to their statement, something “the size of three cars” passed by. Pickles snapped this shot of the creature with his cell phone camera before the pair “paddled back to shore right away.”
From… Read the rest
This is an absurd video that will make you question why you’re watching it while you simultaneously find yourself laughing hysterically or, at the very least, chortling wholeheartedly in front of your screen. But don’t feel bad–we’re all humans and we’re all weird–as this video rightly proves.
[Via: Outside]… Read the rest
If you haven’t come across this yet, you’re missing out. Watch as pro skier Mike Wilson fashions a 99 foot rope swing, which he then uses to flip (four times over) before hitting the water.
Yes, this video is absolutely going to inspire some terrible ideas and subsequent injuries. That… Read the rest
Professional big-wave surfer Frank Solomon was on the deck of his boat enjoying lunch–when he noticed some sharks swimming in the waters below. So, naturally, he decided to jump in with them. Of course, he strapped on his GoPro camera and snorkel first. It’s no wonder one of the sharks… Read the rest
This Sunday, a woman went kayaking in the waters of Big Pine Key in Florida. The 45-year-old woman was paddling in a two-person kayak, most likely minding her own business, when, according to the Coast Guard, a barracuda jumped into her kayak, bit her in the chest and dove back… Read the rest
There are few things I’ll stop for on a road trip: antique shops, roadside oddities and waterfalls. (If you have bladder control problems, I don’t suggest riding with me.)
Old things and oddities aside, waterfalls stand out. Mother Nature has definitely outdone herself with the always-beautiful, sublime free flows of… Read the rest
Nikolai Vasiliev, 57, is a Russian sports teacher with a passion for cross-country skiing… a passion that drove him to invent skis that don’t require snow. Vasiliev says he thought up the idea for summer skis about 40 years ago, but until recently, didn’t have the time to develop them.… 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
Water. It’s the stuff of life. And yet it is becoming the stuff of major crisis. What with the amount of potable water shrinking over time, the public conscious is finally beginning to grasp the consequences of its wasteful actions.
Overuse of the important resource, the pollution of streams and… Read the rest
