Archive for May, 2009
Surfing, sailing and environmentalism; Captain Liz Clark’s lifestyle is envied by many. In 2006 Clark set out on her 40-foot sailboat, Swell, on an adventure to circumnavigate the globe. She documents her travels on her iWend Ambassador blog, describing all the details of her adventure from crazy surf moments to… Read the rest
Session after session I gained confidence at this beastly wave. In the afternoons the crowd would thin and the circus of photographers and spectators would run off to find food and shade. With just a few locals out I began to sit deeper and understand which waves I wanted and… Read the rest
Economy? Bad. Weather in Portland? Crappy.
Time for a California road trip to see Sal’s crazy Sicilian family in San Jose. Truck filled with bicycles and bicycle stuff. Music up. Windows down. Cycling as it’s meant to be. Free, unfettered, joyous, warm. No racing. No drama. No bullshit.
Just miles… Read the rest
Copper Creek from Dave Hoffman on Vimeo.
A little while ago I finally paddled Copper Creek. This particular run had been eluding me for awhile. Runnable mostly off of rainfall in the winter and early spring, the road leading to the put-in is often rendered impassible by snow. Mike Gottlieb,… Read the rest
This video pretty much tells it all…
The last of our Costa Rica adventures… Our Rainier Too Much Fun Expedition is coming soon…… Read the rest
Early Sunday morning: My bike is finally put back together, the car is loaded, my-bags-are-packed-and-ready-to-go, if you will, for a day at one of my favorite riding spots. Now for the helmet cam. The footage is a little bit bouncy, but good. Enjoy.… Read the rest
There is MUCH more energy on the reef this morning. Its thunder is like a constant itch. I can’t focus. I’m scared again. I want to go, but I don’t. I want to catch a big one, but I don’t. The jet skis buzz by and a flash orange boat… Read the rest
The thundering sound on the reef made it impossible to sleep. I tossed and turned, fearing the fear I already knew I would feel during my first session. After all, it was Teahupoo*! In my mind, it was so thick and punishing and frightening and reefy and everything scary about… Read the rest
With the truck packed with gear, kids and the dog and our neighbor’s borrowed pop-up tent camper all hitched up, the truck wouldn’t start. So began our quest to explore the canyons of the Southern Utah desert. It took us two extra days, a trip to the dealership to fix… Read the rest
Seth Warren is our newest Global iWend Ambassador, read more about him and his Elements Tour here. … Read the rest
Environmental doom-and-gloom stories abound, of course, but I don’t like to focus too much on that. A lot of hope and optimism can be found, especially when you hang out with kids. Since
