How to Make Backpacking Suck Less? It Might Be Easier Than You ‘Think’ This brief explainer from MyLifeOutdoors provides tips and tricks for sharpening your backpacking head game. Written by Jilli Cluff July 25, 2022
GoPro Goodbye: Parting Shot From the Most Epic Surf Day Ever at Ma’alaea Look back at the most epic surf day in Maui’s Ma’alaea Bay history from within a freight train wave. Written by Jilli Cluff July 25, 2022
GoPro Misadventures: Cutest Backpacking BFFs Ever Watch three lifelong friends escape to the High Sierras to climb, hike, whine, dance, and vibe in this adorable extended GoPro reel. Written by Jilli Cluff July 22, 2022
‘Certain Change’: The Evolution of Women’s Cycling This new film from Wahoo provides a sobering history of women’s bike racing and offers a thorough roadmap for its future. Written by Jilli Cluff July 21, 2022
Falling With Style: Watch Bears Hunt & Play on a Waterfall Waterslides, wild trout runs, and a very fluffy sleuth of bears — it’s the kind of pure, nature-made content that we all could use more… Written by Jilli Cluff July 20, 2022
Navajo Teen Brings Native American Pride to Enduro Mountain Biking Watch as 17-year-old Nigel James carefully revitalizes ancient herding trails into enduro MTB tracks, then watch him send the gnar. Written by Jilli Cluff July 20, 2022
Brandon Semenuk & Kade Edwards Ride Insane Custom MTB Course in BC This video has two MTB masters, one marvel of modern trail engineering, and a smattering of cinematic drone footage. That’s all you need to know. Written by Jilli Cluff July 20, 2022
Style & Freestyle Down Norway’s Massive Rapids With Bren Orton In this edit from Send It, a professional paddler embarks on an epic tour of Norway’s most exceptional whitewater. Coolio handles the tunes. Written by Jilli Cluff July 19, 2022
Wu-Tang Booter? Ripping MTB Trails in Jackson Hole This short edit from Teton Gravity’s ‘Esperanto’ follows three MTB legends as they rally and rip at Jackson Hole’s fresh bike park. Written by Jilli Cluff July 19, 2022
Summer Skimo? Watch 2 Ski Mountaineers Attack, Flail on Emmons Glacier If you’re gonna forget your permit, your ski poles, and dry heave on a remote mountainside, the views had better be worth it. Written by Jilli Cluff July 18, 2022
How to Fish a ‘Shoreline Bucket’: Trout Fly Fishing 101 What’s a shoreline bucket and what makes it such a prime lie for trout? This brief explainer from Jensen Fly Fishing reels it in. Written by Jilli Cluff July 18, 2022
Fly Fishing 101: How to Choose a Fly Rod Backcountry teaches aspiring anglers the basics of how to choose a fly fishing rod in this quick explainer. Written by Jilli Cluff July 18, 2022
Watch Jonathan Siegrist Climb ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ in Vegas Hills Watch one of the best sport climbers in the world style a steep route outside Las Vegas in this new cut from La Sportiva. Written by Jilli Cluff July 18, 2022
River Tricks: Kayakers Freestyle Norwegian Classics In this fresh little cut, Spanish pro kayaker Aniol Serrasolses and his bro take on some of the biggest classics in Northern Europe. Written by Jilli Cluff July 18, 2022
Can Courtney Dauwalter Cook? You Be the Judge Courtney Dauwalter may be one of the best ultrarunners in the world, but how strong is her cinnamon roll game? Written by Jilli Cluff July 15, 2022
‘Drop N Roll’: Honza Winter, Matt Bolton Shred Squamish Gnar Watch two MTB pros take to the densely wooded foothills of Squamish and rip down the region’s most intense singletrack. Written by Jilli Cluff July 14, 2022
Is Racing MTB World Cups Even Fun? Red Bull Asks Riders Downhill racing can get rowdy to the point of being highly injurious. But those who live and die by the sport say it isn’t all… Written by Sam Anderson July 14, 2022
Gravel Rider Rachel Parker Speaks to the Transformative Power of Obstacles What is it like to be a queer Black woman in cycling? For one rider, it’s a vulnerable, powerful, and transcendent experience. Written by Jilli Cluff July 14, 2022
A Case for Grading the World’s Hardest New Sport Climb Seb Bouin climbs hard AF. But what gives a 5.15b climber the authority to grade a route 5.15d? This video digs deep for an explanation. Written by Jilli Cluff July 13, 2022
Master at Work: Watch Stefano Ghisolfi Climb ‘Los Revolucionaros’ in Greece Watch the Olympian dance and weave his way to the top of a stunning 5.14d limestone route in this unadulterated clip. Written by Jilli Cluff July 13, 2022
Do Walmart Bikes Not Suck? Find Out One bike expert inspects, calibrates, and takes Walmart’s new Kent Trouville hardtail MTB for a spin in this video from Berm Peak. Written by Jilli Cluff July 13, 2022
‘Van Life’ the Music Video: Even Cowboys Get the Blues Anyone who’s ever lived the nomad life knows things can get a little gnarly out there. This guitar-pickin’ van lifer spins road malaise into country… Written by Sam Anderson July 13, 2022
‘Micayla in Wonderland’: Trippy MTB Adventures in Crested Butte In a mashup unlike any we’ve seen before, creative MTB pro Micayla Gatto goes on a wild ‘Alice in Wonderland’ inspired ride. Written by Jilli Cluff July 12, 2022
Watch Alex Puccio and Michaela Kiersch Crush a V13 Boulder in Switzerland In this stoke-intensive edit, we get to see Kiersch and Puccio run a send train on ‘Steppenwolf,’ V13/8B, in Magic Wood, Switzerland. Written by Jilli Cluff July 12, 2022
GoPro POV: Kayaking California’s Waterfalls Rapids, fierce down-river runs, and tasty drops are all on the menu in this action-packed GoPro edit from kayak legend Dane Jackson. Written by Jilli Cluff July 12, 2022
Wishing for Winter? Look Back at Natural Selection 2022 With Travis Rice Grab a cold one, cozy on up, and let snowboarding’s brightest young stars transport you back to the days of bluebird skies and alpenglow. Written by Jilli Cluff July 12, 2022
Watch Why Kelly Slater Said ‘Brazil’s Like Nowhere Else’ Tranquil segments set to chill tunes keep the tone mellow, but cuts from badass World Surf League head-to-heads reveal Slater’s sharper edge. Written by Sam Anderson July 12, 2022
Hiker Films Massive Glacier Collapse in Kyrgyzstan If you have avalanche footie more epic than this, we want to see it. (But we doubt you do.) Written by Sam Anderson July 11, 2022
GoPro Surf Break: Mason Ho’s Quick Session in Oahu It’s time to hop on a surfboard and carve up some North Shore glass with pro surfer and Hawaii native Mason Ho. Written by Jilli Cluff July 07, 2022
Watch Andy Nieblas Dance on Waves in This Soothing Surf Edit This short, smooth film pairs Nieblas’s nimble surfing with Sayulita, Mexico’s turquoise waters and an easy-does-it guitar riff. Written by Jilli Cluff July 07, 2022