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Daredevil ‘Swinglining’ in Moab, Utah [Video]

“Swinglining” is like bungee jumping, but better (or worse, depending on your particular predilections). It’s equal parts crazy … and awesome: I’m getting vertigo just watching this.

Ski Flying Record Smashed on World’s Longest Ramp (Nearly 800 Feet!)

This is absolutely in-sane: Ski flying is, essentially, a more extreme form of traditional ski jumping. The skiers themselves use slightly modified equipment, the hills are built bigger, and the jumps are far more akin to “floating” through air, whereas ski jumping more resembles a straight up-and-down off a ramp. And this newly rebuilt Vikersundbakken [...]

Skouching: New Downhill “Sport” Launches in Utah

Add 1 couch or recliner, 1 pair of skis and a host of willing (if absent-minded) participants and you’ve got a recipe for “skouching” … and plenty of B-roll footage for the next Jackass movie. “Why?”, you might ask. Why not?

Top 5 Can’t-Miss Red Sea Diving Hotspots

Whether you are an experienced diver or someone looking to have their first underwater adventure, the Red Sea is one of the world’s most spectacular diving destinations with shipwrecks a plenty, an abundance of weird and wonderful marine life and crystal clear water, making it a good choice for all levels of experience.

Napa Valley Zip Lines Coming Soon to … Napa Valley

Coming soon to California’s Napa Valley: zip lining. The wildly popular outdoor activity is coming to wine country courtesy of Napa Valley Bike Tours, who claim: The Napa Valley Ziplines course was designed specifically for first-timers. The first two zip lines will be the shortest and slowest of the course, designed to ease participants into [...]

Russian Divers Attempt to Bike Underwater [Video]

Not content to merely “dive” while diving, members of the Siberian Divers’ Club have taken to their first annual event of attempting “bizarre underwater acts”. This year’s act: successfully racing bicycles along a six meter underwater track, while keeping the tires in full contact with the lake bed. Turns out, it’s not that easy: I’m [...]

BASE Jumping Mirror Lake, Norway [Video]

Last Walk Around Mirror Lake – Boom Bip (Boards of Canada Remix) from FroschYankee on Vimeo. Guaranteed to be the most calming video you’ll see all day.

The 7 Best Places to Skydive Around the World

Skydiving is against every instinct built into every fiber of our being. And yet it feels so right. Turner Wright explores the best places in the world to fall on purpose.

World’s First Glass-Bottomed Hot Air Balloon to Open to the Public

Glass Bottom Hot Air Balloon © SWNS Christian Brown – the man made famous for copiloting a balloon ’round the world with Sir Richard Branson – is taking his 18 years of ballooning expertise to the next level. With the creation of one of the world’s first glass-bottomed hot air balloons, the pilot-turned-inventor is hoping [...]

The Spirit of the Running People: Three Cultures You Should Know

Turner Wright explores three “running cultures”, in which running is life, deeply ingrained in the hearts and minds of the natives.

Photo of the Moment: Checking the Waves at Oahu’s North Shore

© Christian Vetter Two surfers investigate the waves of Oahu’s North Shore at Pipeline during sunset.

Going Home Again: 96 Hours in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (Day 1)

I left the hustle of sunny, downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida almost two decades – a full twenty years – ago. It’s where I spent most of my formative years. It’s my second home of sorts. But I was just a boy then and that feels like a lifetime ago. So much time has passed and [...]

Neat: How Adidas Created the Perfect Soccer Ball for World Cup 2010 [Video]

© Jabulani, Deconstructed: Adidas via PopSci A fun story, both on its own and as a way to ease into a year of us providing you coverage of the Beautiful Game. And before you suggest that “providing” actually means “inflicting on,” keep in mind that the debate over soccer can end up in one place. [...]

76 Year Old Guy Scales Everest, Notes It Was Pretty Easy Actually

© r hyland Posted partly as inspiration – “see kids, you can accomplish anything if you put your mind to it” – but mostly as a reminder that we need to take a lot less pride in successfully acquiring Diet Coke every weekend. We feel a little bad for the 75 year old Japanese guy [...]

7 Marathons on 7 Continents: Your Guide to Running 42.195 km Across the Globe

Turner Wright explores the sheer exhilaration of running a marathon on every continent on earth.

Citibot: Full Sized Folding Travel Kayak [First Look]

A travel kayak? Yup. The Citibot folding kayak from Folbot (as in: folding boat) weighs a mere 24 pounds, is full-size, and 100% airline checkable making it a perfect addition to the traveling outdoorsmen’s baggage list. According to the manufacturer’s own video, it assembles in a mere 12.5 minutes. Our guess it that that’s probably [...]

Arsenal’s Champion Soccer Coach: Everything I Know I Learned By Living in a Bar

© Paul Blank From those of you unfamiliar with the Beautiful Game – and shame on you for that – Arsenal is a very good soccer team from the UK headed by their very good soccer coach, Arsene Wenger. Without getting into too many details about the club’s storied history, they go back to the [...]

On the Brink of El Camino del Ray, Spain [Video]

I Twittered yesterday about this little bit of insanity – a high altitude “hiking” video taken by Modern Gonzo Robin Esrock in the mountains of China. I’m fairly certain this man requires a shopping cart to wheel his testicles around. Not to be outdone, TravelWithDave forwarded a link to this one: Thanks, Dave, but I [...]

Photo of the Moment: Deep Blue Hole, Palau

© JennyHuang

Long-Distance Rower Rescued After 10 Months At Sea

Alex Bellini, an Italian adventurer known for rowing the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, was rescued Saturday just 65 nautical miles short of his intended destination of Australia. After nearly a 10,000 nautical mile journey starting from the shores of Peru over the span of 10 months, bad weather forced him to use his [...]

Photo of the Moment: Antarctic Kayaking

© bazzat2003

Ewan McGregor Biking From Scotland to South Africa

Ewan McGregor, best known for his roles as a young Obi Wan-Kenobi in the Star Wars prequels and as a cheeky monologist/narrator in Trainspotting, has biked from Scotland to South Africa with his best pal Charley Boorman. After documenting the 15,000 mile trip which spanned 20 different countries and took 85 days last year, the [...]

Photo of the Moment: Climbing Mount Ranier, Washington

© TroyMason

Aussies Are Undisputed Extreme Ironing World Champs

© ExtremeIroning.com A group of 72 Australians have been crowned Extreme Ironing champs after beating a Guinness record for ironing laundry under water. The feat was achieved when the 72 brave souls plunged into the murky waters off a pier in Melbourne. Extreme ironing, according to the Extreme Ironing Bureau, combines the “thrills of an [...]

Canada’s ‘Hangboarding’ is Equal Parts Hang-Gliding, Snow Boarding and Sheer Lunacy

Hangboarding – a new craze coming to a ski slope near you – is a combination of hang gliding, snow boarding, and well, sheer lunacy. Basically, you climb on to the hang board which is an apparatus suspended from a crane like contraption. Once strapped in, you’re suspended in air above the board. You make [...]

Skydiving Queenstown: An Acrophobic’s Rite of Passage

Nestled against violet mountains on the South Island of New Zealand lies the self-proclaimed “Adventure Capital of the World”: Queenstown. This alpine resort town has it all – a pristine recreational lake, nearby ski slopes and the gateway to some of the most scenic hiking trails on the planet. On almost every street, advertising brochures [...]

China to Permit Athlete Blogging at Beijing Olympics

China’s backing of inaction against Sudan hasn’t left the Olympics untouched – Steven Spielberg, a former artistic consultant for the Beijing Olympics, decided to sever his ties with the Games in protest against China’s backing of the regime. To add to this, athletes from several countries have set up a Team Darfur to protest against [...]

Cycling Scotsman Pedals ‘Round the World in 195 Days

Cycling Hawthorne Bridge, Portland © stop.down After braving snakes, heat, floods, and saddle sores for 195 days, 25 year old Mark Beaumont from Fife completed his around-the-world journey on his bicycle, beating the previous record of 276 days. The journey which began on the 5th of August last year had Mark cycle his way through [...]

Adrenaline Rush: The Geek Sport of Speedcabling

© Jaako Trust an IT guy to devise a new “game” that has people detangling Ethernet cables, and calling it a “sport.” Los Angeles native, Steven Schkolne, devised the game called “speedcabling” in which contestants were given a tangled mess of eight Ethernet cables and asked to detangle them. The contestant who detangles the cables [...]

Youth Camel Hunting on the Rise in Australia’s Aboriginal Communities

© BntAl3nabi Forget adrenaline sports – a new initiative to relieve frustrated Aboriginal youths in the interiors of Australia has them hunting and butchering camels. Substance abuse and alcoholism are rampant among teenagers in remote Aboriginal settlements like Kintore, where there are hardly any (legal) recreational opportunities to speak of. This has worried substance abuse [...]

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