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Pro paddler Rush Sturges dishes tips on making dazzling adventure films
River renegades! Crazy foreign correspondents! Somali kidnappers! These were the epic yarns and soul-stirring stories that held us transfixed.
From the shark that choked on a moose to an investigation into Tough Mudder's first death, we look back at the stories that defined the year.
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LunaFest is a nationwide film festival featuring films by, for, and about women. The proceeds from the 190-plus events across the country are donated to non-profits, and more than $1.25 million has been raised for women’s organizations.
What does Santa look for under the Christmas tree… Happy holidays and ride safe!…
A documentary from around the globe about our relationship with water. In select theaters starting this fall. …
Official trailer for DAYS OF MY YOUTH coming in the fall of 2014. A film by Red Bull Media House and MSP Films. Athletes include Richard Permin, Mark Abma, Bobby Brown, James Heim, Cody Townsend, PK Hunder, Russ Henshaw, Michelle Parker, Gus Kenworthy, Markus Eder, and Sam Anthamatten.
A stirring film by Lucy Walker. The project chronicles Kevin Pearce and Shaun White in the lead up to the 2010 Olympics, where White won gold and Pearce didn’t even make it to competition after being left in a coma after a training accident. The project chronicles Kevin Pearce…
Ultraruns and extreme triathlons are the stuff Guido Van der Werve’s work is made of.
A project following Robert Young Pelton in his attempt to find the Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony. Read the full article here. …
What’s a niche adventure photographer to do when social media and technology create the perfect environment for copycats? In the case of North Shore wave photographer Clark Little, put down the coffee, assess the mayhem, and then dive right in.
Proven strategies for getting laughs, plus some always winning punch lines
Morgan Beck Miller mostly kept quiet about the bitter custody battle consuming her and her husband Bode. Until she didn't.
“Bear Island is not the kind of island that you can buy a ticket to, and take a boat or an airplane.” The Wegge Bros from “North of the Sun” set out on another journey that may just top their previous one. Another cold-weather quest filled with surfing, snowboarding, and…
From film festivals to private releases, we combed this year's batch of adventure cinema to bring you the best-of-show.
By Field Productions. Follow a group of the world’s most talented skiers and snowboarders on an intense and unpredictable trip through exotic destinations in Norway, Sweden, Canada, USA and New Zealand.
A film by b4apres media. The fight against oil giant Enbridge for the Great Bear Rainforest.
Sure, Katniss Everdeen looks hot wielding a carbon-fiber bow. But don't look too closely at her shooting and survival skills.
Following in the footsteps of Confluence’s earlier releases DRIFT, RISE and CONNECT, WAYPOINTS is the most exotic, ambitious and in-depth feature-length project that Confluence has ever created.
What drives Lance Armstrong? Director Alex Gibney, along with producers Frank Marshall and Matt Tolmach, offers an answer, and reexamines their role in promoting his story.
Here is a look behind the scenes of Alastair Lee’s new film The Last Great Climb, which premiered on November 4th. The film follows Leo Houlding with his team of Jason Pickles and Sean ‘Stanley’ Leary as they attempt to make the first ascent of the NE ridge of Ulvetanna…
Starring Jeremy Jones, a 2013 National Geographic ‘Adventurer of the Year,’ Higher is the final piece of the TGR trilogy. Jones and his crew are elevating their game and taking their quest to the highest standard for the third and final installment of the Deeper, Further, Higher trilogy from Teton Gravity…
November 4th Premiere! Alastair Lee’s film on Leo Houlding with his team of Jason Pickles and Sean ‘Stanley’ Leary as they attempt to make the first ascent of the NE ridge of Ulvetanna Pea. The Last Great Climb…
How a fearless filmmaker is shifting the conversation around snowboarding and big air
The Southern Foodways Alliance searches out the best hidden food personalities in the American South, tells their stories in films and oral histories, and puts their farms and restaurants on the map. We called filmmaker Joe York to find out why he works so hard to raise the profile of out-of-the-way cooks, farmers, and ranchers.
When outdoor athletes put down their gear and pick up guitars
One of the boldest skiers of our time, Shane McConkey left behind a wife, a daughter, and one of the sport's greatest legacies. Now a new documentary shares intimate details of his life. We talk to his widow, Sherry McConkey, about the film and their time together.
Teton Gravity Research’s Way Of Life is now available for download on iTunes. Check out the opening segment.
A short-film revealing what is perhaps Joel Tudor’s greatest contribution to surfing. Featuring Joel Tudor, Alex Knost, Tyler Warren, Ryan Burch, Jared Mell and more. Directed by Graham Nash and Reagan Ritchie.
An embedded film-maker boldly documents Lance Armstrong’s downfall
The North Face Speaker Series hosts mountaineering legends Conrad Anker, Simone Moro and Kit DesLauriers. Tune in at 7 p.m. Eastern as the three Everest giants discuss what the future holds for the top of the world.
In a new book, author and naturalist Doug Peacock imagines our species’ next big adventure—coping with a climate apocalypse that may now be imminent.
Harvard biologist Daniel Lieberman's new book, The Story of the Human Body, digs deep into the real meaning of "paleo" and why we struggle to stay fit and healthy in the modern age.
One car, one infinite urban sprawl, and one long list of the places where the legendary show was filmed. Mapping out a self-guided auto route seemed doable—but was it survivable?
Set goals for others, get a tattoo, and don't try to outswim an angry beaver.
Books, far more than movies or television or video games, impose a very useful obligation on the reader: the joy of exercising your imagination. These are our top classic tales for formative years.
Now’s your best chance to hold nothing back
With an entourage of powder freaks and beautiful athletic women, Nick Waggoner is doing his twenties justice—taking big creative risks and traveling the world directing artsy ski porn that sponsors love.
Photographer Todd McLellan destroyed some of his favorite old gear so he could take pictures of it. We called him up to find out why.
The official trailer to 4bi9 Media’s upcoming ski film, All Damn Day, set to be released August 2013.
Two literary lions deliver long-awaited epics about espionage and globalization
The new trailer to Sweetgrass Productions' upcoming ski film, Valhalla, set to be released Sept. 13…
Just train for 10,000 hours, right? Not quite. In his new book, author David Epstein argues that top-shelf athletic performance may be a more complicated formula than we’ve recently come to believe.
A clip from Lucy Walker’s staggering new film about Kevin Pierce and traumatic brain injury in adventure sports.
Inside the partnership of a nine-year-old bouldering prodigy and her passionate coach, from Sender Films.
Ben Hewitt talks about his new book, Saved, and the challenges of learning to live the cashless dream
The director of HBO's fracking documentary talks environment, contamination, and community
The king of survival talks about his new NBC reality show Get Out Alive, mending fences with the Discovery Channel, and making regular people eat awful things. PLUS: Exclusive video clips from the new show.
He's loud, he's proud, and—advisably or not—the Nuge always speaks his mind. We caught up with the 64-year-old rocker ahead of the return of his TV show, Spirit of the Wild, to talk about why he still spends his downtime hanging out in the woods.
A new book on the vanished age of airline hijacking captures an astonishing time. There was no airport security, and people brandishing weapons and bombs routinely commandeered aircraft around the world.
From Mountainfilm in Telluride, director Roger Ross Williams returns with a different look at Uganda.
From Mountainfilm in Telluride, a ragtag crew sails deep into a fjord in Greenland. The water channel, iced over for millenia, is open to exploration only because of global warming.
From Mountainfilm in Telluride, welcome to the world of off-width crack climbing, a sub-genre that attracts a rare breed.
From Mountainfilm in Telluride, Robert Stone’s newest film questions much of what we accept as fact about the negative side of nuclear as an alternative to fossil fuels.
From Mountainfilm in Telluride, the story of pollination, an ongoing dance between flowers and the bees, bats, hummingbirds and butterflies that are essential to life on earth.
Pandora’s Promise, a new film by Robert Stone, argues that our only chance of escaping climate-change doom is a global shift to atomic energy. David Biello has a few hard questions, including: What will we do with all that waste?
The iconic travel-writer addresses his new book and the claims that he is an "Afro-pessimist"
Life Lessons from the toughest, hardest, foulest-mouthed children’s author on earth. *Parental guidance suggested.
A trailer from Kiss the Water, a fly-fishing oddyssey and one of our favorite films from the Tribeca Film Festival.
Marmot Presents: DUK COUNTY, a documentary film that chronicles a bold medical mission to cure blindness in South Sudan. Produced by Jordan Campbell and Michael Herbener and due to premiere at Telluride Mountainfilm in May. (For more on South Sudan, check out Patrick Symmes’ feature story.)…
David Oliver Relin made his name as coauthor of the disgraced bestseller Three Cups of Tea—then tragically committed suicide. Now, a major publisher hypes Relin’s posthumous history of the inspiring Himalayan Cataract Project. Should we buy it?
What do rock-climbing heart transplant patients, Somali pirate hunters, and arctic cowboys have in common? All could be found on the big screen at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Of this year’s 217 films, these seven outdoor-focused picks were a cut above.
After freeskier Shane McConkey died in a ski-BASE accident four years ago, a group of his friends created McConkey, a documentary of his adventures that is as thrilling as it is heartfelt. We spoke with two of the directors about the film.
Anson Fogel, founder of Forge Motion Pictures and winner of more than 60 awards at outdoor film festivals, on how to get the most out of your action cam.
A brilliant adaptation of Kon-Tiki brings the legend of Thor Heyerdahl to the masses
Before his arrest last Tuesday, survivalist Troy James Knapp, a.k.a. the Mountain Man of southern Utah, lived off the fat of the landowners, breaking into cabins and running circles around sheriffs and marshals with little but his physical fitness and backcountry savvy. As Knapp appears in Sanpete County court via video this morning, JON BILLMAN reports on the
Junger’s powerful new documentary about the life of war photographer Tim Hetherington shows us why dedicated journalists are needed now more than ever
Ueli Steck dreamed of using a paraglider to enchain three of the Alps’ most famous mountains in a day. But first he had to learn to fly.
The story of a Pacific Island community in Papua New Guinea—their unique way of life and their fight to preserve what really matters in the face of climate change.
In this weekly roundup, we scour the Web for our favorite long-form articles, collecting them here and on Longreads and Twitter. This installment focuses on sled dogs, sewer rats, and mountaintop doping.