24 Hours
In Nazare: On the Ground with Mason Barnes for the Season’s First Swell
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See How
Gimbal God Makes Magic as He Puts a New Camera Through Its Paces
Follow cams were used
in snowboarding long before Spencer Whiting built a name for himself (and a
really fun career) with the pairing. But the guy the internet knows as Gimbal
God certainly has a knack for doing it like no one else. On one hand, he
charges just as hard as the elite athletes he points his camera at. That puts
Whiting in a unique position to come away with footage of some incredibl
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24 Hours
In Nazare: On the Ground with Mason Barnes for the Season’s First Swell
23min
24 Hours
In Nazare: On the Ground with Mason Barnes for the Season’s First Swell
30min
Duo
Stranded for 3 Days Climbing Chaukhamba III
Climbers missing in
Fay Jane Manners from
the
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Jared
Elston, Red Gerard, and Danny Cass Join Arbor Snowboarding
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In a
Tense Political Climate, Jeremy Jones Wants Us to Find Common Ground…Again
Two years ago , Jeremy
Jones released
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Cornwall’s
Best Day of the Year So Far
“I haven’t seen it
look like this in years.” Videographer Sam Northover-Naylor is better known by
his online pseudonym, The Atlantic Walrus – due to him looking exactly like
that in the water: his words, not ours. He’s also spent a good portion of his
life living over the road from this south coast chunk of rock – and knows all
details of past sessions. And yesterday, as he says, was special. This
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Worry
grows in Indonesia after nation’s most successful surfer discovers joys of
alpine living
The ink on the freshly
release d ’25 World Surf League Championship Tour schedule is not yet dry and
yet a proud surfing nation already finds itself very worried. Yes,
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GEAR
THERAPY: Elite Football Player Gets Back into Skiing (Ep.317)
BLISTER+ member, Pete
Brantley, talks about getting back into skiing; playing football for the Oregon
Ducks (and Chicago Bears!); poses his most-pressing gear questions; and gets
Jonathan’s best recommendations. The post appeared first on BLISTER .
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The Best
Snowboard Bindings of 2025
If you’re thinking
about your snowboard bindings on the hill, chances are those thoughts aren’t
positive. Finicky, unresponsive, uncomfortable, or unreliable bindings are the
bane of any rider’s existence—a thorn in your side that, at best, leads to
under-your-breath expletives while strapping in. At worst? They’ll send you to
the ski patrol shack cradling a dislocated limb or leave you stranded
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World
Surf League Announces 2025 Championship Tour Schedule
Kick Off at Pipe Abu
Dhabi Added, Snapper Rocks, Lower Trestles, and Jeffreys Bay Return 2025 WSL
Finals to be Contested at Cloudbreak, Fiji Front Page: the one and
only…Pipeline starts the year. Image February 1, 2022 (Tony Heff/World Surf
League) Pictured: Cloudbreak, Fiji, will host the WSL Finals, where the 2025
Championship Tour season will culminate with the crowning of the World
Champions.
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Win an
IR Waxer From mountainFLOW
The winner of our Gear
Giveaway this week will get an Infrared (IR) Waxer from mountainFLOW! The post
appeared first on BLISTER .
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Kevin
Costner co-writes and stars in tropical surf thriller 'Headhunters'
Costner stars in surfing horror Headhunters
Oscar-winning actor
Kevin Costner is gearing up for a surf-themed thriller in tropical
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The
wetsuit made from recycled car tires
A Spanish surf company
developed a wetsuit made entirely from 100 percent recycled rubber car tires.
The 4/3 mm Roadcycled Wetsuit by Blue Banana uses components exclusively
sourced from used Volkswagen auto tires. In other words, it is built with
material that is obtained by transforming objects that have reached the end of
their original life cycle into high-performance, functional products. "T
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World Surf
League releases 2025 Championship Tour schedule
The World Surf League
(WSL) 2025 Championship Tour (CT) calendar will feature 12 stages, two more
than in 2024. The professional surfing circuit returns in 2025 with a
competitive format similar to previous years, despite pleas from fans to make
adjustments. If you're expecting Pipeline to close the season, you'd better
wait at least another year. The mother of all waves will, once again, open th
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Côme
Girardot sets new death diving record at 44.3 meters
Côme Girardot sets death diving record
Côme Girardot set a
new death diving world record after jumping from a height of 44.3 meters
(145.34 feet) at the La Cimbarra waterfall in central
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Yesterday saw a whole
heap of southerly Atlantic facing
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Costner stars in surfing horror Headhunters
Almost thirty years
after briefly sinking his career with the 1995 stinker Waterworld where he
played a mutated human with gill-like structures and webbed feet, capable of
surviving in the post-apocalyptic, water-covered Earth, Kevin Costner will have
another swing at an oceanic epic next year with a surf horror film set in
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Koa
Rothman, Bruce Irons Team up to Surf Indo ‘Secret Slab’
A few minutes into Koa
Rothman’s latest video, Bruce Irons comes screaming over the horizon on a jet
ski. What ensued was a welcome collaboration between YouTuber and surfing
legend, as they teamed up to explore an Indonesian “secret slab.” “That was a hectic
mission in
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Koa
Rothman, Bruce Irons Team up to Surf Indo ‘Secret Slab’
A few minutes into Koa
Rothman’s latest video, Bruce Irons comes screaming over the horizon on a jet
ski. What ensued was a welcome collaboration between YouTuber and surfing
legend, as they teamed up to explore an Indonesian “secret slab.” “That was a
hectic mission in
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CLASSIC
FEATURE: when there’s a will there’s a wave
With the WSL
announcing its schedule for 2025 earlier this week, commissioner Jessi
Miley-Dyer will have her hands full as she manages and helps navigate the
world’s best male and female surfers around the globe for 12 different events
next season. We thought this was the perfect time to take a deeper dive into
exactly who Jessi is by releasing, for free, a feature that ran in Issue 580 of
our ma
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Sea Lion
Found Shot in Orange County, NOAA Offers Reward for Info
Sea lion shot at Bolsa Chica
The National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is offering a reward for information
regarding the shooting of a
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The
Cribbar – Mathematically Broken Down
It may have been
eclipsed by its larger, more glamorous Atlantic cousins, but pound for pound,
the Cribbar is one of the most powerful waves out there. Breaking in plain
sight from
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Kevin
Costner to Star in Surf Thriller Film ‘Headhunters’
Costner stars in surfing horror Headhunters
View this post on
Instagram A post shared by Kevin Costner (@kevincostner) It’s been a big year
for surfing media. Earlier in 2024, Lorcan Finnegan directed The Surfer , a
drama starring Nicolas Cage as the eponymous character, battling angry locals
in
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Baja
California Sur and the Most Beautiful Emptiness
Editor’s Note: This
feature is presented by our partners at
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How One
Central American Country Harnessed the Power of Surf Tourism
If you could write a
script about how surf travel can have a positive impact on a local community,
look no further than
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Kevin
Costner to Star in Surf Thriller Film ‘Headhunters’
Costner stars in surfing horror Headhunters
View this post on
Instagram A post shared by Kevin Costner (@kevincostner) It’s been a big year
for surfing media. Earlier in 2024, Lorcan Finnegan directed The Surfer , a
drama starring Nicolas Cage as the eponymous character, battling angry locals
in
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Baja
California Sur and the Most Beautiful Emptiness
Editor’s Note: This
feature is presented by our partners at
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Casey
Brown Kicks off First Ever Women’s Red Bull Rampage Rampage Mountain
Bike Finals
Red Bull Rampage 2024 features women
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World
Surf League announces 2025 Championship Tour Schedule
The WSL has announced
some major shake ups to its 2025 CT schedule which will no doubt be a crowd
pleaser amongst the world’s best surfers and surf fans around the globe. The
iconic right hand walls of both Snapper Rocks and J Bay make a return to the
big league, while the world’s best will also compete at the new wave pool in
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WSL
Announces 12-Event 2025 CT Schedule, 7 Stops Before Mid-Year Cut
The World Surf League
announced its schedule for the 2025 Championship Tour on Wednesday with some
notable changes to the upcoming season. Snapper is back, giving
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The fabled second
jewel of surfing’s Triple Crown has been erased from the World Surf League
Championship Tour for the upcoming 2025 season.
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WSL
Announces 12-Event 2025 CT Schedule, 7 Stops Before Mid-Year Cut
The World Surf League
announced its schedule for the 2025 Championship Tour on Wednesday with some
notable changes to the upcoming season. Snapper is back, giving
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Watching highlights
from the recent Abu Dhabi Longboard Classic , the first competitive event to be
held at the Surf Abu Dhabi wave pool in the
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How Long
Do Travel Mugs Actually Keep Beverages Hot?
For many, drinking a
morning beverage is more than a routine—it’s a sacred ritual. Whether you drink
it en route to the office or the trailhead, you’ve likely adopted a favorite
travel mug to carry your magical morning elixir. But do you know how its
performance stacks up against the competition? Instead of relying on haphazard
observations and product claims, the Outside Lab @ CU Denver set up a
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Vacuum
Pumps, Robots, and a Real-Life Time Machine: Welcome to the Outside Gear Lab at
CU Denver
The room has a
heartbeat. It’s the first thing I notice when I walk into the lab: the gentle
thrum of machinery, the metallic click and stretch of springs, and the rhythmic
thud of two boots strapped to a gadget called the Time Machine that cycles
above a treadmill. At least, that’s what Adam Trenkamp tells me it’s called.
Trenkamp is the Outside engineer who runs editorial testing at this new ge
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WSL
Announces 2025 CT Schedule
Today, the World Surf
League (WSL) released the 2025 Championship Tour (CT) schedule. The combined
men’s and women’s calendar will feature 11 regular-season events, including the
addition of
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Leading
American Alpinist Michael Gardner Killed in Nepal
Climber Michael Gardner dies in
Michael Gardner died
in a fall on Jannu East (7,468m), in
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Leading
American Alpinist Michael Gardner Killed in Nepal
Climber Michael Gardner dies in
Michael Gardner died
in a fall on Jannu East (7,468m), in
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World
Surf League Announces 2025 Championship Tour Schedule
Today, the World Surf
League (WSL) released the 2025 Championship Tour (CT) schedule. The combined
men’s and women’s calendar will feature 11 regular-season events, including the
addition of
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Hurricane
Kirk triggers high-surf warnings in southwest European coastlines
The 2024 Atlantic
hurricane season is well underway, but there's a storm in particular
threatening the
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Pacasmayo:
the magical Peruvian point break
It might not be
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The
Design, Development, & Testing of Enve’s new M-Series Wheels (Ep.243)
Enve’s new M-Series
wheels are the result of a very long and involved development process, and they
don’t look, or ride, anything like M-Series wheels of old. So we sat down with
Jake Pantone of Enve to get the whole story behind their development. The post
appeared first on BLISTER .
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Enve’s
Fifth-Generation M-Series Wheels
Enve has launched the
fifth-generation versions of their flagship M-Series mountain bike wheels,
promising a very different ride feel from past M-Series wheels. The data
they’ve provided to quantify that is pretty eye-popping, and there’s a lot of
interesting stuff going on with their design — including new, Enve-designed
hubs. Check out what they’ve come up with. The post appeared first on BLIS
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Enve unveils new M-Series wheels
Enve says that their
new M-Series wheels ride very differently from Enve wheels of old, and we’ve
started putting those claims to the test with their new Trail bike wheels, the
M6. Check out our early impressions. Blister’s Flash Reviews and Deep Dives are
accessible to those who purchase one of our paid subscriptions To get our
comprehensive Deep Dives and our initial, unfiltered reports on new
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The potentially very
devastating Hurricane Milton made landfall overnight as a Category 3 storm on
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A good camping setup
is essential to backcountry exploration , regardless of the mode of travel .
While most of the gear tested by our staff is designed for warmer seasons,
plenty of it can, and will, double as essentials on winter hut trips and spring
overnight adventures. —The Editors Marmot Tungsten UL 3 When our tester went
looking for a tent that could fit her, her partner and a dog, she nee
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Molokai
Hoe 2024 Sunday Oct 13th 7a-3p
Aloha Kakou, Welcome
to the
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Maya Gabeira and her
story of near drowning at Nazare and then a comeback to becoming the first
female surfer honoured with a Guinness World Record. Maya and The Wave , which
tells the extraordinary story of Maya Gabeira, the first woman to surf the
notorious giant wave in
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Rip Curl
GromSearch Online Has Begun!
Since October 5th, the
2024 #GromSearchOnline is officially open. Until October 15th , young surfers
from all over the world have the chance to compete for a spot in the
international final, which will take place in
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Rip Curl
GromSearch Online Has Begun
Since October 5th, the
2024 #GromSearchOnline is officially open. Until October 15th , young surfers
from all over the world have the chance to compete for a spot in the international
final, which will take place in
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All My
Adventure Buddies Are Having Babies. What’s a Mountain Athlete to Do?
Whenever there’s an
incoming powder day, I start to shuffle through my internal rolodex of ski
partners. They’re loosely grouped in my mind: the mellow lap and tailgate aprés
enthusiasts, the ski mountaineers trying to push it on technical lines, and the
diehards who are up for a tour even if it’s raining or the dead of summer. Some
friends, though, transcend all categories. I think of them as th
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Morceaux
– Reubyn Ash, Kelly Slater and Co
Moments captured in
and around the Quiksilver Festival, featuring a whose who of rippers and our
very own Reubyn Ash, the GOAT and more. The post appeared first on Carvemag.com
.
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Mercurial
surf god Bruce Irons makes surprise cameo alongside Koa Rothman in epic
Indonesian surf
Six months ago, the
Kauai-born surfer Bruce Irons, the best surfer in the world in 2005 if you
asked anybody who was there, made a rare public appearance from a psychedelic
assisted rehab joint in
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There’s
Finally a Red Bull Rampage for Women
Red Bull Rampage 2024 features women
For the first time
since its inception in 2001, Red Bull Rampage , the most prestigious freeride
mountain biking competition, will include women. Eight of the world’s top women
freeriders will compete on Thursday, October 10, on a dirt outcrop in Virgin,
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There’s
Finally a Red Bull Rampage for Women
Red Bull Rampage 2024 features women
For the first time
since its inception in 2001, Red Bull Rampage , the most prestigious freeride
mountain biking competition, will include women. Eight of the world’s top women
freeriders will compete on Thursday, October 10, on a dirt outcrop in Virgin,
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What
Accelerating Climate Disasters Are Teaching Us About Survival
Flip through the pages
of Outside , or watch an episode of a hit show about the intersection of fine
wine and fungus zombies , and you’ll be presented with one unifying message:
survival is about rugged individualism. But the ever-escalating climate crisis
is bringing us a very different lesson from the real world. Despite the fantasy
so often portrayed in the media, real survival is actually abo
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What
Accelerating Climate Disasters Are Teaching Us About Survival
Flip through the pages
of Outside , or watch an episode of a hit show about the intersection of fine
wine and fungus zombies , and you’ll be presented with one unifying message:
survival is about rugged individualism. But the ever-escalating climate crisis
is bringing us a very different lesson from the real world. Despite the fantasy
so often portrayed in the media, real survival is actually abo
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Friend
of Shark Bite Victim Adds Emergency Response Kits to Australian Beaches
View this post on
Instagram A post shared by Community SBK (@communitysbk) A New South Wales
surfer has begun a rollout of community-funded shark bite response kits. The
initiative began as a response to a brutal shark attack that nearly killed his
friend, as ABC news reports . Kai McKenzie was surfing at North Shore Beach,
near Port Macquarie, when he was attacked by what experts believe to be a
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Friend
of Shark Bite Victim Adds Emergency Response Kits to Australian Beaches
View this post on
Instagram A post shared by Community SBK (@communitysbk) A New South Wales
surfer has begun a rollout of community-funded shark bite response kits. The
initiative began as a response to a brutal shark attack that nearly killed his
friend, as ABC news reports . Kai McKenzie was surfing at North Shore Beach,
near Port Macquarie, when he was attacked by what experts believe to be a
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Listen:
Duct Tape Theory episode five – Mental Health
Chapter five of Duct
Tape Theory rips open the veneer of pro surfing to expose the mental battles
waged beneath. Kassia Meador ditches her sponsors and the limelight, realising
success isn’t measured by contract figures. Beyrick de Vries doesn’t sugarcoat
his spiral into addiction or the strength it took to claw his way out. Shaun
Tomson, facing every parent’s worst nightmare, shows us how to kee
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Watch
Nathan Florence, John John Florence On a Marathon Foiling Session
The
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A Look
at the Slabby Barrels and Peak-Splitting Sections of Palm Springs
I left
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Watch
Nathan Florence, John John Florence On a Marathon Foiling Session
The
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A Look
at the Slabby Barrels and Peak-Splitting Sections of Palm Springs
I left
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The Best
Running Shoes for Training and Racing
We are experiencing
one of the most thrilling eras in the history of running shoes. In recent
years, cutting-edge materials, innovative geometries, and creative combinations
of foams, plates, fabrics, and soles have resulted in faster, lighter, and more
comfortable models than ever before. The good news is that runners now have an
abundance of options. A multitude of choices, however, can sometim
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The Best
Snowboard Boots of 2025
When putting together
your snowboard kit, no piece of the puzzle is more critical than your boots.
Boots don’t just connect your body and your board; they’re also the key to
on-hill comfort. The wrong boots can cause hot spots, blisters, heel lift, toe
bang, or swamp foot—all potential day-ruiners. The right boots, however, can
make previously torturous bell-to-bell days no big deal. After wearin
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Two
Climbers Were Stuck at 21,000 Feet in the Himalayas. Here’s How They Survived.
Climbers missing in
When the sun rose on
the morning of October 5, climbers Fay Manners and Michelle Dvorak sat perched
on a tiny rock ledge at 21,000 feet, high on the flanks of the 22,949-foot
Himalayan peak Chaukhamba III. The pair had been stranded on the ledge for 48 hours
without shelter, food, or water. A driving snowfall steadily buried them, and
the two were exhausted and freezing. Two days prior, Dvorak an
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Two
Climbers Were Stuck at 21,000 Feet in the Himalayas. Here’s How They Survived.
Climbers missing in
When the sun rose on
the morning of October 5, climbers Fay Manners and Michelle Dvorak sat perched
on a tiny rock ledge at 21,000 feet, high on the flanks of the 22,949-foot
Himalayan peak Chaukhamba III. The pair had been stranded on the ledge for 48
hours without shelter, food, or water. A driving snowfall steadily buried them,
and the two were exhausted and freezing. Two days prior, Dvorak an
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USGS
Expects Hurricane Milton to Reshape Florida’s West-Facing Coastline
Hurricane
U.S. Geological Survey
scientists are painting a grim picture of Hurricane Milton’s potential impact
before the massive storm makes landfall in
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This Is
What It’s Like to Live in Asheville After Hurricane Helene
The Storm Hits I wake
up at dawn on Friday, September 27, because the wind is howling around my house
and trees are snapping at their trunks and being pulled out of the ground by
their roots. From the window I watch the treetops sway and listen for the crack
of wood. I hope I can echo-locate the snap so I know where the giant timber is
going to fall. At every sound, I worry something will land on
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Fanny
Packs Are Back and I’m On Board, Sort Of
I can’t believe I’m
saying this, but I’ve been wearing a fanny pack lately. And not ironically, as
part of a retro costume with roller skates, leg warmers, or a boom box on my
shoulder. I’d been seeing them on the streets and trails for a while, but I had
successfully fought the resurgence of the 1980s trend, even making a face a few
times when seeing other people wearing these silly little pouch
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Universally
adored Adrian “Ace” Buchan toast of surf world after winning prestigious BBC
award!
There are very very
few universally adored surfers in this world, only two, in fact, that I can
conjure right off the top of my head. 1) Carissa Moore. 2)
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How Do
You Know How “Safe” Your Helmet Is? | Blister Summit Video
Testing standards are
hugely important, but when it comes to ski/snowboard and cycling helmets, the
current ones have limitations. In this clip, Steven Kennedy, Sr. Director of
R&D at Giro, shares some thoughts on Giro’s in-house testing approach, the
Virginia Tech helmet testing standards, and more. The post appeared first on
BLISTER .
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Montana
Snowbowl Resort and the Death of the Local Town Mountain
Geoff Perna was
cruising at breakneck speed through a powdery tree line, snow sticking to his
unkempt beard. He was having the time of his life… until the trees grew
thicker. An overgrown forest soon loomed overhead, brush and fallen trees now
obscuring those sweet caches of untouched powder. “I had to kind of stop and
have a safety meeting with myself,” he recalls. No stranger to adventure, Geof
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Sport season is in
full flare, in
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The
birth of the Venice Beach Skatepark
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10
things that make surfing harder to learn
Is surfing hard? No.
But can it be difficult for someone to learn? Yes. It seems like a paradox, but
riding waves is only tricky to master if you do not pay attention to a few
essential variables. In 2016, ESPN gathered a panel of experts from the United
States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. The goal was to rank 60 sports from
the hardest to the least demanding in terms of degree of difficulty.
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