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Category Friday Inspiration
Holy shit, that’s how you work a video camera—and chase thunderstorms for a whole month of your summer (video): “There…
“To me, it’s like hitting the lotto. I wake up happy in the morning. I really love what I do.…
Yes, we’d all be better off if we climbed—or at least looked up at—trees more often (video): This is a…
Brad Gobright and Jim Reynolds climbed The Nose in a little over two hours last fall. You can watch them…
The Hanging won the Charlie Fowler Award for best climbing film at Mountainfilm last year, and it’s finally online (video):…
Blue Ridge Outdoors profiles Forest and Canyon Woodward as they run their first 50-mile race (video): Do yourself a favor…
If you’re not familiar with Chip Thomas’s work, here’s your chance (video): (Thanks, Chris) Does Having A Day Job Mean…
Shit yeah, solar system: (video) “Last year, a Miami newspaperman asked what he planned on doing after baseball. ‘I think…
Well, here’s a nifty-as-hell three minutes of Grand Canyon timelapses (video) “The Big Lebowski came out in the days before…
“If you’re lucky, the mountains are a forgiving teacher and you learn from your experiences. Art’s the same way—I only…
A super-fun cycling film from Brian Vernor about a 192-mile ride through the California desert (video): Chris Read created a…
Maybe you wouldn’t call Ben Page’s bike trip “fun,” but you might agree with some of the people who thought…
Go to this powder happy place for three minutes: (video) “When you have more information, requests and emails than you…
Nas + the National Symphony Orchestra performing Illmatic (video): “We see creation as magic when, in fact, it’s about work.”…
“Symbols don’t make it clear what you do—it just makes it clear who they are. The less they say, the…
Don’t let people think you’re bored with them. Use these five ways to hide a yawn: (video) “Life is about…
Clean your computer screen and watch these amazing overhead visuals of earth (including some mine tailings ponds and neighborhoods) shot…
This might be a little bit of my nostalgia for this old Avalanches track, but I dig this skate short…
Steve Ramras’s New Year’s tradition is more fun than yours (video): “Whereas some cyclists are in a constant state of…
I was recently on the jury for the Nanshan International Mountain Film Festival, and we awarded the grand prize to…
Oh, the joy of being right. Kind of. (video) A very different, well-told, story about Mt. Everest: bringing two bodies…
I think you might find this film entertaining and/or funny and/or strangely aesthetic, but don’t hate me if you think…
“I started painting with Microsoft Excel in 2000. I set a goal. In 10 years, I wanted to paint something…
If only morning commute traffic could flow as well as starling murmurations (video): If you need an artistic license for…
Here’s a wonderfully original music video/visual documentary of Coney Island: (video) I am neither going through menopause nor a Gen-Xer…
This is a brilliant piece of filmmaking using Google Chat transcripts from 2007. (video) Brody Leven and I will be…
“If you’re not taking risks, then you’re not living life. Risk doesn’t have to be this totally dangerous thing, though,…
Just FYI, you don’t have to work at a bike wheel company to go for a night ride—but these guys…
I saw The Hard Way at a couple film festivals last year and it’s definitely worth renting/buying: “I don’t ever…
I gave a quick talk about “The Joy of Making It Small” at Ignite Boulder last month (video): If you…
“We were just kids then. We never really thought about life after fingerboarding—or the toll it would take on our…
Take two minutes, watch this, and remember how cool bikes are (video). Behold this brilliant essay/review of Olive Garden/Olive Gardens.…
How about 30 days at sea on a container ship in 10 minutes? (Video) Ellie Carey, 6-year-old world BMX champion.…
Go, Mirna! (video) 5 Tips To Fall Asleep That Are No Match Against The Cold Brew You Drank At 4…
My girlfriend and I drove a Tesla Model X from Denver to Zion National Park over six days this spring…
“… and you have just one night to make it happen. What is ‘it’? No, seriously, will you tell us…
“They could be selling drugs or they could be robbing people. But they not doing that—they riding their bikes.” (video)…
“It’s a texture, it’s a collage—and the bicycle is like a crossfader.”—artist Geoff McFetridge on biking in L.A. (video) If…
“The reason to see an eclipse isn’t because it’s rare—it’s because of how it will make you feel.” “Creators spend…
Well, I certainly wasn’t expecting that (Video): Why Southern Californians Say “The” Before Freeway Numbers (and, I would add, Arizonans)…
“It’s like he starts new careers with every project.” (Video) The legendary David Roberts on his life of adventure and…
27 days of storm chasing, 10 states, 90,000 time-lapse frames: (video): This Esquire story about the Barkley Marathons is the…
“Think about it: At my age, I should be sitting at home doing my knitting.” (Video) “It’s the same journey…
“It’s not a blank wall, painted white. The neighborhood, to me, has flavor.” Great essay on the “uselessness” of things…
Shout out to grandmas: Ibuprofen may be bad for endurance athletes. Photos of life under freeway overpasses. Self-control helped this…
NYC + skateboards + jazz horn: Ben Folds composes a song for the National Symphony Orchestra (with lyrics read from…
Here’s a 2-minute aerial tour of some Moroccan scenery: Is it hot? Check the Dogmometer. Holy interchange. Rafa Ortiz hucks…
If you like one or more styles of rapping, you might find this enjoyable [thanks to Josh for the heads-up]:…
Do we really want nature documentaries to be 100% real? 40 years of hip hop in one 4-minute mashup (so…