Friday Inspiration, Vol. 129
byHoly shit, that’s how you work a video camera—and chase thunderstorms for a whole month of your summer (video): “There really is only one…
Friday Inspiration
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 128
by“To me, it’s like hitting the lotto. I wake up happy in the morning. I really love what I do. I love garbage.” —Nick…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 127
byYes, we’d all be better off if we climbed—or at least looked up at—trees more often (video): This is a lovely chillhop live stream…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 126
byBrad Gobright and Jim Reynolds climbed The Nose in a little over two hours last fall. You can watch them do it in a…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 125
byThe Hanging won the Charlie Fowler Award for best climbing film at Mountainfilm last year, and it’s finally online (video): Chris Kalman pens a…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 124
byBlue Ridge Outdoors profiles Forest and Canyon Woodward as they run their first 50-mile race (video): Do yourself a favor and listen to this…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 123
byIf you’re not familiar with Chip Thomas’s work, here’s your chance (video): (Thanks, Chris) Does Having A Day Job Mean Making Better Art? “I…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 122
byShit yeah, solar system: (video) “Last year, a Miami newspaperman asked what he planned on doing after baseball. ‘I think I’ll just die,’ Ichiro…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 121
byWell, here’s a nifty-as-hell three minutes of Grand Canyon timelapses (video) “The Big Lebowski came out in the days before smartphones and Twitter and…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 120
by“If you’re lucky, the mountains are a forgiving teacher and you learn from your experiences. Art’s the same way—I only got better by doing…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 119
byA super-fun cycling film from Brian Vernor about a 192-mile ride through the California desert (video): Chris Read created a mixtape to celebrate the…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 118
byMaybe you wouldn’t call Ben Page’s bike trip “fun,” but you might agree with some of the people who thought this was a pretty…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 117
byGo to this powder happy place for three minutes: (video) “When you have more information, requests and emails than you can possibly deal with,…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 116
byNas + the National Symphony Orchestra performing Illmatic (video): “We see creation as magic when, in fact, it’s about work.” —The Creativity Delusion: There…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 115
by“Symbols don’t make it clear what you do—it just makes it clear who they are. The less they say, the better.” (video) “‘I am…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 114
byDon’t let people think you’re bored with them. Use these five ways to hide a yawn: (video) “Life is about decisions. Either you write…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 113
byClean your computer screen and watch these amazing overhead visuals of earth (including some mine tailings ponds and neighborhoods) shot from the bottom of…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 112
byThis might be a little bit of my nostalgia for this old Avalanches track, but I dig this skate short (video): How a small…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 111
bySteve Ramras’s New Year’s tradition is more fun than yours (video): “Whereas some cyclists are in a constant state of coveting just one more…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 110
byI was recently on the jury for the Nanshan International Mountain Film Festival, and we awarded the grand prize to this film (warning, it’s…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 109
byOh, the joy of being right. Kind of. (video) A very different, well-told, story about Mt. Everest: bringing two bodies down from high on…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 108
byI think you might find this film entertaining and/or funny and/or strangely aesthetic, but don’t hate me if you think it’s ridiculous. (H/T Ignite…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 107
by“I started painting with Microsoft Excel in 2000. I set a goal. In 10 years, I wanted to paint something decent that I could…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 106
byIf only morning commute traffic could flow as well as starling murmurations (video): If you need an artistic license for your wallet, you can…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 105
byHere’s a wonderfully original music video/visual documentary of Coney Island: (video) I am neither going through menopause nor a Gen-Xer but I thought this…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 104
byThis is a brilliant piece of filmmaking using Google Chat transcripts from 2007. (video) Brody Leven and I will be co-hosting this trail running…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 103
by“If you’re not taking risks, then you’re not living life. Risk doesn’t have to be this totally dangerous thing, though, at the same time….