friday inspiration

My friend Ryan Van Duzer asked me to be on his YouTube show, Running With Ryan, on which he usually interviews people who are…

“Everyone comes to these piles of weird shit with a different sense of what they know about the world, and that’s what’s kind of…

Memo does not believe in fitness trends—he believes in running. (video) A Somewhat Accurate Guide to the New York City Marathon by Tom Chitty…

Jimmy Chin says if you can link three turns above 8,000 meters, you’re a badass. That is one way of saying Hilaree Nelson and…

This is one hell of a piece of film editing. (video) [NOTE: Vimeo rated this “mature,” I believe for some of the brief snippets…

  A touching short film about three Navajo relatives who built a free golf course on their land on the reservation. (video) A QUICK…

A well-shot video with no narration that shows what it feels like to go backpacking alone for four days. Also, Iceland. (video) Ellie Pell…

“I don’t think I got paid anything. You know, I don’t care, because sometimes, if you get paid, you gotta give all the pictures…

As far as all-time bachelor/bachelorette parties go, this one has to be pretty high up on the list (video):   “Boredom is highly underrated….

I’m just going to bet that this short documentary on Bob Ross will make you happy, just like Bob Ross may have done over…

Forest Woodward and the folks from Gnarly Bay made a film about human connections across cultures, but also about outrigger canoe racing, and you…

A visually stunning video of icebreaker ships crossing the Barents Sea (video): Researchers dropped off more than 17,000 “lost” wallets in 40 countries over…

I was happy to take a little crappy cell phone video of the eclipse in 2017—Phil Hart had seven cameras running, and made this…

Here’s a part-fun, part-white-knuckle, not new but new-to-me short film about a bike commuter in Johannesburg (video): Floyd Martin retired after 35 years as…