Friday Inspiration, Vol. 190
byForest Woodward and the folks from Gnarly Bay made a film about human connections across cultures, but also about outrigger canoe racing, and you…
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Friday Inspiration, Vol. 189
bySome fantastic editing and cinematography in this short film about storm-chasing photographer Nick Moir (video): “I became sort of obsessed with Lord Rod and…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 188
byA visually stunning video of icebreaker ships crossing the Barents Sea (video): Researchers dropped off more than 17,000 “lost” wallets in 40 countries over…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 187
byBread, wheat, and why Tucson isn’t running out of water (video): How a janitor at Frito-Lay invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos (“I didn’t know…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 186
byI was happy to take a little crappy cell phone video of the eclipse in 2017—Phil Hart had seven cameras running, and made this…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 185
by“I do like to go in the mountains when it is very rough. To feel the nature scratching you, it’s good, I think.” —Faroese…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 184
byHere’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…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 183
byGeoff McFetridge, whose work you have probably seen whether you know it or not, talks about his career in art and design (video) How…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 182
byWe all (hopefully) have our thing, and Kenny Unser’s thing is doing laps around Manhattan by kayak—more than 70 of them so far. (video)…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 181
byThis Diamondback video about siblings gets a lot of things right, but most of all for me, the punches in the arm: (video) I…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 180
byRyan Van Duzer really captures RAGBRAI—“a rolling county fair” (video) Run 6.55 miles, eat a half-smoke sausage and chips, then run the other 6.55…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 179
byI know it’s a little late for ice skating films, but this is pretty great (video) I don’t have a strong dislike or love…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 178
byKilian Jornet: 104 miles, 72,000 feet of elevation gain, 56 hours, 6 liters of water (video): An idea to help insomnia: Stop worrying about…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 177
byA very fast, fun video portrait of Dhaka, Bangladesh (video) “Greyhound causes zoomie riot at the dog park” “We live in an era of…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 176
byWatch Brody Leven and Josh Jespersen ski the Notch Couloir on Longs Peak, maybe the definition of “no-fall” territory (video) The Kickstarter for Chart…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 175
byIf this classic story of a dog learning to drive Formula 1 race cars and then a spacecraft doesn’t warm your heart, I don’t…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 174
byA super-fun, short, hand-drawn skiing animation (video) “The thing that makes us happiest in life is other people. And yet other people are often…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 173
bySuper cool, honest climbing film from Henna Taylor and Jenny Abegg (video) The Dalai Lama and Arthur C. Brooks on how to break the…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 172
by“This is your social security dollars at work, basically.”—Carl “The Omelette Guy” Spring, who feeds more than 1400 Appalachian Trail hikers each year (video)…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 171
byThe golfer who plays on the streets of New York City + 7 other links
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 170
byAlex Honnold breaks down iconic rock climbing movie scenes (video)(Thanks, Torrey) Rose Torphy just became a junior ranger at Grand Canyon National Park, at…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 169
byI love the music choice in this short film, about a couple of Muslim skateboarding brothers from Alabama—one of whom happens to work for…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 168
byI’m a sucker for short films about kids on bikes doing wheelies (video) I just want to say that I hit up Kettle Chips…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 167
by“The grizzly bear on this continent is the one animal capable of reminding the most arrogant species on earth its true place in the…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 166
byI caught this film at the Banff Mountain Film Festival last fall and am excited it’s finally online—if you’ve at all lost sight of…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 165
byI am almost 100 percent sure that this quote is not actually from Winston Churchill, but this short film is great. (video) How a…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 164
byA fascinating two-minute time-lapse flow motion portrait of Singapore (video): The most popular condiment in every U.S. state, mapped. In the time you spend…