- New extreme sport; Skyaking!:

- Island Adventurer posted a series of killer mountain biking vids:

Coastal Crew Ep.1 – Saturday from The Coastal Crew on Vimeo.

- Journey to the Arctic Circle [via @Iamelectro]

- 1 of the seven scariest hikes caught on tape according to Gadling [via Adventure Blog]:

- NBC recently ran a story about the state of BC’s salmon, and the negative impact farmed salmon is having on stocks:

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- Norona Life has a nice video highlighting avalanche safety gear and the very cool ABS airbag :

- Found this on Wend Blog, great footage of one of my favorite places; Yellowstone Park:

Yellowstone from Andrew Curtis on Vimeo.

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- I think I’m still in denial that the Olympics have left town. The atmosphere in the city was like nothing I’ve ever seen before. The flags, the cheering, the hoards of smiling faces. This video of Vancouver’s reaction to Crosby’s goal might be one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. (Skip to 1:10) :

For more reactions from around Canada you can see a collection of good clips compiled by @masey

- If you haven’t seen this video essay by Stephen Brunt, it summarizes the Games brilliantly:

- Put this down as one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen. It appears 2 men found a way past security and down the Olympic luge track in Whistler…. ON THEIR SKIS! [via @amberturnau]

- Watch as the announcer mocks a French skiier’s pain after groin shot:

- The Norwegian ski team made a nice dance video to Beat It in their racing suits:

- Speaking of Norwegians. This classic shot from Norway’s Google Street View. WTF:

- And Google is taking street view to a new level, with their snowmobile:

- The world’s hardest bouldering problem captured on video:

The Game, World’s Hardest Boulder Problem? from Cedar Wright on Vimeo.

- Ridiculous parachute stunt:

- In a nutshell: The problem with salmon farms in BC:

In a Nutshell- The problems with salmon farms in BC from Twyla Roscovich on Vimeo.

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- From Outside Blog, Laszlo Csizmadia tries to skydive through New Zealand’s “Hole in the Rock” after four years of planning:

- This isn’t new, and I don’t know how I haven’t come across this before, but its a crazy video of Travis Pastrana skydiving without a parachute!:

- Also from Outside Blog, the trailer for a new documentary about the ski cross, which is a first time Olympic event this year:

- Don’t ask why all the bear vids this week, but here are 3 cool ones [via Great Outdoors Tips, The Snaz, BuzzFeed respectively]:

- Backpacker.com shows us how to light a fire with one match:

- Hiking Tips: Preventing Blisters:

- New Ski Warnings from College Humor:

- And this isn’t outdoor related, but the Olympics are coming and Masey posted this great music video on his blog from Canadian rapper Classified:

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It’s been a while since I’ve done a Pics & Vids so there’s a bit of a back-log of stuff, but here we go:

- This amazing collection of time lapse footage around Vancouver has been making its rounds in the blogging world:

- One hiker had a triple near-death experience:

- @Steph_Woods on Twitter had the astute observation, that whoever made this ad clearly isn’t a snowboarder:

- From Kayak Yak, ‘the most amazing footage you’ll see today’. A kayaker gets taking OUT by goose!:

- Great new video from Steph Davis’ blog; Eiger Birds:

Eiger Birds from steph davis on Vimeo.

- Shaun White lands a Double McTwist 1260 at Grand Prix:

- How cruel, and how awesome, to prank someone who is bungee jumping:

- Gadling has 10 things you shouldn’t try in a kayak. 1 video is below, but make sure you check them all out:

- Paddling.net has a beautiful video of what its like to kayak Vancouver Island’s Broken Island Group:

- @TourismSquamish just released a cool new video:

- Vancouver resident Colin Adair has some great snowboarding photography to check out [via Vancouver is Awesome]:

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- Vancouver Is Awesome recently posted these 2 wicked timelapse videos of a foggy Vancouver:

Vancouver Fog from Cypress from Michael Victory on Vimeo.

- This video is from last year but I just stumbled on it. A cool slideshow of BC Parks celebrating 100 year of recreation and protection. Embedding was disable but you can see it here.

- From Kayak Yak, a video of a stellar sea lion being rescued near Victoria after it got entangled in rope:

- From All Climbing, blind climber Erik Weihenmayer, climbs Eldorado Canyon’s The Naked Edge:

- The Outside Blog gives us the Top Ten Worst Crashes of all Time. Here are 2:

- An awesome parkour video, and not what you expect:

- From Wend Blog, How to Snowboard / Ski Glaciers Safely:

Glacier Skiing Safety (Silent edit for CMB) from Simon Christy on Vimeo.

- Outside Blog had the trailer for a new movie, The North Face. “NORTH FACE is a gripping adventure drama about a competition to climb the most dangerous rock face in the Alps. It’s 1936, and Nazi propaganda urges German Alpinists to conquer the unclimbed north face of the Swiss massif, the Eiger North Face – aka “Murder Wall” – before the Olympic Games begin.”:

- Crasher Seal strikes again!:

- The Bottom Line:

- Just another day in the office for the Sea Shepherd:

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