- Here’s an awesome teaser I came across for an upcoming snowboarding video called Hey World. I noticed some shots at Grouse Mountain.

- Also stumbled on this nice footage of Black Tusk by helicopter:

- A curious octopus in Barkley Sound, off Vancouver Island:

- Great footage of the Silver Star Bike Park:

- The Adventure Blog came across this awesome helmet cam footage of the Khumbu Icefall crossing on Everest:

- Its not Pics & Vids of the Week without a good kayaking vid. This one from Outside Blog:

- Also from Outside Blog, the trailer for Grey Whale Sessions surf vid:

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- Here’s a fun one from the Adventure Blog. What’s scarier, going over a waterfall in a kayak or inner tube?

Metlako Falls from Rolf Kelly on Vimeo.

- Kayak Yak give us this video on how not to seal launch:

- From the Cove Bikes blog: Bridge Jumps w/ Lawrenuk

BJ’s w/Lawrenuk from Eric Lawrenuk on Vimeo.

- This one from Adventure Blog blew my mind (I still can’t believe this could be real). A 1 year old girl snowboarding:.

- Awesome bike lane signage in Australia [via BuzzFeed]

– I think someone posted this on DailyMile. An inside look at what it takes to run a 150 mile race.

And Grey whales have been busy around turn. First in Squamish, then in False Creek:

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- You must check out ‘North Vancouver: A 3-Part Photo Story’:

- Wicked video. Chris Sharma on the world’s weirdest rock formations:

- Chilean extreme kayak racing:

Pucon River Fest 2009 ( Boater Cross ) from Buena Linea Producciones on Vimeo.

- Some footage of an incredible mountain bike run:

- And it looks like last weekend’s Arc’teryx sale was a popular event. @brodyisaak tweeted this photo one hour into the line up.

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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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- Starting things off with a killer video from the Rocky Mountain Sherpas; a 40 hour timelapse of Inukshuk in Whistler [via @whistlerbrad]:

40hr Inukshuk timelapse from Rocky Mountain Sherpas on Vimeo.

Be sure to check out their Vimeo page because there are other gems like this one:

BC Rules from Rocky Mountain Sherpas on Vimeo.

- Found this cool video of someone bouldering in Stanley Park:

- World record tandem kayak drop with a good dose of humor mixed in. Love this one [via The Adventure Blog]:

- A new video for the Trans Canada Trail. Your Trail. Your Journey:

- “Walking the West is an adventure Documentary about a New Zealander and an Irishman who quit their jobs, cash in their savings and walk 2626 miles from Mexico to Canada along one of the longest foot trails in the world, the Pacific Crest Trail. Walking a challenging pace of 21 miles a day for 4.5 months, they must cross the Canadian border before winter storms hit the Cascades.”

You can watch Parts 1 & 2 below (about 1 hour total):

- From Grist, the Tar Sands Blow:

- From the Green Daily, a beautiful video from Maya Lin called Unchopping a Tree:

Maya Lin – Unchopping a Tree from What is Missing? Foundation on Vimeo.

Tags: Kayaking,Maya Lin,Pacific Crest Trail,Rocky Mountain Sherpas,Stanley Park
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