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Pics & Vids Of The Week 08/07/2010

Karl Woll | August 7, 2010 10:52 am

- 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:


Pics & Vids Of The Week 16/05/2010

Karl Woll | May 16, 2010 1:56 pm

- Jeff P. on Dailymile posted this killer video of a ‘tyrolean traverse’ his company did at the Squamish Chief:

- Via Wend blog. “VholdR.com recently their Lib Tech sponsored Top5 Snowboard Contest, offering up the five free boards to the winners, including the 2011 Travis Rice board as a grand prize.”

- Running on water. Mind blown:

- Another great one from Kayak Yak:

- Another great parkour vid of Damien Walters:

- Heroic skydiver saves woman’s life:

– Any parent can relate:


Pics & Vids Of The Week 08/05/2010

Karl Woll | May 8, 2010 3:51 pm

- 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:


Pics & Vids Of The Week 28/01/2010

Karl Woll | January 29, 2010 9:36 am

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]:


Pics & Vids Of The Week 05/12/2009

Karl Woll | December 5, 2009 11:21 am

- Boston.com has a nice collection of some entries into this year’s National Geographic International Photography contest. Be sure to check out the gallery, there is some amazing stuff:

- A skiier escapes an avalanche using a parachute [via Outside Blog]

- “This video has been making the rounds the last couple of days, but it’s definitely worth sharing. It features National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen telling about an amazing experience he had while taking shots in Antarctica. Paul was actually in the water, getting shots of penguins and seals, when one of the lion seals, a 12-foot long predator, seemingly mistook him as one of its own kind, and proceeded to attempt teach him how to hunt, and even showing him how to feed.” [via The Adventure Blog]:

- Nice new BASE jumping vid from Steph Davis’ blog:

Swiss Valley from steph davis on Vimeo.

- A couple goodies from Wend Blog. The first is a wind surfing close call, the second is a nice collection of 10 crazy snowboarding aerials.

- Enjoying some of November’s pow in Whistler [via @anthonybonello]:

Davie Whyte Edit from Anthony Bonello on Vimeo.

- From the Adventure blog comes this gem. Helmet cam view of a 90 foot waterfall drop. Watch all the way through, because the dude’s reaction is great. “I broke my helmet, I’m bleeding, but that was f**** awesome!”:

Kayaking Metlako Falls – Headcam from Dave Hoffman on Vimeo.

- Some spectacular footage of BC’s Bute Inlet:

BUTE INLET WILDLIFE from Mike McKinlay on Vimeo.

- And this can’t be good: