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Pics & Vids Of The Week 12/03/2010
Karl Woll | March 12, 2010 12:55 pm- 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:
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
- 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.
Pics & Vids Of The Week 09/10/2009
Karl Woll | October 10, 2009 8:35 am- A British man was lucky to survive this 165 ft bungee jump when his harness failed:
EMBED-British Man Survives 165-foot Failed Bungee Jump In Thailand – Watch more free videos
- This week a group of Cape Town surfers attempted to beat the record for most people to ride a single wave. They claim they’ve beaten the standing record of 100, but the video is still being reviewed [Via Outside Blog]:
- Why we kayak [Via Kayak Yak]:
- Alexandra Morten speaks at the latest Salmon Circle Rally last weekend:
Surfing….. Lake Superior? A nice photo set:
Found this cute video of a mini Grouse-Grinder:
- The trailer for a new documentary on a father-son trio who went on a two year paddling from Manitoba to Brazil back in 1982 [Via the Adventure Blog]:
Tofino Hosting Canada’s First-Ever Pro Surfing Comp!
Karl Woll | October 8, 2009 4:21 pm
The Cold Water Classic Canada surfing competition is coming to Tofino Oct 25 – 31. This is the first professional surfing competition ever held in Canada.
“On the west coast of Vancouver Island in Tofino, freezing water and air temperatures, bears on the ground, whales in the water and even the chance of snow, awaits 144 professional surfers from around the world for the O’Neill Cold Water Classic Canada – the coldest event in professional surfing.”
How awesome is that!
You can read the official O’Neill press release here, or the article from MetroNews Vancouver below:
Canada’s first-ever professional surfing competition hits the waters off Vancouver Island next month.
The Cold Water Classic Canada, which runs Oct. 25 to 31, will bring more than 100 professional surfers to Tofino, as well as spectators and about 50 media.
“It solidifies our tagline of being the Surfing Capital of Canada,” said Lynda Kaye, a spokeswoman for Tourism Tofino.
“If (the water) is anything like I’m looking at right now — pro surfers are going to be happy,” said Kaye, whose Tofino office overlooks the ocean.
“(The surf) is not steamer-lane, Santa Cruz big, it’s not huge, rip-curl, Hawaii big, but there are surfers in our water every day of the year.”
Temperatures, she added, are consistent with other surfing places in the Pacific Northwest at about 10 C.
The contest is the first professional surfing competition sponsored by the Association of Surfing Professionals to be held in Canadian waters.
It is the fourth in a series of five events held in balmy locales like the coasts of Scotland and Tasmania, and it is part of a World Qualifying Series that carries a total purse of $145,000.
“We expect the town to be a hubbub of activity,” said Kaye, adding the Olympic torch relay visits Tofino on Nov. 1, the day after the competition ends.
“For a town that basically takes a break after the summer, we’re going to be on fire into the first part of fall.”
Pics & Vids Of The Week 01/10/2009
Karl Woll | October 3, 2009 8:38 amOne of the blogs I like to keep up with is Wend Magazine’s. They post a lot of cool stuff, and I usually end up re-posting a lot of their stuff here each week. Here are some examples of recent stuff:
A nice collection of scary climbing falls:
One Dead Whale + One Half Ton Of TNT = One Of Oregon’s Worst Ideas Ever:
Why plastic bags suck:
Hilarious extreme kayaking spoof: Wet Dream Result:
- From the Adventure Blog, an awesome video of skiing a slot canyon. This will get you psyched for winter:
Flashing Hallways from Cody Townsend on Vimeo.
- I think it was @Tawcan who brought this to my attention. Another great climbing vid of Steph Davis:
Salathe Wall from steph davis on Vimeo.
- Uncoached has a nice collection of intense surfing wipe-out vids, including this one:
- Infographic of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch:
