- 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]:

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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.”

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One 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:

Tallest tree photo EVER:

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:

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- In follow up to last week’s news on team IDB Adventures summiting Kilimanjaro, here is a video from their blog:

- Insane helmet cam footage of a guy getting buried in an avalanche (he was dug out and survived). You can read the full story of this event here.

Avalanche Skier POV Helmet Cam Burial & Rescue in Haines, Alaska from Chappy on Vimeo.

- A bear in Japan attacked 9 people at a bus stop before being shot in souvenir shop:

- Just awesome:

- Not sure I’d want to catch this wave, and not sure these surfers did either:

- From Outside Blog, the trail for The Edge of Never “a new film by Peter Schweitzer and William A. Kerig. It’s the true tale of Kye Petersen, the 15-year-old son of Trevor Petersen, an extreme-skiing legend who died on a route in Chamonix, France. Big-mountain skier Glen Plake takes Kye under his wing and trains him to ski the same route his father died on”:

- Also from Outside Blog, the third and final installment of Teva’s The Naturist:

- From Wend Blog, a killer German rap video from some guys who seem to REEAALLLY like bikes. This is strictly a guess, but I’m pretty sure the title Fuss Vom Gas translates to “Not Using Gas”:

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- Does rolling across the finish line count as a win?:

- I can’t remember if I’ve posted a video of this guy in the past, but he is an INSANE climber (cut & paste the link below):

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- From Kayak Yak. A brilliant launch video:

- Another nice video from All Climbing:

The Players – Alex Puccio sends Trice (v12) from Brian Solano on Vimeo.

- From Wend Blog, surfing on an ironing board:

- Also this trailer for The Glacier Project has been going around. It’s a documentary of two big wave surf champions who went to Alaska to surf waves created by chunks of melting glaciers falling into the ocean:

- From Outside Blog is part two of Teva’s The Naturist:

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Tags: Biking,Glacier surfing,Kayak Launch,Rock Climbing,surfing,The Natmurist
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