Artist Alex Katz is trying to access the “immediate present” in his work, whether painting, sculpture, or simply the work of being. Clearly, this is the same immediate present we experience when in the presence of nature, when the rest of the world falls completely away, and our senses sharpen.
For a three-decade stretch beginning in the early 70s, Art Brewer, along with Jeff Divine, was one of the twin pillars of surf photography. The two men working at the same time blessed the surf world with world-class photography during arguably its most visually arresting age. Whereas Divine was a master of framing surfer and … Read more
Adam Weymouth lives on a century-old boat bobbing on the Lea river in London. He clearly has an affinity for rivers and the fascinating lives and animals they contain. Weymouth spent months paddling down the 2,000-mile Yukon River, which flows from Canada to Alaska’s Bering Sea shores. He was in search of the mighty Chinook … Read more
On a trip to document pollution in Kathmandu, the filmmakers of this spectacular short decided to turn the cameras on the beautiful parts of the country, so enamored they’d become.
Where I live, fire roads that lead to hidden trail stashes can be punishingly, unrideably steep or rocky or both. There are also lots of footpaths and game trails snaking to incredible overlooks that I like to hike to for a lunchtime view. One of the most fun days around these parts is to ride … Read more
You don’t need to be getting married soon to go on a trip like this, but if you are, a bachelor party paddle to ski beats the hell out of a hotel suite in Vegas.
The internet has ruined a great many things once held dear. Seeing surf films in a theater, with a mass of frothing surfers hooting and hollering at the screen, the cherry embers of joints flashing, the pungent smell of weed filling the air, the sheer exuberance at being alive and sharing a beautiful moment rising … Read more
Okay, I’m a little biased as a dad of two little girls who have a lifetime of bonding and fighting and competing and fighting and laughing and fighting and sharing and fighting ahead of them. But this Diamondbacks commercial (yeah, yeah, yeah) just freakin nails it. – Justin Housman
For the past few weeks, dozens of turkey vultures have been circling on thermals over my house in Oregon, preparing to soar away south into California. Not long ago, I saw a late monarch butterfly passing high overhead, its orange wings incandescent against the blue sky. These are examples of the great migratory movements that … Read more
A couple riders approaching 50 ponder what happens as they age and their risk profile changes dramatically. Still the same joy? Same love?