After a challenging 2016 season, three-time world champ Carissa Moore ditches the jersey for some rippable off season surf in Israel and Morocco.
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Video – “The Canoe”
“If it is love that binds people to places in this nation of rivers and in this river of nations then one enduring expression of that simple truth, is surely the canoe.”
This film captures the human connection and bond created by Canada’s well-known craft & symbol, the canoe. Through the stories of five paddlers across the province of Ontario, Canada – a majestic background both in it’s landscape & history – the film underscores the strength of the human spirit and how the canoe can be a vessel for creating deep and meaningful connections.
There are few rules and no set race course in the dangerous bike races invented by bike messengers
There was no such thing as a dedicated snowboard park. Not until Bear Mountain built one. It was the winter of 1991, and with a green light from resort management but no blueprint to draw from, a loose crew of skaters-turned-snowboarders started shaping features on the Outlaw trail—a snake run, a few jumps, a rail. It wasn’t much but it was a start. The first real snowboard park—open to snowboarders only. No skiers. The features were mostly hand-built at first but soon a grooming cat was commandeered to help push snow. “We designed the park to flow so you could hit everything, every run. We didn’t want to stop,” says park-digging pioneer Mike Parillo.
These were the humble beginnings of a whole new era. Any lingering debate about another resort maybe doing it first is overshadowed by Bear’s enduring legacy. Their park changed the course of snowboarding forever. Outlaw was the blueprint. Within a few years machine-built parks and pipes were popping up coast to coast.