Ryan Hammond and Adam Holdsworth of the Wakeboarding Team at the University of Tennessee took a late fall set on the Tennessee River with our team XStar.
The Good
Laird
He’s like your inappropriate uncle who always manages to offend everyone in the room at Christmas dinner. He’s bitter, uncouth, and monomaniacal, but damn if he doesn’t say some really interesting things. Family get-togethers wouldn’t be the same without him.
Safety Measures in Big Wave Surfing
Enough near-death situations can convince even the hardest of heads that the odd contingency plan is a good idea. After years of turning away from modern gimmicks … More
There’s nothing better than getting together with your pals and hitting a long and scenic stretch of highway to discover new skate terrain and experience unfamiliar regions of the planet. The Lifeblood team took it out to the wide open landscape of Montana this past summer and skated numerous skateparks and assorted terrain.
Enjoy Part 2 with stops at John “Squirt” Harsma’s backyard ramp and skateparks in Helena, Great Falls. Whitefish, St. Ignatius and Missoula and a quick wrap up session at the Treasure Bowl.
Its Christmas Eve eve, and whilst you guys are home nice and cosy in front of the fire, the guys in the todays top 3 are probably out on the side of a very cold mountain or in a freezer, getting themselves ready for their next expedition. This guys and girls are pretty hard…
3) Ines Papert on Linkhu Chuli. Whilst most of you had the idea that there were no unclimbed peaks left in the Himalayas, Ines Papert had other ideas. The former world ice climbing champion summited alone, take a bow Ines…
2) Kilian Journet breaks the speed record on the Matterhorn, climbing the mountain in 2hrs 52, return from Cervinia. This is an AD alpine route which takes in 2500m of elevation. It’s not “hard” but this is re-writing the rules as much as any first ascent in the Himalayas.
1) But of course number one has to be the Swiss machine himself Ueli Steck for his 28 hour solo brand spanking new route on the South Face of Annapurna. We caught up the man himself.