The fact that climbing film MERU should win the audience documentary award at Sundance Film Festival suggests it’s more than just a film about scaling a wall. When some of the best … Read more

Following the success of his first book, Let My People Go Surfing, Yvon Chouinard joined up with Patagonia’s head of marketing, Vincent Stanley, to offer another refreshing perspective on business … Read more

DPS Cinematic have already done a good job serving up Hokkaido scenes in the The Shadow Campaign series, but they’re now Europe with more sound material. Also from Sturgefilm, The Snowflake interviews … Read more

During his rapid rise to world-class climbing, free soloist Alex Honnold has fought hard to maintain credibility for his craft while repeatedly rebutting opponents who consider his lifestyle to be wildly miscalculated. … Read more

When a group of friends and I started looking for things to inspire a Japan 2017 ski tour, it didn’t take long to stumble across DPS Cinematic, a growing collection of … Read more

In the latest episode of BDTV, Black Diamond have documented the status of the iconic Le Telepherique at La Grave, France in a neat short interviewing its various engineers. Completed … Read more

Peak Performance athletes Henrik Windstedt and Matilda Rapaport feature in an almighty short, released this week to strike the beginning of the winter. The two skiers talk about time out in Alaska, … Read more

The commercialisation of running has prompted a number of new debates, from the corruption of our primordial connection with movement to the environmental and social degradation caused by the industry. From … Read more

Christopher McDougall’s classic investigation of the Tarahumara “running people” is a must-read for any endurance athlete, and certainly runners of all distances. During the story, McDougall ventures into Mexico’s Copper … Read more

Now that Scott Jurek has broken the Appalachian Trail thru-hike record, it seems like a good time to address another character from Chris McDougall’s bestseller, Born to Run. Crafted around … Read more

The cobbled classics have a habit of surfacing some of the more incredible stories in cycling. Cobbles, dirt and an unknown amount of capricious weather systems elevate Belgium and northern … Read more

“30 NOVEMBER Warm, orange glow in the afternoon. The sigh of my feet in the frosted night grass. Wrap my coat closer, wrap myself into the ground, fold myself into … Read more

Now in its second year, the Thwaites Wainwright Prize celebrates the best of British nature and travel writing from the twelve months. The illustrious Lancastrian brewer isn’t the only company to … Read more

They bear down on me, slicing a line through the soggy woods in their thick-rimmed glasses, mossy green jackets and moleskin shoes. Sleeping mats and bleary-eyed gazes explain the previous … Read more

First published in 2005, Let My People Go Surfing traces the story of Yvon Chouinard and the principles that guided him in building one of the most influential outdoors brands, Patagonia. … Read more

At the end of November, one of America’s largest sports nutrition companies terminated sponsorship deals with a handful of its most celebrated free (“no ropes”) climbers. Athletes that were beginning … Read more

A steady stream of snowsport films have been doing the rounds over the past two months, delighting audiences with storms of snowy escapism. This year, a select few have managed … Read more

The bubbling scene of branded content has, fortunately, spilled into outdoors, opening a new stream of content wrapped around the company’s message. Brands themselves are now acting as publishers, telling … Read more

The subject of just how we do conservation is an area of great debate among experts. In her article for The New Yorker, ‘Bridging the Conservation Divide‘, Michelle Nijhuis outlines the status of a controversy … Read more

Finding a ski film full of optimism and inspiring action isn’t hard. But few attempt to deliver a coherent analysis of happiness, the kind of rigour that comes through in … Read more