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    Smartwool Presents: Riding the Rails - VIDEO
    Smartwool Presents: Riding the Rails - VIDEO
    2022-07-05
    By admin
    Smartwool's Riding the Rails is a quick little video about one man’s drive, his family’s love for the outdoors, and how their...
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    By admin
    2022-07-05
    THE SCIENCE OF THE FLOW STATE
    THE SCIENCE OF THE FLOW STATE
    2022-07-03
    By Mara V
    ‘Flow State,’ a term coined by positive psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in the late 1960s, is an ‘optimal state of...
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    By Mara V
    2022-07-03
    Steep Skiing in BC Video
    Steep Skiing in BC Video
    2022-06-30
    By admin02
    Is it ever too early (or too late) for a cool ski video? I say no--especially with metres of snow still hanging on in the alpine. Christina...
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    By admin02
    2022-06-30
    EVEREST BASE CAMP SET TO MOVE DUE TO MELTING KHUMBU GLACIER
    EVEREST BASE CAMP SET TO MOVE DUE TO MELTING KHUMBU GLACIER
    2022-06-26
    By Mara V
    Everest base camp sits on the Khumbu glacier at a current elevation of 5 364 m. Due to changing climate conditions and rapidly thinning glacier...
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    259
    By Mara V
    2022-06-26
    Digging For Answers @ Jackson Hole Mountain Resort - VIDEO
    Digging For Answers @ Jackson Hole Mountain Resort - VIDEO
    2022-06-21
    By admin
    Check out this video from Jackson Hole Mountain Resort that isn’t your typical ski or mountain bike porn. It looks into what’s...
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    64
    By admin
    2022-06-21
    AT LEAST 10 CYCLISTS RESCUED BY FERNIE SAR DURING RACE
    AT LEAST 10 CYCLISTS RESCUED BY FERNIE SAR DURING RACE
    2022-06-19
    By Mara V
    Recent events during a bikepacking race near Fernie are a great reminder to be prepared when heading out into the backcountry, even in...
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    By Mara V
    2022-06-19
    TGR’s latest action-packed mountain bike film: Esperanto - VIDEO
    TGR’s latest action-packed mountain bike film: Esperanto - VIDEO
    2022-06-18
    By admin
    Esperanto is TGR’s latest action-packed mountain bike film that combines the sport’s rock stars with relative unknowns and...
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    By admin
    2022-06-18
    Climb For Climate with POW and Mountain Hardwear
    Climb For Climate with POW and Mountain Hardwear
    2022-06-17
    By admin
    Starting today through Sunday, June 26, Mountain Hardwear has teamed up with Protect Our Winters (POW) Canada and FATMAP to challenge athletes to...
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    By admin
    2022-06-17
    The Monster in Our Closet. Video.
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    2022-06-16
    The Unscented Company—It’s time to change the way you clean
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    By admin
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    By admin
    2022-06-14
    CURRENT STATE OF WORLD GLACIER MELT
    CURRENT STATE OF WORLD GLACIER MELT
    2022-06-12
    By Mara V
    A recent article on Planet Ski explores the current state of the world’s glacier melt. These realities are difficult to swallow. But as...
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    By Mara V
    2022-06-12
    Gravel Gods Video
    Gravel Gods Video
    2022-06-09
    By admin02
    Check out this insane 6-minute descent by a guy named Rafa (and his camera man). Great skills and a reeeally nice FSR. I'm thinking it might...
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    By admin02
    2022-06-09
    The Art of Grind. Shimano Video.
    The Art of Grind. Shimano Video.
    2022-06-02
    By admin02
    Shimano offers up more good content for their gravel series of bikes and components. The Art of Grind draws lines between the...
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    By admin02
    2022-06-02
    USUFRUCT: THE FILM
    USUFRUCT: THE FILM
    2022-05-29
    By Mara V
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    By Mara V
    2022-05-29
    Searching for awe. Arcteryx Video.
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    By admin02
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    2022-05-26
    FIVE CAUGHT IN WHISTLER AVALANCHE, NONE INJURED
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    2022-05-22
    By Mara V
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    438
    By Mara V
    2022-05-22
    FIRST SKI DESCENT OF FIFTH HIGHEST PEAK, MAKALU
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    2022-05-15
    By Mara V
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    By Mara V
    2022-05-15
    Huge Baffin Island ski line: First descent of Polar Moon Couloir
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    By Michelle B
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    By Michelle B
    2022-05-13
    Danny MacAskill's latest video ‘DO A WHEELIE’
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    By Elis John
    2022-06-16
    BLOCKADES IN ARGENTA FOR PROTECTION OF OLD GROWTH
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    By Mara V
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    By Mara V
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    USA Skimo Announces 2022-23 US National Team
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    By admin
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    By admin
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    Skiing with the gods of Delphi. Video
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    By admin02
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    453
    By admin02
    2022-05-05
    New Bugaboo to Rogers Traverse speed record
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    By admin
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    488
    By admin
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