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R. Kelly yodelling. Need we say more?. When my family gets together at holidays, talk inevitable turns to YouTube. Somebody will say, “Did you see that video of [insert funny/strange/disturbing topic here]?” Before you know it we’ve all been circled around someone’s laptop for an hour howling in laughter or disgust.. This Christmas, in addition...

Fewer children participated in outdoor sports and activities in 2009 than in 2008, but a steady drop in youth participation in recent years appears to be bottoming out.. Among children ages 6 to 12 years, 62 percent participated in some form of outdoor recreation in 2009, a decline of 2 percent from 2008, found the...

A Hiker on the South Kaibab Trail about half-way to Phantom Ranch. Photo courtesy of the National Park Service.. After intense lobbying by Coca Cola, the head of the National Park Service has blocked a plan to stop selling plastic bottles in Grand Canyon National Park, a policy intended to reduce plastic litter.. Fed...

Sarah Outen, seen here on a previous paddling trip across the Indian Ocean, plans to circumnavigate the globe by boat and bike.. Sarah Outen, a 25-year-old British woman, was scheduled to leave London today by kayak, launching an attempt to circumnavigate the globe by paddling and biking.. Outen plans to travel 20,000 miles across three...

The 2014 Whitewater Grand Prix puts together the world’s top whitewater kayakers to race on Eastern Canada’s high-volume rivers in a multi-stage, multi-discipline spectacle. A taste of the action is offered by this promo video for the case. .

Last month, we posted about surfers riding a 5-mile tidal bore up Alaska’s Turnagain Arm. Pretty cool. But this wave that Rip Curl team surfers, including Tom Curren, found in Indonesia is something else.. The spot, called Seven Ghosts, breaks in rows of giant chocolate milk barrels. It’s pretty mind blowing..

Photographer Jason Sutton captures snowboarder, William Hughes, riding in an LED suit in Tignes, France. Pretty amazing footage. .

A video of Greg McNamara surfing a huge wave in Portugal is circulating the web along with claims that it was 90-feet tall and the largest wave ever surfed. What do you think? .

New sunscreen labeling guidelines released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday will help people headed outdoors better protect their skin from the sun, according to federal health officials.. The new guidelines will require sunscreen labels to disclose whether a. sunscreen protects against a broad spectrum of sunlight and how long it. remains effective...

The more the merrier when kayaking 80-foot waterfalls. In this video, Todd Wells and Sam Freihofer paddle a Topo Duo tandem kayak over Metlako Falls on Eagle Creek in Oregon. Well claims it is the tallest waterfall every run in a two-person whitewater kayak.. Here’s his account from his blog:. One final time we discussed our game plan,...

This may be the perfect use for a standup paddleboard: Surfing a tidal bore.. In its winter issue, SUP Magazine published this video of Eric Newberry, Dave Calkins and Mike McCune catching a 5-mile ride on a tidal bore up Turnagain Arm, an branch of Cook Inlet near Girdwood, Alaska.. It’s difficult to catch the wave on...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has blocked a West Virginia mountaintop removal mining project, raising speculation that the agency might put an end to the destructive strip mining technique long criticized by outdoors recreation and environmental groups.. Citing the Clean Water Act, the EPA announced on January 13 that it would veto the permit for...

On Wednesday night at 2 a.m. Hawaiian time, Australian big-wave surfer Mark Visser caught a 30-foot wave at Jaws, the big wave break off Maui. Cringe inspiring video below.. Visser had LED lights embedded in his life jacket and submarine lights in his surfboard. A helicopter followed him with a spotlight.. “It wasn’t until I saw the pictures...

Whitewater kayaker Tyler Bradt may hold the record for running the highest waterfall in a kayak, but Anton Immler is leading the charge in the rubber dinghy category.. In the video below, Anton attempts to run a huge Chilean waterfall in little rubber raft. Dingy indeed..

Today’s aphorism: You want most what you have least.. For the Dutch, apparently, it’s mountains to climb. Evidence of this:. Excalibur Tower, the world’s largest freestanding climbing wall.. Thrusting up from the otherwise flat landscape surrounding the Dutch city of Groningen, the tower tops out at 121 feet, with a long slab climbing on one...

Eric Brooks and Simon portaging kayaks on the Seven Sisters of the Rouge River, a series of Class V waterfalls in Quebec, Canada. .

Google has added bike route mapping capabilities to its ubiquitous Google Maps service, intended to allow cyclists to find pedal-friendly ways to travel through hundreds of U.S. cities.. The maps now contain data on bike trails and lanes and suggest efficient routes that avoid steep hills, according to Google. The effort seems be focused on cities...