z     Only in Florida - two sheriff's deputies captured an 8-10 foot alligator in a suburb in Oldsmar, Florida. Deputy Jeff Crandall wrangled the gator as it wandered onto a busy road.      

    After battling a huge swordfish to the surface on his trusty handline out off the coast of Northland, New Zealand, Matt Watson from the Ultimate Fishing Show finds himself in a race with a gigantic mako shark to secure his prize catch and get it aboard his little boat in one piece!          

    Qingdao saved its best for last on the final day of Act 3 of the Extreme Sailing Series™ and the pressure was understandably on from the first start gun with no quarter given on the water as the teams used classic match racing tactics to try and outwit their nearest rivals.  

    South African Steve Fisher, the world's best all-around kayaker and his right-hand man, Ben Brown, travel to Sogndal, Norway then to Thailand where they add a new member to the team, Eric Southwick. They soon find that the waters of Thailand prove more treacherous than they could have anticipated.      

    STORM SURFERS 3D is an epic, character-driven adventure documentary following two best friends on their quest to hunt down and ride the biggest and most dangerous waves in Australia. Aussie tow-surfing legend Ross Clarke-Jones and two-time world champion Tom Carroll enlist the help of surf forecaster Ben Matson and together they track and chase giant storms across the Great Southern Ocean.  

    Unexplored territory, rugged terrain and polar bears. Climbing expedition team, Hansjörg Auer and Eneko & Iker Pou. The North Face/@Redbull join forces to supports the magnificent trio in the attempt to open big wall routes in unexplored Perfection Valley situated on the east coast of Baffin Island, Canada.      

    A 19-year-old cancer patient visiting Hawaii as part of the Make-a-Wish Foundation grant scored the catch of a lifetyle off the waters of Haonolulu. Aboard the charter boat 'The Wild Bunch" Sterling Ellis caught and landed a 759 Pacific Blue Marling.    

  TimeScapes: Rapture from Tom Lowe on Vimeo.   Filmer Tom Lowe produces this amazing time-lapse video he dubbed "Rapture. In his worlds: "This is production footage I shot over the summer for my debut film, "TimeScapes," a modern portrait of the American Southwest. I used Canon and Red MX cameras."  

Join Sigurd, Ems, Gaute and Ole Marius as they explore some of the classic Norwegian mountains, such as Romsdalshorn, Innerdalstårnet, Snøhetta and Gaustatoppen. As they conquer the classics and gradually fulfil their tick list, they realize that all though the surrounding mountains might not be as tall, aesthetic and easy accessed as the classics, these mountains holds their own beauty and peculiarity. They joy of venturing into unknown terrain reveals hidden dangers as well as gams, a…read more

Here's a first-person view of the Dual Slalom course at the 2013 Sea Otter Classic. Darren Berrecloth takes you along on his Specialized P.Slope during a practice run.   Via specialized411