Vintage snowboard experts say the value of antique snowboards should be measured by the amount which they're not used. Other snowboard connoisseurs, such as Government Camp, OR-based Jay Hergert, have a different measure by which collectors should value old-school sticks: how well they can still shred.   This rad little edit, coming in hot from Hergert riding at Mt. Hood's Timberline, features a 30-year-old Black Snow snowboard that he picked up off eBay. For archiving sake, the Black Snow d…read more

Photo: GearPatrol.comUsually, when materials like carbon fiber, steel, ash wood and hand-sewn leather come together you expect to hear them with the likes of Bentley or Rolls Royce. But in this case, they form the components of Hublot's luxury luge. Only ten of these sledges have been made, built in collaboration between Hublot and Lausanne University of Art and Design, ECAL. Read the rest and check out more photos at GearPatrol.com.

Sailing through fjords along the west coast of Greenland last summer, a crew of climbing ambassadors from Patagonia went on an inspired mission --dubbed Greenland Vertical Sailing 2010-- searching for virgin big walls. Photo: TheCleanestLine.com / Ben Ditto Nico Favresse and Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll, together with Nico's brother Olivier, photographer Ben Ditto, and captain Bob Shepton began their trip in late-June 2010 and this highly entertaining trailer --with hilarious soundtrack-- sets th…read more

Photo: Caroline TreadwayWaiting for take off. You've probably been stranded in an airport at least once in your life. And if you flew somewhere this week, you've probably been stranded twice. So how do you pass the time in airport limbo where food costs twice as much and tastes twice as bad, and the only things to buy are cheesy sweatshirts, candy bars and chili pepper jelly? (Exception: duty-free shopping is awesome). Photo: Caroline TreadwayDenver to Honolulu. Other options incl…read more

A love of backcountry skiing explains David Gonzales obsession with white bark pines. A writer and photographer, he spends a lot of time beneath these ancient trees. But the white barks are under attack. And that has this skier marshaling forces to fight back. Once the snow melts, he leads volunteers called Tree Fighters into the forest surrounding Yellowstone National Park. Tree Fight is an organization that is working to curb the loss of white bark pines due to the escalating impact of…read more

When you're traveling to remote locations in hopes of finding epic conditions, whether it's surf, snow, trail or rock, sometimes it's the mission itself that you cherish more than the prized powder, waves and granite. Stu Gibson and Marti Paradisis, the duo who penned and shot this travel journal for Surfline.com, have both traveled plenty to Tasmania and they would agree it can be hit or miss --regardless what the forecasters are calling. So when a positive call came in after a meek stretch …read more

In episode four of The North Face/Swatch "TimeLine" series, which features the traveling adventures of big mountain snowboarder Xavier de le Rue, photographer Tero Repo and filmer/editor Guido Perrini, they traveled to Japan --with guest rider Lucas Debari-- in search of the island's legendary coastal snowfall. Titled, "Fantastic Lines in Japan," they got precisely what they were looking for by way of splitboards and snowcaves in the Hakuba backcountry. Check out these images, courtesy of Tim…read more

Photo: RedBull.frAfter a few speedy powder turns, the quality of which any average human would be stoked about, Antoine Montant proceeded to set sail off a glacier and glide down the rugged slopes near Chamonix, France. But for Antoine, who's not your average human and arguably the world's leading speed flyer, this wasn't quite enough. So instead of coming the average ski-BASE-gliding landing, he pulls off the first-ever cable car jib while in flight over Chamonix's old cable car. We've seen mou…read more

Photo: (c) T.C. WorleyTrekking in the 2010 race My gear is packed. My flight leaves in 48 hours. I'm headed back to Chile and the insanity of the Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race, a weeklong adventure race near the tip of South America. This will be my second trip to Chile to do the WPER. I've assembled the same team as last year, including Jason Magness, Chelsey Gribbon, and Daniel Staudigel -- all members of the YogaSlackers group. We know better what's coming this year. We're nervous, but…read more

Brendan (my guide from Surfing Hainan) and I hired a taxi, loaded it up with surfboards and SUPs and drove an hour and half north along the coast of Hainan Island to the sleepy fishing town of Riyuewan in search of waves. The name of this place is roughly translated as "Sun and Moon Bay" which sounds kind of ethereal--and it really fits. There are dark green hills that spill onto a wide, palm-fringed crescent of sand which ends to the north at a rocky headland. This is where, with the right sw…read more