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In the spring of 2017, Colorado climbing buddies Zach Mahone and David Peterson hopped on a plane and flew across the Pacific to Southeast Asia. Their plan was simple: travel with inflatable SUPs and explore as much water and rock as they could. Their adventures took them from Vietnam to Cambodia to Thailand, experiencing a variety of colorful cultures, stunning locales and myriad people. You can find breathtaking photos and travel notes from the trip featured in the Fall 2017 issue of SUP magazine....

To save an ancient Chinese village, a hotelier envisioned it as upscale lodging—and moved the whole thing, along with its own forest, 500 miles away. Shanghai, China’s most populous city, long ago embraced industrialization, retaining few traces of its agrarian roots. Beginning in the early 2000s, however, entrepreneur Ma Dadong started to change that, by relocating 50 antique homes and 10,000 indigenous camphor trees—threatened by a new dam—500 miles from the rural countryside to just outside downtown Shanghai....

If you surf Pleasure Point in Santa Cruz, CA, then you’ve undoubtedly noticed a group of women regularly gathering on the beach with their young childre – some of the women wearing bright pink shirts saying “Baby on Board”. This cadre of talented women calls themselves the “Surf Mamas” – a support system of Santa Cruz mothers/surfers featured in a new short documentary, “The Super Stoked Surf Mamas of Pleasure Point”....

If your idea of camping is limited to pitching a tent and throwing down a sleeping bag during the balmy summer months, you need to think bigger. You can spend the night under the stars year round, if you know how to do it right. And these glamping accommodations around the world really do it right. In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies Don’t think of glamping as a prim and proper experience—think of it as a way to experience even the most unforgiving environments without giving up creature comforts like, you know, space heaters....

There’s no magic elixir in elite runners’ breakfasts (we’re not counting the doped-up cheaters who eventually get caught); no essence of cow heart or beetle-wing extract with mysterious performance benefits. The perfect breakfast is simple—boring, even. “Simplicity is king,” says Brendan Gregg, a professional runner and coach with the Hansons-Brooks Original Distance Project, who has a PR of 13:46:49 in the 5K. The rules for the perfect pre-race meal according to Gregg?...

For as many great things coming to Netflix this month—a new season of Orange Is the New Black and Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee—there are just as many leaving. As it always goes, when a new crop of movies and TV shows hits Netflix, it’s inevitable that another group must head toward the exit. While you’re too late to catch movies like Michael Clayton, Wanted, V for Vendetta, Lethal Weapon, Midnight in Paris, and Bring It On one more time, there are still plenty of other options to catch up on before they leave....

PODCASTS I’ve been into Neil deGrasse Tyson lately, getting lost in YouTube rabbit holes listening to him. You can never stump him with a question. He always has a well- thought-out and calculated answer, even on the fly. You could ask him about anything, and it’s interesting — his view on not just politics, life, and science, but on just about everything. EYEWEAR I buy all my glasses from this place in New York City called Silver Lining....

If your whiskey-loving friend is packing a car with camping gear, it might not be for a weekend in the mountains. Next month is Van Winkle release season. It’s the time of year when die-hard fans camp out and go to crazy lengths for the coveted bottles. Well, most of them. While the Buffalo Trace Distillery, which makes Pappy Van Winkle, says they have more bottles of 10, 15, and 23 year bourbons than last year, they’re not releasing any 13 Year Old Rye Whiskey for 2017....

For many football fans, watching a game at home demands an ice cold beer close at hand, but making a mid-game beer run is never a fun errand. So why not get your brews delivered? Consider calling up your local Pizza Hut: Ahead of Super Bowl LIII, the company is expanding its beer delivery service to almost 300 restaurants across the country. In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies...

Alta is the birthplace of snow science in the United States. It became so, not merely out of curiosity, but by necessity. The town was nearly wiped out by avalanches multiple times in the early 19th century. And the snow continues to fall. Earlier this month, avalanches cut off resort access for 52 hours. 6 Tips for Buying Used Outdoor Gear Read article So Alta’s Ski Patrol became the first in the nation to develop avalanche mitigation, and have been behind some of the major developments in the science ever since....

A warming earth won’t just affect water and land. It’s coming for the air too, according to a new study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. That means flights are going to get a lot more bumpy. The authors focused specifically on “clear-air turbulence,” (CAT for short). It’s the type that interrupts a smooth ride in clear weather, typically striking just as you’ve received a cup of hot coffee from your flight attendant....

Some 43 years after being stopped 500 feet short of the summit on Mount Everest and ultimately losing both of his feet due to frostbite, Chinese climber Xia Boyu finally summited the world’s tallest mountain on Monday. In doing so, Boyu becomes the second double amputee in history to summit Mount Everest – and the first to do so from the Nepalese side. Roughly 43 years ago, Xia Boyu made his first attempt to scale Mount Everest....

Tired of weight loss plans that make you miserable? It’s no fun—and sometimes downright difficult—to stick to a strict diet that keeps you from enjoying the foods you love. How would you like to eat what you want and still lose weight? You can, with Noom. Noom doesn’t tell you what to eat and when. It doesn’t cut your favorites from your diet. Noom doesn’t make your sell meal plans or force you to eat things you hate....

If you’re planning a trip to a National Park in 2020 you’re going to want to keep these dates on your calendar. 50 Weekend Trip Ideas to Make the Most of Fall Read article Whether you’re looking to explore the deserts of Joshua Tree, Old Faithful at Yellowstone, cycling in Canyonlands, or the incredible forests of Acadia National Park, there are fee-free days throughout the year where you can explore U....

Don’t let the baseball uniform fool you—New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard loves spending time in the gym. A self-described “gym rat,” the righthander admits he enjoys “picking up heavy stuff and putting it down.” Since breaking into the Major Leagues, he’s focused intensely on his training routine, which, on any given day, could include shoulder-specific workouts, leg curls, upper back exercises, rowing workouts, weighted pullups, squats, deadlifts, sled pulls, and free weight exercises....

You’ll look back on the photos and videos from your wedding for the rest of your life. And the last thing you want to see is a version of yourself that you’re not proud of staring back at you. “Men come to me to get fit for their wedding day just as much as women,” says Christian Pitkin, a certified personal trainer and health coach at Diakadi Fitness Performance in San Francisco....

If you see people hitting a Wiffle-type plastic ball over a low (34″-high) net on a badminton-size court with larger Ping-Pong-style paddles, that’s pickleball. Played as singles or doubles, pickleball—invented in 1965 by former Washington State Congressman Joel Pritchard and two friends—is a mashup of Ping-Pong and tennis. “The constant action is a lot like Ping-Pong—there’s very little time between points,” says Rocky Clark, of Portland, ME, a regional director for the U....

A Vancouver news blog reported that “the most insane salmon was just caught in B.C.,” and by the looks of it, this Chinook salmon really is insane—insanely huge. Undoubtedly it would be the envy any salmon fisherman, but there’s a catch to this giant salmon: It wasn’t caught by a fisherman. As Vancouver Is Awesome pointed out, the giant Chinook salmon was captured in a net in the Wannock River by the Pacific Salmon Foundation as part of a conservation project with Percy Walkus Hatchery....

Following Hydro Flask’s annual Garage Sale in Bend, Oregon, they collected just shy of $80,000 and donated it all to The Conservation Alliance, who (according to their mission statement) “engages business to fund and partner with organizations to protect wild places for their habitat and recreation values.” Hydro Flask has been a member since 2014 and identifies key nonprofit partners each year to participate and receive the proceeds. The decision is made by a vote of Hydro Flask employees … and this year, they knocked it out of the park....

With the Justice League release (November 17) inching closer and closer, we are currently in prime teaser territory. One way to hold yourself over: A new, likely fan-made, full-size poster of Jason Momoa’s Aquaman. Momoa looks pretty damn shredded, and looks as if he’s been inked with full-body tribal tattoos for the role. (We’re guessing it’s actually makeup.) Have a look for yourself: 🚨🚨🚨 JUSTICE LEAGUE – THE KING OF ATLANTIS AQUAMAN POSTER COURTESY @IntlTrends 🌊💦💨🔥😱😵👺👹☠️💀🐳🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 pic....