Videos

Seeking affordable living in an outdoor space, avid mountain bikers and partners Jen Zeuner and Anne Keller found themselves in Fruita, Colorado, a town once known as being one of the most conservative in the state. Despite a lukewarm welcome, the two decided to open a ...read more

Leading in to Mother's Day weekend, Merrell's latest short film features one athlete's upbringing and her true origin story of how she became connected to nature through her mother's inspiration. Nadia Mercado is a skydiver, a runner, a climber, and a cardiac nurse, and her ...read more

Rapper Lil Dicky loves the Earth so much that he gathered more than 30 other singers, musicians, and celebrities to sing a song about it and appear as animated characters in a 7-minute music video. Justin Bieber appears as the baboon, Ariana Grande as the zebra, Zac Brown as the ...read more

Using footage from the past eight years and from adventures on five continents, polar explorer Eric Larsen created a mash-up video to inspire people on Earth Day. One of Larsen's biggest sources of inspiration is Robert Service's "Call of the Wild" poem, a reading of which ...read more

Doubt and fear can cripple us, even when we're completely capable of accomplishing something. This powerful short film presented by Outdoor Research shows how negative inward thoughts tear down climber Jenny Abegg, while soft and encouraging words build her up. Read the ...read more

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska is under threat. Certain members of Congress want to open it up to oil and gas development. Not only would the project harm the wildlife and sacred landscape, it would destroy the Gwich'in people's way of life. Len Necefer, Navajo ...read more

Study after study has confirmed what we already knew: the outdoors heals us in ways that other antidotes don't. For Brandon Kuehn, an Iraq War veteran, reaching for a literal, physical summit helps him face a range of trauma, including post-traumatic stress disorder. This ...read more

In Salt Lake City this week, the RV industry gathered for a new trade show: RV Experience, or RVX. Judges awarded nine brands out of 450 RVs for innovation across the following categories: Outdoor Adventure, Family Friendly, Van Life, City Escape, Destination Camping, ...read more

Think about how you map your runs. Maybe it's down the street, to the park, around the park, and back. But it's doubtful your route includes running every single street in your city. After living in San Francisco on and off for his whole life, Salomon athlete Rickey Gates wanted ...read more

In 1973, Art Clay and Ben Finley organized a gathering of African-American skiers in Aspen, Colorado. Nearly 50 years later, most of those skiers along with newbies to the organization are still congregating at resorts around the country to strap planks of wood to their feet, ...read more

Victor Muffat Jeandet, a 2018 Olympic Bronze Medalist ski racer, and Jordan Tempkin, a World Drone Racing Champion, duke it out in a GS race to see who's the fastest down the mountain. This short film from Salomon is among the chosen Banff Film Festival films, currently showing ...read more

Over its 20 years, the R1 has been to the top of El Capitan and deep into many forests. Patagonia climbing ambassadors Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll and Nico Favresse jam out in this new music video and sing about a few places the fleece pullover has been. Other stories are ...read more

Along the Appalachian Trail, in New Hampshire's White Mountains, hikers come across a camp setup unlike any other. It's complete with a stove, cast-iron skillet, dozens of eggs, circle of chairs, and Carl, self-nicknamed the "Omelette Guy." Now in his retirement, Carl brings joy ...read more

Writer James Edward Mills of The Joy Trip Project sat down with Latino Outdoors founder José González at Outdoor Retailer Snow Show to explore this question. They talk about the state of diversity and inclusivity in the outdoors, why exposure is not the right way to pay ...read more

At Outdoor Retailer Snow Show 2019, Reporter Kelly Bastone sat down for an intimate chat with Klaus Obermeyer, who will turn 100 this year and has a lot to teach us all about business, skiing, and living large. Obermeyer started his namesake ski apparel company in 1947 and has ...read more

During Outdoor Retailer Snow Show, Reporter Ronald Griswell sat down with Patagonia's J.J. Huggins to talk about fair trade, from breaking down its meaning to the certification process to getting more brands to commit to higher standards. The leader in fair trade started in 2014 ...read more

Grizzly Country, directed by Ben Moon and presented by Peak Design, spotlights the life of Doug Peacock, a Vietnam War veteran, author, and eco-warrior. He spent years alone in Wyoming and Montana observing grizzly bears and reconciling humans' fear of them. His story and ...read more

Watching Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi burst into cheers over "Free Solo's" nomination for an Oscar on Tuesday mirrored the pure joy of seeing Alex Honnold top out on El Capitan in the film.  "I’ve been waiting my entire professional life for this moment," Vasarhelyi ...read more

This year, SNEWS is celebrating 35 years of covering the outdoor industry, from in-depth dives into important trends and issues to its daily happenings. We're also launching a brand new, radically different trade journal, and it drops on Jan. 30, 2019. The talented filmmakers at ...read more