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Surfing Oregon – Why, When, Where?

Surfing the Oregon Coast

A cold, wild coast that can regularly generate numbers like 24-foot swells at 8-second intervals with 100mph wind gusts and a sea temperature of 46 degrees, Oregon is neither for the faint of heart nor the physically frail. But it does have some damn good surfing, and for all levels despite its notoriety.  Pronounced “organ,” by locals, the coastal state […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | May 29, 2024
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Five Years After The Fukushima Disaster And The Pacific Ocean Isn’t A Dead Zone

According to the Annual Review of Marine Sciences, when the Tohoku tsunami struck Japan in March 2011, large amounts of radioactive material was vented from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors. 80% of that radioactive material was thought to have fallen in the ocean along with more being washed in that initially landed on land. The main source of radiation released […]

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Chris Wallner | July 19, 2016
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VIDEO: Sending it with Style in British Columbia, Canada with the Coastal Crew

Credit: Coastal Crew We love the Coastal Crew’s style. They just make eveything look so effortless. Though they aren’t throwing the biggest tricks in biking right now, their smooth riding speaks for itself, and they could arguably be the best trail builders in Canada. This video makes great use of a camera stabilizer called a Gimbal. It enables a ton of camera […]

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Guest Author | July 19, 2016
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Record Mount Washington Avalanche

Mount Washington in New Hampshire is best known for Tuckerman’s Ravine, a steep open bowl that holds snow into July. On March 29th the southeast slope of the Mount Washington summit cone experienced the largest recorded avalanche. U.S.F.S. Snow Ranger […]

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