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VIDEO: Urban Skier Redefines What it Means to “Thread The Needle”

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Harald hellström (@hahahahahharald) We’ve all heard about “threading the needle” by just pointing it down some wickedly steep and narrow line and holding on for dear life.  But has it gone too far?  Just ask urban skier Harald hellström, who sent this insane, literal hole-in-the-wall on skis…

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Micro Forests Springing Up In Europe To Ease Climate Change and Increase Biodiversity

In a bid to increase biodiversity within cities and to help fight the climate crisis, micro forests, and variations of green space have been popping up over the years in urban areas globally. Throughout Europe as part of a movement to restore biodiversity, tiny dense forests have sprung up. These forests take planning and are environmentally beneficial for reducing greenhouse […]

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Rouchelle Gilmore | July 28, 2020
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Recreating Outdoors During COVID-19: Can You Stay Safe?

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Outdoor recreating during the Coronavirus pandemic is safer than most activities. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was unclear how the virus was spreading. Now, however, it is clear that the virus is transmitted most easily by aerosols and droplets. Those small projections come from when we breathe, talk, cough, and even sing. While catching COVID-19 outdoors […]

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Alex Camerino | July 10, 2020
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Montreal’s Metro Accessible Urban Ski Slope Closing For Good?

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Pente a Neige is a popular, yet experimental, urban ski slope located just southwest of downtown Montreal in the borough known as Sud-Ouest. Experimental is the keyword, as Global News Canada reports Pente a Neige was just notified by the borough to remove all ski lift equipment from Ignace-Bourget Park where the grassy knoll turned winter ski slope is located. […]

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Taylor Stephan | June 25, 2020
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VIDEO: Wibmer’s Law – Must Watch Insane Urban Mountain Bike Video

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CycleBrains | September 26, 2019
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Street Skiing Legend L.J. Strenio to Work for NASA

L.J. Strenio.  You may know him from his 2017 X Games Real Ski segment that won him a Bronze medal and fan favorite, his appearances in Line Ski’s Traveling Circus, or from one of his awe-inspiring season edits.  However, Strenio just recently put another impressive title to his name… Astronaut (well, sort of). Just about 10 years ago L.J. attended […]

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Jack Conroy | August 16, 2019
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VIDEO: Ripping Powder At The Local Waterpark

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Red Bull (@redbull) As the 2017/18 winter approaches, we are taking a look back at some of the best edits from last season. These guys had some serious fun shredding at their local waterpark. It sure is fun to watch and has us excited for some more urban snowboarding this season.

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Chris Wallner | September 21, 2017
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VIDEO: Shredding An “Urban” Spine In Japan

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Chris Wallner | April 7, 2017
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Detroit Street Skier Gets Busted on Live Newscast

A skier being towed on the snowy roads of metro Detroit was pulled over after inadvertently appearing on a live local newscast, following the Superbowl on Sunday night. A winter storm has dumped over 1 and 1/2 feet on parts of Michigan, the most snow Detroit has seen since 1974. “When I first turned onto 10 Mile, I was like, ‘OK, we’re doing this’,” said Jacob Lachowski, the skier. Lachowski and two friends, all students at Lawrence Tech […]

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