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Latest Features
Las Sirenitas of Popoyo: Empowering Nicaraguan girls through surfing
A Point Break Scheduled to Become a Shipping Yard: Waves, indigenous people, and the environment at risk in Punta Conejo
Five Reasons to Surf a Dumping Beach Break, and One Big Reason Not to.
Surf Travel and Inequality: Are tourist dollars helping or hurting the locals?
Sailing to The Galapagos – 960 nautical miles from Panama City
Becoming a Waterwoman: What riding a surfboard didn’t teach me about the ocean
What is it About a Surfer Girl? 10 reasons why surfer girls are special
When ambition gets the best of a surfer
Drilling for Oil in The Great Australian Bight – What’s in it for us?
The Shannon Reporting Interview: Sexism, surfing Nazaré, and staying vibrant
Debra Searle Interview “Choose your attitude” – Mindset, marriage, & rowing the Atlantic solo
A story as unique as the photos – Meet ocean photographer Shannon Glasson
Finding a Sense of Purpose: The pressure to accomplish more
Latest Posts
Bethany Hamilton UNSTOPPABLE Movie Trailer
Meet Michaela Davis-Meehan, the 1st Aussie snowboarder on the Freeride World Tour!
Cracking the Ice – An interview with ice climber Beth Goralski
Cold Water Surfing Tips – How to stop freezing your tits off!
Monique Rotteveel Sustainable Swimwear: Surf Bikini Review
“What Ifs” of Winter Travel Insurance – What is the true cost if it all goes wrong?
Lunette Menstrual Cup Review – Ditch tampons. Save $, your environment & health
Surfing as a Middle Aged Female: The unique challenges and joys
The Resano Sisters Interview: Three Nicaraguan girls under 15 surfing the world’s biggest waves
Surf Guide Nicaragua : Popoyo and the Rivas Province
Malibu Popoyo Boutique Surf Resort Review
DKOKO Surf Bikini Review – Feminine, flattering & solid
BigWave Drops Review: Natural ear drops for Surfer’s Ear
Hydro Flask Product Review: Quality backed by a Lifetime Guarantee
Sailing The Pacific Ocean
Sailing Around the World – The less obvious ‘How To’ steps
Sailing to The Galapagos – 960 nautical miles from Panama City
Saying yes to sailing to The Galapagos – 960 nautical miles, Panama to Galapagos In the spirit of always saying ‘Yes‘, I find myself at the start of a 3-month sailing and surfing trip across the Pacific Ocean on...
SWELL – A Sailing Surfer’s Voyage of Awakening
Chasing a dream is never easy, but if you go far enough, it will set you free.
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Musings
Alexa Hohenberg – Graduating from park-rat to the backcountry snowboarding (film)
From park rat to the backcountry Growing up is weird. I’ve definitely been struggling with it recently. I turn 34 next month. Apart from the artheritis in my neck that has started to RAGE since surfing in 5C water...
Why you shouldn’t quit your job to travel the world
Don’t quit your job to travel the world – Guest post by Nina Ziezman from Shewhoadventures.com It’s become a cliche of the 21st century, hasn’t it? Quitting your job to travel the world. From your local...
Why women need the support of men in the outdoors
Aspiring to be a strong female ski guide – This article took a long time to write. First started in 2016 and finished in 2017. I was scared to publish it. ‘Girl. You’ve got to be better, faster, stronger’ – that was...
Don’t call me lucky. You make your own luck
You make your own luck One 12 hour flight. Two grueling 7 hour bus journeys. 3 countries and 2 continents later, here we are in the Andes! My face beams with excitement. I write this with a bus window view that spans the...
When someone shows you who they are, believe them
When someone shows you who they are, believe them – Famous quote by Maya Angelo This is an unusual post. Not at all action sports related, but life lesson focused. It’s about wanting to let something go...
Open letter to Department of Health – Instagram models paid $600,000 to promote health to young girls
Open letter to Department of Health Australia MissAdventure penned this open letter in response to breaking news that The Department of Health paid Instagram models & influencers $600,000 of taxpayer’s money to promote...
Surfing Hokkaido in Winter – The snowiest place on earth
Surfing Hokkaido in winter I remember watching this video of surf legend Sally Fitzgibbon’s documenting on a surf trip to Novia Scotia, Canada. Beat down from the cold, she wept in the car, saying to her dad over and over...
Sex Sells You Short – Social media & the pressure on female athletes
Sex Sells You Short When I look back on the female athletes I admired as a kid, they were strong, unapologetic badass women, who shattered gender prejudice and trail-blazed a highway for other girls to follow (thank you Lisa...
Living off the grid – One girl’s solo snowmobile adventure to Alaska
Aged 18, I met Inga on my first season in Whistler Blackcomb in 2002. She was this cool Norwegian chick living up the road, that I’d always see in the snowpark ripping the same features as me. I can’t remember how we...
Simple living is the hardest thing to do – Or is it?
Simple living in the mountains Alone in a hand-built log cabin deep in the Canadian mountains, I’m sitting here pondering life. It took a lot of effort to physically get here, and right now life is pretty sweet...
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Trending
Injury Sucks: The best food & vitamins for ligament repair
How to snowboard: 12 tips for beginners
Best Surf Bikinis – Review of top active swimwear brands + discount codes
Kelly Slater Diet – Nutrition & sustainable living
Best Surf Sunscreen – Full review & breakdown of top brands
Surf Hair, Do Care: How to get beach blonde surfer hair
Surfer Girl Style – Top 10 surf fashion staples
Yoga
Finding Flow in Sports: What the Yoga Sutras teach us
What the Yoga Sutras have to teach us about finding flow in any sport The whole idea behind the practice of yoga is to remove excess thinking and start becoming. The Yoga Sutras, an ancient Hindu text, mentions only...
Surf
Bethany Hamilton UNSTOPPABLE Movie Trailer
Unstoppable – The fearless life of Bethany Hamilton Bethany Hamilton is rewriting the rules on being a fearless athlete. UNSTOPPABLE is her untold story. Against all odds, she remains one of the leading professional surfers...
Snow
Meet Michaela Davis-Meehan, the 1st Aussie snowboarder on the Freeride World Tour!
10 questions with Michaela Davis-Meehan, the Aussie snowboarder who just qualified for the Freeride World Tour! The struggle is real on both the surf and snow qualifying series and coming out on top after a year of endless...
Videos to make you go WOW
New ski movie, WINTER FOX – An journey through the frozen lands of Japan
New Women’s Snowboard Movie – Listen to the eyes
She Change Film – Support the story of big wave women’s surfing – Please donate!
a land shaped by women – Film teaser is here!
Surf #vanlife through Iceland. New film explores ‘a land shape by women’
Meet Raha Moharrak – The first Saudi woman to climb the 7 Summits of The World
Don’t date a girl from the mountains – Stunning poem & video
Fitness
Five Reasons to Surf a Dumping Beach Break, and One Big Reason Not to.
Beach breaks in less than ideal conditions can be brutal. Here are a few good reasons paddle out anyway, and one not to. Sometimes it takes a little motivation to paddle out. If the water is cold or the conditions at the beach...
Reviews
Best Surf Sunscreen – Full review & breakdown of top brands
What is the best surf sunscreen? We test the best reef-safe surf sunscreens. Please look after your skin & don’t put chemicals in the ocean. Clue up on this stuff & READ THE LABELS! Each year I spend well...
Nutrition
How athletes can improve their brain power with food
How athletes can improve their brain power with food – Contributing article If you’re a hard-working athlete, it’s not uncommon to experience symptoms like mental fatigue, irritability, low mood or even poor memory...
