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[ Culture ]
Lessons on Being Prepared from One of the World’s Best Extreme Athletes
Starting a new job, a new chapter in life, or maybe just doing something you’ve always wanted to do? Extreme athletes may seem like unlikely sources of inspiration, but their skill at how to avoid panic can be a great example of what we can do in our own lives!
15 minutes
[ Culture ]
Tradition on the Track
Since the invention of the wheel, racing has been a part of life… but why do millions of people come together around car racing? Its appeal, like so many other sports, begins with something simple: community.
35 minutes
[ Thought Leaders ]
The Unexpected Ways Surfing is Helping Youth Heal
Life is tough, but it’s a whole lot easier when we’re around people who share similar experiences in a no pressure environment. Waves for Change is one of the organizations out there harnessing the power of sport and play to create environments where children are able to open up and heal!
17 minutes
[ Culture ]
Stamford Peace Project: Classroom, Community and the Potential of Youth Sports
By Dr. Lynda
What would our schools look like if we made the most of the amazing untapped potential involving 45 million kids? There is a model for an entirely fresh approach to all youth athletics that would ensure students would leave the system at any level, with a remarkable toolbox of coping skills, character assets, and academic strength to access for the rest of their lives. Now here’s what innovation looks like at its best!
7 minutes
[ Culture ]
How A Game of Chess is Changing Lives
The most impactful innovations in the world often combine two things no one ever thought to bring together. Here’s what we get when we let young girls loose on the game of chess! It challenges many notions all at once.
17 minutes
[ Culture ]
How the Jump Rope Became an Elite Sport and a Symbol of Community
Double dutch may be one of the most underrated sports out there. These young athletes combine football star levels of footwork with the flexibility of gymnasts and the speed of sprinters. Better yet, they are a part of a community built to give them the support and love they need. Now this is inspiring!
6 minutes
[ Culture ]
The Fascinating Story Behind Why We Dance!
We seem to be born to do it and it may even be a key to our success as a species! So why was it that dancing became engrained in the fabric of being human? This video clues us in on how dance has shaped human life throughout our evolution. And we can’t help but ask: could dance actually help us through difficult times now?
25 minutes
[ Thought Leaders ]
Building Futures One Plié at a Time
In a place where violence reigns, girls are finding refuge in a surprising way—and it’s all thanks to one amazing woman.
15 minutes
[ Culture ]
Say Hello Best Way to Get Around in the Snow
Think you know all you need to know about dog sledding? Our relationship with these pups has altered history and has been one of the most unfailing and versatile forms of transportation for thousands of years. Here are a few fascinating stories…
26 minutes
[ Innovation ]
Are Video Games Bad for You, Really?
On the quest to find out the effect that video games have on the brain, researchers may have stumbled into something that could change the nature of medicine. We’re on the verge of prescribing video games, and these awesome creators walk us through it!
13 minutes
[ Sports ]
What Does Impossible Mean?
In the quest to achieve the highest jump on record, athletes are pushing the limits of the human body and redefining the word “impossible”. But what do record-breaking jumps like this say about what is possible for any one of us to accomplish?
24 minutes
[ Culture ]
So… Why Are People Riding Bulls?
Bull riding is one of the most dangerous sports in the world. So why do people partake in it? Turns out, there are some metaphors that might help us master our own pursuits!
14 minutes
[ Sports ]
The Harder the Work, the Less Impossible the Dream
Chris Boucher’s story is unique in the NBA. He didn’t grow up with a basketball in hand or aspired to play as a kid, yet he became a record-setting player. So what’s his secret? Even if sports aren’t what excite you, there’s something in his journey for all of us to apply to our lives. Let’s explore.
18 minutes
[ Creativity ]
What’s the Pointe (Shoe)?
Pointe shoes are the most important tool for a ballet dancer, second only to their body. So who makes them and how they are prepared before each use is crucial to their career. Let’s take a look at this fascinating process…
10 minutes
[ Science ]
What We’re Learning from The First Swim Across the Pacific
Ben Lecomte is currently (right now!) in the middle of swimming 5,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean. While this is awesome on its own, what’s truly amazing is the amount of scientific data they’re picking up along the way.
8 minutes
[ Sports ]
What’s More Fun Than Mud?
We’ve all played in mud at some point in our lives, but when did that stop? And why? We may all be able to learn a little something about the power of play and innovation from these mudslingers!
What Happens When Athletes and Scientists Team Up?
To put it simply: breakthroughs. This nonprofit is making it possible for scientists to get the data they need from every corner of the planet by teaming them up with the adventurers who are already there.
15 minutes
Bringing Bangladesh to the Top of the World
By Erin Murphy
Climbing to the highest peak of every continent is no small feat. So what does it take for a person to conquer the Seven Summits? For Wasfia Nazreen, it began with a mission to put her country on the map and fight for the empowerment of women.
10 minutes
[ Environment ]
Have You Been in a Tree Lately?
When was the last time you took a moment to really enjoy nature? Meet a man who is taking people hundreds of feet up into the limbs of the world’s oldest trees to give us a new perspective on our connection to the natural world!
17 minutes
Snowboarding’s Alternative Origin Story?
We think of the modern snowboard is a fairly recent innovation, but people in Turkey have been sliding down snow-covered hills on the petranboard for centuries!
The Amazing “Year of the Quad” in the Olympics!
By Dr. Lynda
2018 is said to be the “Year of the Quad” in the Olympics, but what does this mean? Why is landing a quad a big deal? Here’s the science and math behind a nearly impossible feat.
36 minutes
Rewriting Stories on Mountainsides
We typically don’t want to go back to a place we had a terrible experience. But what if we did? Here’s the story of three U.S. Army Captains returning to Iraq for the first time since combat to experience something completely different.
50 minutes
[ Culture ]
Testing Your Limits on a Journey to the North Pole
Would you trek through the arctic with no training? For first all-women North Pole Expedition, this was only the first question these women had to answer.
15 minutes
Flipping Perceptions
How do you react when someone tells you you’re incapable of doing something? For a lot of us, there are usually two routes we take: agree and shrink, or prove those words wrong. WCMX athlete, Aaron “Wheelz” Fotheringham, chose the latter and has spent years creating history and crushing stereotypes. Here’s his story…
23 minutes
[ Nature ]
The Greatness of Testing Our Limits (ft. Greenland)
What can a climb into an unexplored environment teach us about ourselves? Today we sit back, relax, and watch as a team of athletes spend weeks journeying through Greenland on the hunt for a mountain captured in a blurry photo.
6 minutes
[ Culture ]
Amazing — Even If You’re Not a Fan
By AJ Ulrich
Take a quick peek at an amazing athlete’s work, using his talents to have some fun and best of all, you can trust this source! Here’s a guest writer who actually played with this great talent!
13 minutes
[ Environment ]
Swooping Into New Perspectives: Speedflying
The inspiration to fly quietly, light as air, as been the stuff of dreams for many since childhood. Now many forms of flight make that possible, but have you heard of Speedflying?
14 minutes
[ Culture ]
How Can We All Find the Runner’s Fuel
What ignites someones desire to run 100 miles? Turns out they are running on a kind of fuel we all have access to and it’s a really great recipe!
5 minutes
Finding Flow: Art & Mountain Biking
Artist, activist and adventurer, Sarah Uhl, aids us in discovering our environments in the name of finding our flow in life!
