Maybe the last descent of the Yangtze? Lead by Travis Winn, the trip included researchers and conservationists from China and abroad, all trying to figure out a way to protect this threatened resource.
    ”At least 20 (new) reservoirs will be put into operation by 2020,” vice minister Hu Siyi was quoted as saying in a report on the Chinese Ministry´s website.
Check out this video.

The Skateboard Film Festival serves to promote independent film making in the skateboard community at large. It is open to the entire public by way of video and film submissions, and there are several categories by which each filmmaker can submit his or her video short or full-length movie.

Race records came crashing down for the 3rd year in a row at this year’s Bribie Multisport 100km. Tides were perfect for the swims and kayaks which led to the fastest times being recoded in the races 3 year history for all legs except one.

We opted to wait until after Earth Day to post this message as we knew everyone would be bombarded by environmental news, activities and programming all day long and we wanted to extend the environmental consciousness even longer.
    Here are our Top 10 Tips (potentially 11) for making small, REALISTIC changes to your daily life that can help reduce your carbon footprint over the remainder of this year:

German scientist Dominique Goerlitz is planning another attempt to prove that ancient civilizations could have made frequent roundtrips between the Old World and the New with a ship constructed of reeds.
    Construction for Abora IV is planned to happen at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, N.J., within view of the Statue of Liberty, will be designed according to prehistoric rock drawings.

And I thought I spent a lot of time on my bike! This video features Inspired Bicycles team rider Danny MacAskill that was filmed over the course of several months in the Edinburgh area by Dave Sowerby. There is some of the best riding I have ever seen. Check it out!

Check out this video from the Riding the Spine crew as they navigate through the Northern part of Peru. Scenic vistas, 1000+ foot drops and knee deep mud are just the beginning. I hope that camera was helmet mounted!

Gone are those speed wobbles thanks to the innovative designs of Landyachtz Longboards a company that has revolutionized the sport, and created a healthy community of riders and events along the way. Not to mention some of the most epic longboarding videos.

After ten days of diving, Vertical Blue, the world’s premier invitational freediving competition held at Dean’s Blue Hole in the Bahamas, came to a close with a total of five new world records and 30 national records across four different disciplines.

On Sunday April 4th 2009, Alexander Martin departed on his expedition to travel by canoe and foot 5,500 miles from Portland, OR to Portland, ME and the Atlantic Ocean in one seasonal year. The planned route lies entirely within the contiguous United States and traverses many of the country’s great and storied rivers as well as many hidden and wild places accessible only by water. All travel will be human powered, either by paddle or portage.

Organizers are excited to announce that Cairns, and the surrounding area of tropical North Queensland, has been chosen to host the 5th edition of XPD. This international expedition adventure race will bring 200+ national and international athletes to Australia from 17-28 May 2010. It will be “as much an expedition as a race”.

I thought this kind of thing only happened in Japan, yet the bigger is better philosophy seems to prevail in America, especially when it comes to shopping malls.
    Alas, a $2.3 Billion, 4.76 MILLION square foot project is underway west of New York City in the New Jersey Meadowlands, boasting America´s very first indoor ski park.

Operation Denali receives this year´s Mountain Hardwear Expedition Sponsorship, enabling four wounded soldiers to realize their dream of summitting 20,320 Mt. Mckinley (Denali) in Alaska.

Papua New Guinea expedition discovers among more than 50 species previously unknown to science, including jumping spiders, striped gecko, and a frog with a “ringing song.”
    Barrick Gold Corporation, the largest gold mining company in put the survey together in preparation for future mining projects.

Austrian Herbert Nitsch will look to improve his record of 114m in the constant weight (CWT) category to 120m. Just days ago on April
5, Nitsch set the 114m mark, and if successful in the 120m dive, it will be the biggest single extension of a world record in freediving
history.

The Arizona Trail 300 is a self supported, wilderness mountain biking race held on a portion of the cross state Arizona Trail. The race follows the trail as closely as possible from Mexico to Superior, AZ, covering some 300 miles of varied terrain (elevations range from 1600 to 8100 ft). The trail surface is primarily singletrack, but the race will detour on dirt and pavement to bypass wilderness and unbuilt sections of the trail.

We picked up one of these Princeton Tec Amp 1.0 ‘flashlights’ at Outdoor Retailer in January. Since that time, it has been used for everything under the sun (or moon) from trail and road running, digging in the attic for more winter apparel, hiking and more. At under 4″ long it provides a tremendous amount of light for such a small device.

President Obama signed the Ominibus Public Land Management Act into law on March 30 shortly after 3 PM Eastern. The bill protects three million acres of land, and 1000 miles of rivers throughout the US.

Good news for surfers and snorkelers. Apparently, there are people out there developing technology that just might keep those jaws from chomping onto your board, or leg. This is also apparently different than those that have been tested and failed over the past several years. We will see what the final verdict is!

Check out this video to learn more.

The House of Representatives voted on March 25 to pass the Omnibus Public Land Management Act. The final vote in the House was 285-140. The bill passed the Senate 77-21 last week. The lands package now goes to President Obama for his signature, possibly as early as next Monday. The President is expected to sign the bill.

Pedro Olivia, a 26 year old from Brazil spent the last four years searching for the perfect location to attempt to break the world record (previously set at 108 feet) for waterfall descents. …