National Geographics

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Snowboarding the Pemberton Ice Cap, British Columbia

Photograph by Mark Gribbon

“Being in the backcountry is where I belong and am the most happy,” says snowboarder Joel Loverin, seen here on the Pemberton Ice Cap in British Columbia, Canada, during a three-day backcountry camping and riding excursion.

Mountain Biking Book Cliffs Near Green River, Utah

Photograph by Jay Beyer

"I was grinning ear to ear from the amount of fun I was having and just starting to plan where I would need to get on the brakes before hitting the steep trench left by runoff at the bottom of this line," recalls pro skier Carston Oliver of this moment at sunset in Book Cliffs, Utah, an

Winter Surfing in Cook Inlet, Alaska

Photograph by Scott Dickerson

"I would say that surfing up here is not very popular," says Homer, Alaska, local Gart Curtis, seen here rushing back to the truck, with his friend Mike in the distance, after a winter surf session 30 minutes outside of town.

Ice Climbing in Hyalite Canyon, Montana

Photograph by Jason Thompson

“Winter Dance does not form every year, and it's extremely difficult. For those reasons it's seen very few ascents,” says climber Whit Magro, seen here on the third pitch of the challenging route in the main fork of Hyalite
Canyon, a classic ice-climbing destination outside of Bozeman. “I had just

Ice Climbing in Zirknitzgrotte, Austria

Photograph by Martin Lugger

Getting the Shot
“At the time it was very questionable to climb this ice rock because of the danger that it would break and crash—along with the climber,” says photographer and climber Martin Lugger. After climber Peter Ortner
(pictured) told Lugger about the location in Zirknitzgrotte, Austria, the

Kayaking the Rio Santo Domingo, Chiapas, Mexico

Photograph by Marcos Ferro, Red Bull Content Pool

"This is a shot of the last drop off in the big canyon of the Rio Santo Domingo," recalls kayaker Rafael Ortiz of this moment on the steepest known kayakable whitewater sequence in the world, found in Chiapas,
Mexico. "I was feeling totally stoked and high-energy when dropping the

Skiing at Dusk at Brighton, Utah

Photograph by Scott Markewitz

"I was just enjoying the hang time," recalls skier Dash Longe of this moment launching off a 45-foot cliff at dusk in Brighton Ski Resort, Utah. This was the first time Longe had skied off this particular cliff, but he had hucked others in the area. Brighton has a wide variety of cliff bands that