Jeffreys Bay, South Africa, mostly called J-Bay, is one of the world’s finest waves. For decades, it’s attracted surfers from around the world, the rich and the poor, the famous and the unknown. Many of those surfers, either because they were down on their luck, or because they’d found as perfect a life as they […]
Home is where the Ikigai is…one’s reason for being. For Magali Côté, home needs to be parked at the very edge of every other human’s comfort zone. A page from her life playbook is to change the game as often as necessary to stay passionate about this finite experience, and what better way to do […]
It’s not a huge amount of money, but a North Carolina state legislator has introduced a bill that would require every bike owner 16 years of age or older in the state to fork over $10 annually for bicycle registration for every bike they ride on a city street. State representative Jeffrey Elmore’s bill would […]
Modern technology is no match for Mumbai’s 125-year-old lunchtime delivery service. Lottie Gross meets the city’s much-lauded dabbawalas. Indian road traffic makes way for no-one. No one, that is, except the dabbawalas of Mumbai—the world-famous, much-lauded lunchbox delivery men who take to the city’s trains to transport hot meals from home to office daily. They’ve […]
In the ‘90s, Pakistan’s music and nightlife scene was flourishing. Then came terrorism, and an end to all that. But now, spurred on by a desire to bring Pakistan back to the world, artists like house duo Fake Shamans are turning the volume up again. Nice evening in the Punjab, Pakistan. The sun’s going […]
“It’s like kneeling in a bath of porridge with a rainstorm coming down on your head.” See the full post >
NPS Ranger Elyssa Shalla’s “Towers & Type Project” collected notes written to the Grand Canyon at one of the world’s most scenic typing locations. See the full post >
If you’re in the market for an adult onesie but are holding out due to performance concerns, I’m here to help. I recently tested the Unicorn Onesie at 10,000 feet in Washington’s most unforgiving wilderness: Mt. Rainier. Read on for all of the beta on the technical performance of a Unicorn Onesie in the backcountry. […]
A mystery for more than 60 years, biologists have finally spotted the long-rumored “Type D” killer whale, possibly a whole new species. See the full post >
Citing increased population, the US Fish and Wildlife Service proposes allowing states to resume hunting and trapping gray wolves. See the full post >