Created from one of the most popular sections of Outside Magazine, Dispatches takes us on an epic journey around the globe while focusing on stories about the initiatives, technologies, & people who impact our world.
After the start of The Ocean Race was delayed until 2021, due to Covid-19, the 11th Hour Racing Team decided to relocate their new IMOCA 60 sailing vessel from France back to the teams home base in Newport, RI. Outside TV rides along on their transatlantic voyage.
5min
In the rarified air of the worlds wildest mountains, alpinist Graham Zimmerman has seen firsthand the effects of human-driven climate change on the world. He has seen glaciers recede, winters become shorter, and weather patterns become more volatile. As his eyes have been opened to the irreversible damage that humans are doing to the planet, he has been forced to acknowledge that he is complicit in the destruction of these places that he loves. Despite his own carbon footprint, Graham decides that he must take action and joins Protect Our Winters, an advocacy group that enlists him in the fight against Climate Change. In doing so, he starts down the path of advocacy in an increasingly turbulent world. A world that will challenge him in many ways, not least of all by asking if he can accept his imperfections to
21min
For the last three years, Ben Gravy researched and chased some of the smallest and most obscure waves in the country with one rule: it had to be a wave other people could surf. He surfed rivers, lakes, pools and oceans, and on August 12, he surfed the Alaska bore tide, checking off his 50th state.
8min
What does it mean to be connected to our food? What is the balance between taking life and giving life? Based on the North Shore of Oahu, IMPRINT is the story of two souls, whos lives have intertwined with the ocean. Shane Hamamoto, who has lost the ability to spearfish and dive, from barometric trauma now expresses his passion for the ocean through Gyotaku - the traditional art of Japanese fish printing. Alishiya Holland, young spearfisherwoman from the Big Island of Hawaii, has taken her love for the ocean to support her family and as an outlet through nature. She recognizes that she is growing up in an age of abundance and grocery stores - the aching unnaturalness of modern amenities has had her resort back to the thrill of the hunt. We follow her life as she navigates the taboos and rewards associated with spearfishing.
9min
Two former Special Ops Marines leverage their water survival skills and combat experience to help big wave surfers increase their physical and mental capacity by putting them through intense underwater training.
10min
Canadian fly fishing guide Ken Bibby invites his wife on a remote steelheading trip for their anniversary.
Evil Knievel saw something special in the snake river canyon that runs through Twin Falls, ID. He attempted to jump the canyon in 1974. At over 1500ft the gap was preposterous. Needless to say he didnt make it and deployed a parachute shortly after leaving the ramp. A little over 10 years later 3 former paratroopers decided to test the parachute capabilities off the Perrine bridge which at 486ft high, spans over the Snake river. They did static line jumps using military surplus parachutes. Now BASE jumpers from all over the world flock to Twin Falls, ID to jump this bridge, the only legal base jumping bridge in the United States. It is because of this reason that Sean Chuma calls Twin Falls home. He started a business here teaching BASE jumping and offering Tandem BASE jumps to anyone willing to strap themselves to him.
A tough and spunky northern Minnesotan woman sets out to finish the Arrowhead 135 winter ultramarathon, one of the top 50 hardest endurance races on earth, to prove to herself and her daughter that Type 1 Diabetes cant keep them from achieving their goals. Will she be able to manage her blood sugar, keep her insulin pump from freezing and finish a race that less than 200 people have ever completed on foot?
When a group of women from across the world meet in the small coastal Icelandic town of safjrur to sail to Greenland for a ski expedition, they never would have expected what would happen while out to sea.
In todays episode, well catch up with ultrarunner Coree Woltering as he attempts to break the fastest known time running the Ice Age Trail in Wisconsin. But first, champion freediver Kimi Werner was seven months pregnant and apprehensive of the effect motherhood would have on her career. She took a trip to the island of Jeju in South Korea to meet her heroes, a group of freediving and fishing women often regarded as Koreas first working mothers whose culture dates back centuries.
Little 500 is the largest intramural event in the country. Each year 25,000 students gather to watch 33 student bike teams sprint 200 laps around a 14 mile race track in Bloomington Indiana. The students and coaches that participate in this event train year round without professional facilities, equipment, scholarship or salary. This begs the question, Why do they do it? This short documentary would aim to answer this question by exploring the drive and desire through the lens of one team. . . the Cutters.
Seven months pregnant and apprehensive of the effect motherhood would have on her career as a professional freediver, Kimi Werner took a trip to the island of Jeju in South Korea to meet her heroes, the haenyeo a group of freediving and fishing women often regarded as Koreas first working mothers whose culture dates back centuries.
13min
Paul Bas Basagoitia won the inaugural Crankworx and grabbed a top ten finish at the 2014 Red Bull Rampage, Paul was pushing the edge of freeride mountain biking. At the 2015 Red Bull Rampage, his final ride at left him paralyzed. Trey Humphrey served our country and stepped on a IED in 2010, losing both of his legs. Having discovered the freedom of riding e-bikes on their own, Paul and Trey met on the trails of Lake Tahoe and now advocate for e-bikes as adaptive gear and trail access for riders.
6min
An all-female team sets out to reduce its impact on the human-powered adventure. Taking place in one of the most beautiful locations in the world. No fossil fuels. Human-powered BASE jumping through the heart of the American desert.
