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VICE Sports Q&A: X Games Legend Mark McMorris
We talked to Mark McMorris about the X Games, his Olympic bronze medal-winning performance at Sochi and the rise of snowboarding in Canada.
Herding Cattle and Shredding Powder in Carter Country (Full Length)
Pro Snowboarder Mark Carter leads a double life. In the offseason, he works on his family ranch in Ten Sleep, but once winter hits, the cattle come into pasture and Mark hits the road to Jackson to shred lines in the Tetons.
We Tagged Along for the Biggest Surf at Jaws in More Than a Decade
When a colossal swell hits Maui, big wave surfers heed the call.
Skiing Kyrgyzstan's Vast, Snowy Frontier
Next to China, this former Soviet republic is about as wild, untouched a ski destination as you’ll find.
Herding Cattle and Shredding Powder in Carter Country (Trailer)
Herding Cattle and Shredding Powder in Carter Country (Trailer)
Muslim Skiers Speak Out Against Rising Islamophobia
Ahmet and Giray Dadali are two of skiing’s brightest stars. They’re also Muslim, and the past month has left them shaking their heads at the flood of racism.
An Olympic Weightlifter Is Losing His Home to Climate Change
Weightlifter David Katoatau has won the small Pacific nation of Kiribati some of its only athletic honors. With scientists projecting that his country will soon be underwater, he’s trying to capture the world’s attention about climate change.
Alex Honnold Goes Solar in Angola
In a country whose primary industry is oil, renewable energy has yet to gain a foothold. When they weren’t climbing the uncharted domes and spires of Angola, Alex Honnold and his crew were trying to change that.
What It's Like to Survive an Avalanche with Jimmy Chin
On April 1st, 2011, Jimmy Chin was caught in an avalanche in the Teton Range in Wyoming. We animated his story of survival as he was caught in a slide that brought him to the edge of death and back.
“When I find out the Eddie’s going to run, I’m scared”
The annual Eddie Aikau invitational surf competition at Waimea Bay is one of surfing’s most exclusive and terrifying contests, even for rock stars like Jamie O’Brien.
Alex Honnold Climbs Angola
This is Alex Honnold in Angola, for one of the most unique adventures of his storied climbing career this far.
Skateboarding for Change (and Gender Equality) in South Africa
Skateistan has opened its latest chapter in Johannesburg, hoping to provide an escape for young South Africans, especially girls, in a city and a country with the highest rates of murder and domestic violence in the world.