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Carissa Moore Crowned ASP World Champion 2013 : An Exclusive Interview

Carissa Moore Crowned ASP World Champion 2013 : An Exclusive Interview

For the two time 21-year-old Hawaiian champ - "there's no better training for surfing than... surfing"! Our editorial director Gaël Couturier caught up with her a few weeks after her second title win in July GC: I re-watched the video of your win in Portugal. Man,

Alpinists Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden the first to summit Kishtwar Kailash

Alpinists Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden the first to summit Kishtwar Kailash

Having set their eyes on this massif in 1993, their ten-year climbing partnership brought them back 20 years later to see it through till the summit Named after the politically unstable district of Kishtwar in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, northern India, Kishtwar Kailash (6,451 mts / 21,165

Ultra-Trail World Tour set for 2014 launch

Ultra-Trail World Tour set for 2014 launch

Having run a plethora of marathons, the trail running community gets bigger and better The Ultra-Trail World Tour begins in 2014. The announcement was made in Chamonix, France, on the sidelines of The North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc earlier this year. The Ultra-Trail World Tour will propose an international competitive

Mussoorie hosts Sixth Writers' Mountain Festival

Mussoorie hosts Sixth Writers' Mountain Festival

Amidst the sprawling estates and picturesque valleys of Uttarakhand, Woodstock School celebrated a weekend of outdoor literature Woodstock School, one of the most renowned institutions in South Asia, organized their Sixth Mussoorie Writers' Mountain Festival from November 7th to 10th in Mussoorie, a small but scenic hill station in

Exclusive chat with Red Bull parkour athlete Mohammed Al Attar

Exclusive chat with Red Bull parkour athlete Mohammed Al Attar

Also known as 'double trouble', the young freerunner is in India to judge the Red Bull Indus Trails TOJ: Hello Mohammed, how does it feel to be the sole representative of parkour at the top most level from the entire Middle East region? Al Attar: It feels amazing

Le Grand Raid de la Réunion 2013

Le Grand Raid de la Réunion 2013

The event, held annually at Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, is one of the toughest 100 mile trail running races out there. Wait ! There’s more: it’s also open to all. Interested? Also known as La diagonale des fous, literally the diagonal of the mads,

Bhatti Lakes 2013 - daily updates

Bhatti Lakes 2013 - daily updates

The Outdoor Journal decided to feel the pulse and adrenaline rush at the treacherous trails of the Bhatti ultra run Day 1 / October 25 Runners in the 135 mile category, Aparna Choudhary (age 34), Bhupendrasing Rajput (44), Navin Tangiah (40), Piyush Shah (54), Raj Vadgama (46) and Vineet Aggrawal, set