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How the sneaker maker went from Kardashian flop to an $8 billion behemoth in less than four years
The 15-year-old paddling champ is focused, driven, and ready to revolutionize a sport on the brink of the mainstream
As the team attempting the first ski descent of Makalu prepares to ascend, they first perform an ancient ritual
Up your fat-tire game with these tips from eight of the sport’s very best
After a long and wet week, the team attempting to ski the world’s fifth-highest peak has made it to the base of Makalu
At this year’s World Ironman Championship in October, all eyes will be on Mirinda Carfrae. Which is exactly how she likes it.
The five elite athletes on the team share their first-descent plans and expedition concerns
For gear companies looking to tell "real" stories through their marketing campaigns, there's really only one photographer to call: Emily Maye
Three highlights from the opening weekend at the IAAF World Championships
The boom in trail and ultrarunning has already prompted a number of talented track athletes to try their hand at the sport. The results have been telling.
It threatens to overshadow this weekend’s World Championships
After a terrifying brush with death two years ago forced the Canadian free-rider to confront his inner demons, a new film seeks to chronicle his spiritual journey
The Mourenx 69 is neither the lightest nor the cheapest bike out there—you definitely pay more for the name and the European mystique. But it's the bike you should be riding.
This is America's version of the Tour de France. So why is it hemorrhaging cash?
But don't worry—a stateside version of Europe's grueling Skyrunning series is ready to kick your ass
Google's virtual climbing projects are getting most of the press, but Mammut beat them to the punch—by nearly a year
The track star’s name is everywhere these days, but what’s the big deal?
A semi-scientific guide to sussing out the cheats
A primer from overall winner of the Canadian Death Race, Alissa St. Laurent
The jack-of-all-trades swaps the pigskin for an ice axe (and the tent for a real bed)
It's your final chance of the day to recover from training and to prep muscles for tomorrow's adventure. Follow the lead of these eight athletes.
With grown-up leadership and slick production values, the World Surf League is betting that it can attract a mainstream audience online
An inside look at Katie Ledecky’s rise to greatness that will leave even non-swimmers awestruck
Seven-time national title winner challenges USATF.
Our favorite titanic throw downs from the last half century
On Sunday, the world's greatest freediver—a 13-year veteran of the sport, holder of 41 world records—descended to a modest depth of about 130 feet. She hasn't been seen since.
The strategy: Stick with it, shoot what you love, and stay on the move
Leaked documents show running's doping problem is almost as bad as cycling's
James Lawrence completed 50 Ironman distance events in 50 states in 50 consecutive days to bring attention to childhood obesity.
High school runner Allie Ostrander is about to take the world by storm
To be an outlier in any sport now carries with it the taint of suspicion, but no matter how you put it, last weekend’s track meet in the tiny Mediterranean country is one for the books.
Hauling it far from home is a drag, but careful planning can ease your pain
When the American cyclist quit the Tour, he did exactly what an athlete should do
The "Swiss Machine" is halfway through an undertaking to summit 82 peaks across Western Europe in 80 days. How’s he holding up?
Ditch your trainers on race day. We promise, you’ll go faster.
The ultrarunner set a new record on the AT and found himself at the center of a debate about how we should use the wilderness
Athletic training and parenthood aren’t mutually exclusive. In fact, when done right, they go hand in hand.
With crash-filled stages, an American competing for the podium, and an astonishingly dominant performance by Chris Froome of Team Sky on Tuesday, it’s been an exciting start to the 2015 Tour de France. These images do the action justice.
It’s taken a decade, but an American is finally riding out of Lance Armstrong’s shadow and putting the U.S. back in contention at the world’s biggest bike race
The former Appalachian Trail speed record holder responds to how she feels about Scott Jurek’s FKT and reflects on her time on the trail
The notion that wave riding is a form of high art is outdated in the face of a multi billion-dollar global surfing industry. Young competitors want to represent their countries on the largest stage. We should let them.
The nature and brutality of these races makes the double-header particularly compelling
Blame the race organizers and the intense competition
Meet Josh Kato, who last week set a blisteringly fast course record on the 2,745-mile, self-supported Tour Divide
A conversation with the new women’s record holder on the world’s hardest mountain bike course
The 41-year-old ultra runner is falling behind on his attempt at a fastest known time. These next three days mean everything.
Inside the wildly successful USAT College Recruitment Program
The formula behind women’s mid-distance dominance in the U.S.
For six days this spring, Emily Harrington free-climbed—using ropes only to catch falls—up 40 pitches of El Capitan’s Golden Gate route before reaching the top on May 31.
The athletes stepping forward, the book of pills, the open letter—it’s a lot to keep track of. This is the evidence, weighed by experts.
13 months ago, Mira Rai didn’t know trail running was a sport. Now she’s one of its rising stars.
The secrets behind the 40-year old Catalan ultrarunner’s winning streak
The 29-year-old phenom shares his uncensored opinions on doping in his sport
After winning the coveted audience award at Sundance, the documentary 'Meru' is getting a nationwide theatrical release next month. How did a climbing movie break through with mainstream audiences? Credit the incredible story at its center: a tale of tragedy, family, friendship, risk, and the redemptive power of suffering.
Pro adventurer dads share their suggestions. (Hint: Rooftop tents, not ties.)
There’s more to pro running than the Olympics. Here’s what you need to know.
The famous rock climber put away the trad gear for a research project with UC Berkeley on the California coast in which he pulled samples from the 700-year-old trunk of a giant redwood
The Alberto Salazar-coached runner isn’t accused of wrongdoing, but as we’ve learned from cycling, he might as well be
Over the past decade, ultrarunning has gone from a fringe pursuit for distance freaks to a hypercompetitive sport attracting big-time sponsors. But a mysterious training condition is suddenly plaguing its ranks, robbing a generation of top athletes of their talents and forcing victims to wonder: Is it possible to love this sport too much?
The Spaniard is inarguably the most successful stage racer of his generation, but can he win both races in one season?
'Sunshine Superman' traces the rise and fall of a BASE-jumping pioneer
In the grueling world of ultrarunning, she's an anomaly: a low-key athlete who thrives on unstructured training, competes by instinct, and crushes men in the sport's most prestigious race
In docking Giro d’Italia contender Richie Porte two minutes, the UCI proves—once again—that it has no idea what’s good for the sport.
Unknown outside of the Yosemite orbit, Dean Potter’s frequent flying partner was an accomplished climber and BASE jumper
Here's how world-class athletes do the trickiest meal of the day
Thanks in part to advances in wing technology, a few pioneering paragliders are smashing the limits by completing long-distance flights that were once thought impossible. Last spring, high-fliers Will Gadd and Gavin McClurg pulled off one of the most ambitious trips ever attempted: 385 miles down the jagged, frozen, potentially deadly spine of the Canadian Rockies.
This month, Insight Editions released “The Finest Line,” by big-wave surfer Rusty Long. The coffee table book chronicles all the best big-wave spots and surfers in the world with large, brilliant pictures by some of the top surf photographers.
The veteran climber explains the decision to close Everest's north side to climbers, and how teams are working through the aftermath of the earthquake
Pro peloton racer Ted King knows his way around the business end of a spatula.
A different kind of close shave, inspired by one of the world's most famous alpinists and photographers.
Just because it's theoretically possible to climb and ski off North America's tallest volcano in 24 hours or less, including travel time from the airport, doesn't mean you should.
New research is helping athletes engineer their own flow state
Five years ago, former pro cyclist Floyd Landis filed a whistleblower suit against Lance Armstrong. Here's what you need to know about the complicated case.
The 2014 Boston Marathon winner’s new book, 'Meb for Mortals', is just that: a guide to getting better as you grow older.
An endurance racer worthy of the master who created it.
Lornah Kiplagat new line of women’s sports apparel forgoes skimpy tops and see-through tights in favor of flowing fabrics that offer style and coverage.
Cycling, skiing, and bobsledding have hinted they’re testing out mixed-gender events—but they’re not the head-to-head matchups we’re thinking of.
The Californian daredevil doesn’t want you to love his film. He wants you to be unsettled. And that may be the best thing about 'When Dogs Fly.'