The latest collection from Reigning Champ by Ryan Willms, Run and Become, Find Your Bliss. The range is made for the mountains and trails, with focuses on meaningful movement in the outdoors. Custom-dyed active tops and performance layers, functional headwear, and a trail-bound runner provide a modular system to embrace the elements, featuring lessons and teachings from Sri Chinmoy and Joseph Campbell.
Read MoreA journey into triathlon can't be separated from bicycles. When I got my first road bike I was hooked, and knew there would be more to follow, with an eye on eventually getting a triathlon-specific bike. This video offers a glimpse into the process of trading in my first bike, my S-Works Tarmac SL3 for a Specialized Shiv Expert with The Pro’s Closet, and getting it to my first Olympic race in Los Angeles.
Read MoreAlpine Fitness is a technical quality lifestyle brand, designed in Canada for living hardware. Produced in limited, hand-crafted units the range is created for a holistic mode of being; inspiring movement, fitness and development of mind and body. The collection is an evolving organism augmented by creativity, exploration and existence.
Read MoreThe first weekend training camp on the Road to 70.3 was in Joshua Tree this past June. Supported by Audi and their eTron EV SUV, we headed out to the high desert to cycle, run, move and breath with a small crew of us; all training for our first Ironman 70.3 triathlons later this year.
Read MoreIn Johan’s latest exploration of self and physical endurance, he takes us on his journey of swimrun and racing in his first Ö till Ö: Stockholm archipelago, 24,000 islands. Rough rocky coastline, erratic weather, and heavy winds, raw nature. The unique feeling of the archipelago lays a magic roughness over its stony beach line and dark deep forests. The weather is unpredictable, changes fast and hard winds move over the islands with force. You come face to face with mother nature and you must respect it, trust it, and challenge yourself during a Ö till Ö swimrun.
Read MoreLast month I visited Move Lab in Los Angeles for back to back days; doing a Precision Run Analysis and VO2 Max Test. The experiences were both exciting and challenging, with self-doubts coming up around my ability and even how my ACL would stand up to running full out. I got a lot more out of the experience than I anticipated and you can watch the two video episodes below on each of the sessions.
Read MoreThe Run and Recover collection is a collaborative project designed by Ryan Willms. Creative director and Holistic Life Coach, Ryan’s development and growth into the wellness industry is perfectly aligned with Reigning Champ—bridging the gap between fashion, movement and holistic well-being. The collection is made for the trails with custom sandals by Luna and a mix of performance and lifestyle pieces, crafted in Canada.
Read MoreEpisode 49 is a three way conversation with Brice Partouche of Satisfy Running and Jockum Hallin from Our Legacy. Celebrating their new collaboration between Satisfy and Our Legacy's Work Shop concept, we speak on the meaning of collaboration, how culture has informed the way we navigate the world from running to brands to our creative process. Brice and Jockum share how and when they met and how the repurposed fabric and garment concept at the core of Work Shop by Our Legacy was the perfect platform for the two brands to come together for this collection. Of course, we also speak about running and the mental benefits more than anything, how it can support a health mind and body, and the natural community the sport encourages around the world, while still be a vital place for solitude and cleansing.
Read MoreThe Finishers by @Alexis Berg Aurélien Delfosse is a glorious photographic record of the superhumans who have completed the Barkley Marathons, one of the most mythical races on earth. Since 1986, only 15 people have ever finished this brainchild of Gary ‘Lazarus Lake’ Cantrell, based in the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee, was inspired by the failed escape of James Earl Ray, Martin Luther King Jr’s assassin, amid the unforgiving landscape and vegetation where Ray’s prison was based.
Read More“I think people are drawn to pieces that have a bit of personality, a story. I like the connection between hand done and technical. To take something really technical and make it feel totally unique, a little bit weird or bizarre, makes a statement that says, hey, I’m into these activities, but look at this wildness. This is a better vessel for my personality”
Read MoreOur series Creatives In Nature continues with another Canadian-based professional. Living in Vancouver, working at the foothills of some of the most robust nature in the world in North Van, Taka Hasuga is a creative director at Arc’teryx. Taka shares some of his favorite camping gear, places to hike and dreams of Haida Gwaii.
Read MoreOur series Creatives In Nature continues with Bristol-raised and London-trained sportswear designer Rob Boyd; currently working for Soar Running, Rob also has a vast archive of running and sportswear pieces that provide plenty of source material and inspiration through his Instagram.
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