Nature

Art

Meet the creative pioneers forging a new connection with the natural world

Finding answers in the wild — A new generation of artists and explorers are turning away from over-stimulated and under-inspired urban lives to find a more fulfilling life outdoors, explains The Outsiders editor Jeffrey Bowman.

Written by: Alex King

Photography

Photographer documents man’s destruction of the natural world

Wild beasts reduced to ghosts in the city — Photographer Nick Brandt’s epic panoramas in Inherit The Dust highlight man’s destructive presence in places animals used to roam.

Written by: Alex King

Culture

Getting off the grid in Argentina

Embracing the elements — Photographer Alice Zoo escapes the anxiety of London life for the 'rawness and grit' of nature by the Andes – a pure experience she likens to time travel.

Written by: Cian Traynor

Surf

Video: Surfing icon Derek Hynd on embracing the wave philosophically

Escaping into a pure source — A new documentary short offers an intimate portrait of one surfer's free-spirited approach to feeling at one with the sea.

Written by: HUCK HQ

Snow

Video: Snowboarder Bode Merrill’s absolutely nuts retrospective

Broken Mechanism — Phenomenal archive footage showing veteran snowboarder Bode Merrill’s wildest stunts.

Written by: Joshua Gabert-Doyon

Activism

California bans SeaWorld from breeding whales in captivity

A big win, but the battle's not over for activists — As campaigners celebrate an important victory, the Z-Boys’ Peggy Oki launches new campaign to free orca Lolita, who has been held at Miami Seaquarium for 45 years.

Written by: Sam Warner

Film

The 24-year-long battle to protect British Columbia’s wilderness

Keep Jumbo Wild — The Ktunaxa First Nation, conservationists and backcountry skiers have joined the fight against the Jumbo Glacier Resort, which threatens an area where the land is wild and skiing is a way of life.

Written by: HUCK HQ

Things that inspire me

Iuna Tinta

Things That Inspire Me — Iuna Tinta's flowering, untamed art is inspired by ancient mysticism, indigenous art and sinister fairytales.

Written by: Alex King

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