That in-between-season energy is here — snow up north, sun down south, and dirt underneath it all.
From bottomless pow lines to sketchy sends, StokedAF brings you the alpine grit, wild films, and wild folks chasing the edge.
🎥 5 minutes of adrenaline: Origin
📍 Wyoming, Alaska & British Columbia
Kai Jones returns from snapping both legs to huck triple backflips in a new short from Redbull & TGR. The 18-year-old freeride prodigy grew up in the Tetons under the Jones family empire — and it shows.
Powder, cliffs, Metallica’s Fade to Black — full-send energy from start to finish.
🧗♂️ Magnus vs. Matterhorn — When adventure crosses the line
YouTuber and climbing mutant Magnus Midtbø decided to solo the Matterhorn — first time in crampons. Even he called it “the first video I regret making.”
Up for debate: passion for stoke vs. recklessness pursuit of content. 🤷♂️
🪂 Bonus 🔗 : See the Matterhorn safely… from a wing. Paragliding over the Matterhorn →
🧱 Desert Crack Wizardry — Bolts? Nah. Lumber!
📍 Canyonlands, Utah
Gov’s shut down, but fixed-gear bans remain. Danny Parker found a workaround: climbing towers with 2x4’s clipped to his harness.
Where’s the rational point between safety and leave-no-trace?
🧗♂️ Peep the adventure →
👟 Danny’s also created the “thinnest profile” crack climbing shoe yet. Imagine your toes snug in a finger-crack!
🎿 Skiing the Pinnacle — Fear & Flow in the Arctic
📍 Lyngen Alps, Norway
Nikolai Schirmer drops another poetic gut-check from north of the Arctic Circle — skiing exposure so steep it makes your stomach turn.
Expect heart-stopping falls and deep connection to the far north!
🚣♂️ Kayaking a basalt maze in the Andes
📍 Maule Region, Chile
Chile’s Río Claro is a labyrinth of vertical basalt gorges slicing thru the Andes. The water runs glass-clear, carving slot-canyon cathedrals over the rapids.
It’s paradise for kayakers: dozens of sculpted drops and a “22 Waterfalls” section where the drops into turquoise pools seem to never end.
Blue water, black stone, and zero margin for error!
🗓️ Rio Claro Season is on for the next 5 months!!
🍷 Saved by wine — French cyclist survives 3 days in ravine
📍 Montpellier, France
A 77-year-old biker crashes into a ravine and survives 3 days by sipping wine he bought at the grocery store just before. Legend status unlocked.
⚡ Bonus News
🧗♂️ Youngest Nose send: 22-year-old Will Moss frees The Nose in a day. Absolute mutant.
🏔️ Manaslu madness: Russians open a monster new line on the SW face — 15 days, pure alpine.
💀 Avalanches: Fatal slides in Italy and Nepal — stay safe out there.
🎿 Lifts spinning: Eleven North American resorts already spinning chairs. Pray for pow! 🙏
📚 Deep cuts & pretty pics
🚴♀️ The Athlete Anachronism — Five-day high-altitude bikepack through BC becomes a meditation on grit, friendship, and pain. → Pinkbike
🕊️ Let the Birdmen Fly — The secret war on BASE jumpers in Yosemite. → Pirate Wires
🇯🇵 Cycling & Sewing Across Japan — Slow travel meets creative chaos. → Bikepacking.com
🌍 Suffering the FOMO?
This is where YOU should be right now…
🍂 Climb: Mallorca, Spain — Last call for deep-water solo season. Warm seas, dry holds, DWS magic!
Michael Piccolruaz in his own words from Mallorca →
🚵♂️ Ride: Costa Rica — Dry season dirt, jungle singletrack, volcano ridgelines.
🏔️ Climb: NZ Southern Alps — Aoraki / Mt. Cook season is on. Long glaciers, no crowds, huts open.
NatGeo story on the Caroline Face →
💥 Stay Stoked. Stay Wild. See you on the next line.
❤️🔥 Your StokedAF fam 🤘
Mtn biking in Costa Rica? Let's go!! And wow that Matterhorn assent was unnecessarily extra sketchy...