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20th March 2022

Paddling towards a new relationship with wildness

When Daniel Shailer kayaked the Arne Peninsula in Dorset, he expected wildness. Instead, he encountered a landscape scarred with human activity.

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20th March 2022

The power and pitfalls of championing emerging surf cultures

As a professional longboarder, geographer, writer and filmmaker, Sam Bleakley is a passionate seeker and champion of emerging surf culture. How can the surf community empower people doing things differently?

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22nd July 2021

From behind bars to breaking world records

At the start of 2020 David Haze was sitting in a prison cell. Just over a year later he's broken four stand up paddleboarding world records on his way to a new life. 

Authors

Amanda Thibaut

Amanda Thibaut

Amanda Thibaut is the Marketing and Communications Execusitve at Ocean Independence: a full-service superyacht brokerage company.

Dan Yates

Dan Yates

Dan has spent the last 30 years obsessed with whitewater kayaking and the wild rivers and landscapes it takes him to. The last ten years has seen him increasingly focus environmentalism and on the protection of these special places.

Sam Firman

Sam Firman

Sam is the Adventure Uncovered Editor. He's a freelance writer interested in outdoor culture, geography and social issues. He recently moved from the UK to Vancouver, for more mountain time, and spends much of his spare time sliding on snow and climbing on rocks.