BY: EDITORS When it comes to passports, turns out all humans aren’t born free and equal. A passport is normally seen as a universal tool of freedom—but that convention isn’t exactly true. Earlier this year, The Visa Restrictions Index by…
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Here are the 11 sexiest customized VW camper vans ever to grace road-life
There is hardly any vehicle on earth with more rugged sex appeal than the classic VW camper-van. Putting aside Volkswagen’s recent emissions scandal, the classic design that so many hippies once flocked to continues to attract a new generation of…
Surfers ride the dangerous flowing rivers in the high mountains of the American West (video)
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Somewhere in the high mountains of Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, a group of innovative riders is breaking ground on a new style of high-energy surfing. They’re challenging the pressurized blast of mountain rivers for a dose of…
This graffiti artist captured his wild train-hopping adventure from Mexico to Alaska
BY: CONNOR BRIAN Smeared in oil, tucked in secret corners of train yards, graffiti artist Swampy is well versed when it comes to sneaking behind the back of US transport. From Oaxaca, Mexico he sailed on the top of rail…
GoPro is letting you fund your adventures by offering thousands of dollars for photos and videos
BY: ROB HOFFMAN GoPro has pretty much taken over the action-sports world, letting viewers see through the eyes of top athletes to imagine themselves carving down near-vertical mountain drops, popping backflips over canyons and surfing through 20-foot barrels. The beauty…
The Earth Cruiser is like a rugged eco-RV that takes you both off-road and off-grid
BY: STEFANIE PHILLIPS For generations families across North America have loved vacationing from the comfort of an RV. We’ve all seen that movie scene where the typical American family stops at the Grand Canyon, descends from their comfortable motor home…
Need to ease the noose of modern life? Take a virtual tour of this mountainside eco village
BY: CONNOR BRIAN All images © Kevin Faingnaert Follow the rainbow-painted signs and after a three-hour hike shaded by thick forest canopy you will reach a clearing of green sweeping hills bathed in golden sunlight—a place untouched by capitalist ideals,…
This manager’s mobile office space lets you work out of a new location every day
BY: ROB HOFFMAN There can be a balance between a realistic income and idealist lifestyle. Freedom means autonomy of travel—thousands of office-jockeys with the stale taste of uniform life have driven a demand for smaller, mobile workspaces, which are happily…
This 28-year old pro surfer lives out of a 20-foot, self-sustaining yurt with his dog in California
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Chadd Konig is the poster child for a simple, sustainable and incredibly fulfilling lifestyle, which includes catching surf in the cold Northern California Ocean and maintaining his three-acre farm and 20 foot cylindrical yurt. To complete the…
Bathe in the utter glory of this year’s best photography from travellers around the globe
BY: CONNOR BRIAN Self-determined and self-motivated, these travellers have embodied the words of Henry Miller, that “one’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” The following is a series of finalists from the annual photography…
Why you should embrace uncertainty with confidence and raise a middle finger to comfort
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Back home it’s the weed, movies, senseless drinking and social media scrolling that try to pry away the crippling boredom. But they are all exhaustingly under-stimulating. You can’t get high enough to make the Internet worth it,…
Use this tax loophole to let the government fund your next trip around the world
BY: ZOE MELNYK It’s not a scam. That’s right, you won’t go to jail for this. But with the right criteria, you can get the government to fund your trip across the world. Before the comments start pouring in with…
For $455 this course will teach you everything you need to know about living off-grid and organically
BY: STEFANIE PHILLIPS In the mountain range of the Czech Republic, beside the Slovakian border is a village of houses made from natural materials, all built by the residents that occupy them. The Ekoosade—ecoVillages in English—is isolated from the rest…
A new Airbnb-style website lets you rent an adventure mobile and become a vagabond for a week
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Perhaps you’ve felt the pressure of the rising culture of road-hipsters. They’re exploring the continent while living out of vans or rigged-up trailers and making you feel like shit about the $1,000 you pay every month to…
New photo series proves that the hippie movement is alive and well – and as vibrant as ever
BY: ROB HOFFMAN A new photo series by Steve Schapiro shows evidence of a hippie movement that did not die out in the wake of the ’60s and ’70s, but has rather transformed into a thriving community of vibrant neo-hippies…
For under $500, this man built a dream micro-cabin using salvaged materials
BY: JESSICA BEUKER The tiny house movement has been growing for quite some time and is a popular living choice among many, likely because of the low cost of utilities, simplistic lifestyle and reduced ecological impact. Whether you build your…
WOW Air just unveiled $99 flights from Canada to Iceland, and $149 flights to Europe
BY: ROB HOFFMAN WOW Air just unveiled shockingly cheap airfare prices that will allow Canadians to visit Iceland and Europe for less money than it costs to fly between Toronto and Montreal. The first cheap flights will launch out of…
Sex, drugs and open-highway—this time-lapse proves hitchhiking is the ultimate way to see America
BY: ROB HOFFMAN From Venice Beach, California to the coast of Maine—Benjamin Jenks traversed 5,000 miles across America to pursue his dream of seeing the country through the eyes of a hitchhiker. Aside from the obvious cost benefits of crossing…
Base jumpers hand knit a spider web of highlines dangling 400 feet above a rocky canyon
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Moab, Utah, with its abundance of off-road trails, jagged mountains and rugged terrain, is a dream come true for extreme sports enthusiasts. Every year adventurers from around the world flood the city and take part in whitewater…
A woman is taking her motorcycle across two countries with her golden retriever in the sidecar
BY: ROB HOFFMAN A motorcycle streams down the highway between the toothpick trees and iridescent Alaskan sky. In the driver’s seat, sits Mallory Paige, a motorcycle-virgin on a quest to replace the monotony of home life with the elegant spontaneity…