Posted by Emily on May 2, 2011 in Blog, Events + Contests, Featured, Video | 0 comments
Baby Champ of Scraper Bikes accepts 5 Point Jury Special Selection
Gratitude.
That may have been the one word that everyone walking out of the auditorium at 5 Point Film Festival felt on Sunday. After the second round of a live performance by climber and artist Jeremy Collins, set to his film The Wolf and the Medallion, it was hard to come away with any other emotion.
It got me thinking about...
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Posted by Emily on Apr 30, 2011 in Blog, Events + Contests, Featured, Things We Like, Video | 0 comments
Baffin Babes giving a presentation on their 2009 expedition
Two words: Baffin Babes.
We’ve been following the adventures of the Baffin Babes — a group of four Scandinavian bad ass women who skied 1,200 kilometers across Baffin Island in 2009 – for quite some time now. So when we were told that we’d be rooming with them at 5 Point Film Festival we had a few minutes of...
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Posted by Emily on Feb 8, 2011 in Blog, Causes, Events + Contests, Featured | 0 comments
Over the last year, we’ve had the chance to attend both Mountainfilm and Wild & Scenic Film Festival. After attending festivals like these, it’s hard not to believe in the power of documentary films to do some good in the world. Tell a compelling story, rally people around a cause and give them tangible ways to take action. Yes, yes and yes.
Which is why we’re very excited...
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Posted by Emily on Jan 12, 2011 in Blog, Events + Contests, Featured, Outdoors | 2 comments
Once again we’re getting revved up for Outdoor Retailer, and since our collection of all the hip and happening events was so popular the last two times around, we figured we’d do it again! Keep checking back as we’ll be updating leading up to the show. And if you’ve got something that should be on here, track us down at @undersolen or leave a comment on this post.
Ongoing
Conservation...
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Posted by Emily on Dec 10, 2010 in Blog, Causes, Events + Contests, Featured, Friday Faves, Things We Like | 0 comments
Best. Party. Ever. Local fashion, brews, costume contest and a wild dance party… All to benefit Elephant Ivory Project. That’s what we’ll be up to this Friday. If you’re in PDX, we expect to see you tonight. If you can’t make it, you can still support the team by donating online. And we’ll make sure to post hawt photos next week!
Happy...
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Posted by Emily on Dec 6, 2010 in Blog, Causes, Events + Contests, Featured, Photos | 0 comments
Our friend John Waller over at Uncage the Soul Productions is one fo the brains behind Photo of the Year, and it’s such a cool contest/event/initiative that we decided to post about it here and encourage you to take part!
An annual photography contest benefitting natural science education through the MESD Outdoor School Program, in Portland, Oregon. So not only do photogs get to show off...
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