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Steve Stone
We Belong to It: “The secret is not to pitch yourself against nature, but to bend your flow to hers.” Ray Mears...
Steve Stone
Fishpeople — Lives Transformed by the Sea: A new film by Keith Malloy — just the right length for an evening’s entertainment and inspiration. It’s a...
Bill Mayher
Scoggie: From the furthest tip of Nova Scotia comes this sketch of a young boat builder with a philosophical turn of mind and an...
Steve Stone
Chasing Light with Wyman Meinzer: So fine to watch a man who’s undergone such a profound transformation, in such a fury. Wild life. Transformative w...
Steve Stone
Martin Litton’s Grand Canyon Dories: Thanks to Off Center Member Nathan Lunstrum for submitting this new Flotsam Video: The late Martin Litton believed the b...
Steve Stone
Denali’s Raven: Check out the primal beauty and strength in the land, people and life choices…...
Steve Stone
Anchor Point: What a remarkable story of forgiveness and grace. Thanks to J.T. Van Zandt, a fly-fishing guide in central Texas, for op...
Steve Stone
Live From the Heart, Be Who You Are: Wish I would have seen this when I was 16 years old. Just sent it to my daughter, Stella…...
Steve Stone
OCH’s Trail Angel: Chances are, when you contact us at OCH, you’ll reach Emma. She joined us in October after hiking 2,189.2 miles fr...
Steve Stone
The Important Places: Here’s a new short film that’s going to win a lot of awards. As I plot and plan all year to get my own kids...
Dustin Urban
Beautiful Slow Motion Surfing Footage: I’ve got a soft spot for the sport of surfing, and while I realize that the average adrenalized surfing video won&...
Steve Stone
Rescuing New Zealand’s Orcas: Few animals represent the power of our oceans as well as the Orca – the most intelligent predator on earth. For th...
Ben Mendlowitz
Excellent Live Wind Animation Site: This site provides one of the best live wind animations we’ve seen. It shows wind direction and velocity and how o...

 

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