After 20 years of operating one of Bend’s most prominent guiding companies out of a building in their backyard, Wanderlust’s owners are finally opening a brick-and-mortar shop in Bend. We recently sat down with Dave Nissan to talk about the tourism industry in Bend, the path to now and a few stories about the company’s […]
After a few sleepy weeks of “meh” weather and minimal events, outdoor recreation in Central Oregon has received a substantial jolt. Thanks to race organizers, and racers, and fans, Mother Nature and heaps of volunteers, the last week and a half has been a doozy. This weekend and next week should follow suit. More ‘Cross […]
As sweat trickled down his face and the defense inched toward the line, Mountain View High School senior Trevor Roberts hit the go button and rushed through a gap during a varsity football game last season. His head collided with one of the linebackers and the rest is a lesson in brain injuries. “I thought […]
Longtime climber Larry Brumwell said he’s the poster boy for the economic recession. In 2010 Brumwell, the owner of Bend’s former climbing gym lost everything. “It was rough,” said Brumwell, in what could be the understatement of the year. In 1996 Brumwell opened Inclimb, a dusty rock gym that served as a second home to […]
When I was first introduced to the climbing world I was given some advice. I was told that climbers begin their journey with two bags, one is full of luck, the other is empty, but as you go forward you empty the bag of luck and fill the empty one with experience.
Since the Bend Park and Recreation District bond measure passed last week (barely, 51.7% to 48.3%), the Bend Paddle Trail Alliance has been hard at work. “This is the start of our capital campaign to fund the surf component of the park,” said BPTA board member Jayson Bowerman, of one of the most highly publicized […]
Billy Farwig is pissed.
The lifelong skier and popular ski coach at the Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation has dedicated a large chunk of his life to honing his ski technique. An expert skier, Farwig’s on-snow skills have allowed him to shred big mountains all over the world, most recently in Chile. But it took the 55-year-old skier decades to cultivate such skill.
And now, with the advent of all-mountain skis, it seems an intermediate skier can become an expert overnight, just by stepping onto a new pair of planks.
What a spectacle.
If you made your way to the Old Mill this weekend, amid the music, cowbells and laughter you would have heard loudspeakers announcing the arrival of the Cross Crusade cyclocross races, staged just outside the Deschutes Brewery warehouse on Saturday and Sunday.
I was there drinking Deschutes Fresh Hop IPA, handing out beer-feeds to thirsty racers and heckling, cheering and jeering in an attempt to absorb the awesomeness and hilarity that surrounds the popular event.
Take a minute and think about riding off the summit of Mt. Bachelor on a heavy, steel bike equipped with weak brakes, over-inflated tires, a rigid fork and a single gear.
Jane Quinn is all business in the back.
Sponsored snowboarders, bike riders, rock climbers, kayakers—we have those here in Central Oregon. But our outdoor culture is perhaps better personified by those with broader skillsets, based in a variety of fresh air activities. You know the type. These are the morning and evening session hillside junkies, putting in time around work schedules for one kind of turn or another.
Bend newcomer Jane Quinn has wasted no time in stomping around the high desert since she moved here six months ago. She’s an active member of the outdoor scene and industry, guiding the Dirt Divas mountain bike program out of Pine Mountain Sports and a Source-certified Renaissance (wo)man.
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