The Red Bulletin

ADAM CLARK “One of my favorite parts of the job is making friends all over the world,” says the Salt Lake City–based photographer, whose work fills the freeskiing portfolio in this issue. “I chased action shots for most of my life, and now, a big part of what I do is give someone a feeling of what it’s like to be in a place or be a skier outside.” Clark has shot for Patagonia, The North Face, Giro, Outside andSkiJournal. Page44 TOM MONTEROSS0 “I’ve known Ben Ferguson for a long time and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed watching him develop into one of the best snowboarders on earth,” says the Portland, Oregon-based journalist, who wrote our cover story on Ferguson’s film, Fleeting Time. “The production was an epic documentation of two seasons with Ben and…

Among the things that draw people to adventure and sports is a desire to test oneself in an arena where actions have consequences. This is surely true for those who love winter adventure; there’s something about challenging yourself in alpine conditions that at once makes you feel quite small and larger than life. Our cover story, on pro snowboarder Ben Ferguson and his two-year effort to make the film Fleeting Time, digs into one athlete’s quest to find self-expression and new limits in the mountains. This issue is full of stories exploring athletes who seek to find meaning on the edge of possibility. There’s a photo essay capturing the beauty and thrills of freeskiing, a profile of twins who always tackle audacious adventures together and a look at trials-riding icon Danny…

Stairs, cobblestones, curbs, grass. As a guitarist who loved touring, Eric Howk traversed these surfaces every day without giving them a second thought. Then, in May 2007, everything changed. Howk was sitting against a wall in a friend’s backyard when it collapsed. He fell more than 12 feet into an unmarked construction hole and was instantly paralyzed below his sternum from a T4 spinal cord injury. From his bed in the ICU, the first thing Howk asked for was a guitar. Still able to use his hands, he started working on new ways to hold and position the instrument, even as he struggled to sit up without passing out. But his objective was steadfast: “It was my therapy to get back into music,” he says. By September of that year, Howk was…

At 23, Swedish American Armand “Mondo” Duplantis is at the top of his game. Last July, he broke his own world record in the pole vault at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, adding that hardware to his gold medal from the Tokyo Olympics. Recently, he spoke with sports psychologist Mia Stellberg about the mental tactics used by elite athletes and how they can apply to people beyond sports. The following is an edited excerpt from their conversation. MIA STELLBERG: You recently broke your own world record. Can you take us back to that moment? MONDO DUPLANTIS: It’s hard to explain because it all happens so quickly—it takes a little while to comprehend what has just happened. It’s easier to reflect on later because in the moment, everything is just so…

Iceland in winter is a striking, otherworldly landscape. Green waves of aurora borealis light the night sky, and snow forms a white blanket over black volcanic rock. For legendary endurance athlete Rebecca Rusch, pro-cyclist-turned-filmmaker Angus “Gus” Morton and photographer Chris Burkard, it was too perfect a canvas to resist. “Iceland in winter equals freedom,” says Burkard, 36. “Places that were off-limits are now covered in snow; you can go anywhere you want.” In April 2021, the trio did just that, setting out to cycle across the island from north to south, a brutal, self-supported journey of more than 300 miles. Their exploits can be seen in a new documentary, I Am Here. The trip took eight days on fat bikes with 4.5-inch tires, snow studs for riding over compacted ice and no suspension.…

As a concert photographer, Luis Alejandro Arriaga Osorio has shot the likes of the Jonas Brothers and Billie Eilish, but his other specialty—action sports imagery—requires him to view the world through a whole different lens. Take this shot of skater Diego Alvarez—a finalist in Red Bull Illume’s “Creative by Skylum” category. “This building is peculiar because of its shape, but all you have to do is turn your head to give it a new dimension,” says Osorio. “It became a colossal bowl with the architecture in between. In my mind I visualized it immediately.” Instagram: @luisarriagaph; redbullillume.com LUIS ALEJANDRO ARRIAGA OSORIO/RED BULL ILLUME DAVYDD CHONG…