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The rise of the outdoor’s punks

Future is unwritten — As demand for the outdoors has grown, so has the codification of its rules and styles. Phil Young searches for those adventuring against the mainstream and asks if the industry is about to get its own record label moment?

  • Sport
  • Phil Young
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Rab’s adventures on film at Love Trails Festival

Adventure Film Night — Taking place between July 2-6, Rab are screening six documentaries at the festival that explore the remarkable world of the adventure sport community.

  • Sport
  • Roxana Diba

In Syria’s mountains, climbers are pitching new lines to a freer future

Vertical rebirth — Assad’s fall has opened up huge, previously untouched mountain areas for people to explore. Bushra Alzoubi meets a trio of sibling rock climbers who are building a scene from scratch.

  • Huck 83: Life Is A Journey Issue
  • Bushra Alzoubi

6 years on from George Floyd, how much more accessible is the outdoors for People of Colour?

Second Nature — A new report by The Mix Global highlights continued barriers that marginalised folks face when exploring nature, despite attempts at greater representation. Phil Young takes stock of how far we’ve come.

  • Activism
  • Phil Young

Cold camping in Svalbard, at the edge of the world

Longyearbyen — The Norwegian archipelago is just 800 miles from the North Pole, where temperatures languish far below freezing, but it’s also one of the world’s fastest warming areas. Steph Pomphrey sleeps on the ice with Db to find out more.

  • Sport
  • Steph Pomphrey

Imprisonment, illness, internal strife: Deo Kato’s mammoth run for justice

STEPS — Spanning 17 months, 21 countries and two continents, the Ugandan born athlete ran from Cape Town to London to raise awareness of racism and migration stories, while trying to find his own place in the world. A new film explores his obstacle-filled path and what he learned along the way.

  • Sport
  • Olivia Fee

The Chinese youth movement ditching big cities for the coast

In ’Fissure of a Sweetdream’ photographer Jialin Yan documents the growing number of Chinese young people turning their backs on careerist grind in favour of a slower pace of life on Hainan Island.

  • Photography
  • Isaac Muk

Inside Ireland’s first queer Gaelic football team

Wear your colours — As the country slowly frees itself from the grip of social conservatism, its national sports are modernising too, powered by a new generation of athletes and fans determined to create more inclusive spaces. At the forefront of this movement is Na Gaeil Aeracha, the country’s first ever queer GAA club.

  • Magazine
  • Róisín Lanigan

The hiking group bringing people together

In partnership with Columbia — After realising that hiking in nature gave their mental health a boost, six friends set up a community group to help others feel the benefit of getting outdoors.

  • Outdoors
  • Sam Haddad

Inside the murky world of tennis courtsiding

Match point — For over a decade, gamblers have won big by employing people to place live bets from the court. But does this dubious method still work?

  • Outdoors
  • Dante Clarke

Huck Issue 77 is out now

It’s Mitski season — Our new magazine is here, starring the inimitable Mitski. Order your copy now and join us on a trip around the world.

  • Culture
  • Niall Flynn

Folkestone is changing – and its skateboarders aren’t happy

Concrete canvases — The seaside town serves as a bellwether for Brexit Britain: a place on the cusp of change, divided and at odds. As its skate scene watches local spaces slowly disappear, taken from them by developers, it begs the question: what happens next?

  • Skate
  • Peter Yeung

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