Five men, five weeks, a 1,500km boat trip through a volcanic archipelago? Of course Xavier De Le Rue was in for the adventure. But what would happen if something went wrong?
Re-uniting with Tony Lamiche, Sam Smoothy and Alex Pittin in Chamonix, Xavier de le Rue knew he was in for a mission – and they did not disappoint, choosing the Angelique Couloir as their objective.
Red Bull Party Wave, the competition challenging creative teams to build their own surf vessel and ride the best wave as a team, returns to the shores of Waikiki’s Kuhio Beach fronting the famous Duke Kahanamoku statue on Sunday, Aug. 27. Competing t...
Kick back, relax and be transported to a pow laden winter wonderland in back country Japan while director Heath Patterson, Nick Brown and six of their friends journeyed to back country Hokkaido, Japan, to fulfill a lifelong dream.
Join the DIY team in Japan for what could be the deepest powder you’ve ever seen in your life. With little snow in the Alps, the DIY Team – consisting of Xavier De Le Rue and myself, his wife, Beanie De Le Rue – did what every snow lover does at this...
The Saleina couloir, often known as "The Big Crack," is an imposing 3,281-foot vertical descent sandwiched between immense rock walls that protrude into the sky.
Xavier de Le Rue sets out for Norway's Lyngen Alps, the "Godmother" couloir as his prize.
Volcanoes, scorpions, frostbite, gale-force winds and border games with North Korea – to say the DIY trip to China was full of surprises is quite of an understatement.
In the darkness of a long, Finnish winter, snowboarder Roope Tonteri's creativity is in abundance! The notorious DIY-er has been known to build some radical setups - like a floating skate ramp, and event a halfpipe suspended in trees. But for this pr...
The DIY skate scene is very strong in Vienna, and has a fairly long history. In the past few years, there have been two main crews that pushed the limits of self-made skateparks in town: the Spoff crew and the Alm crew. Between them, they've created ...
Do-it-yourself guru Aaron Bostrom drops some inspiration for those who want to build their own session spots. In each city, there are abandoned lots just waiting to be transformed into the next BMX installation on the cheap.
The Pyrenees is where Xavier De Le Rue spent his formative years, but rarely has he had the opportunity to go back to the peaks that captured his youthful imagination. Riding with brother Polo, the excellent conditions meant that they could push the ...
