Kye Petersen

SKIING AMBASSADOR

Hometown

Whistler, BC

Resides

Whistler, BC

Comfortable in any terrain, Kye particularly loves the mountaineering side of skiing. He’s traveled all over the world, heading on foot deep into remote terrain to carve unique big-mountain lines and launch cliffs. Kye has taken firsts at the 2009 Redbull Coldrush and 2012 FWT Revelstoke, and appeared in at least 15 ski films – his most recent, Sherpas Cinema’s All.I.Can.

Some Favourites

What Can Rich Sensory Experiences Teach Children?

Patagonia

What Can Rich Sensory Experiences Teach Children?

Patagonia

7 Min Read

Coming Home

Emilé Zynobia

For three women of color in Wyoming, going into the mountains isn’t about representation—it’s about reclaiming their power, together.

Coming Home

Emilé Zynobia

7 Min Read

Leaving the city. Photo: Holly-Marie Cato

Dark River Runs Deep

Martin Johnson & Michael Fordham

An attempt to set the fastest known time on the 184-mile path to the source of the River Thames.

Dark River Runs Deep

Martin Johnson & Michael Fordham

7 Min Read

Betty Birrell goes full send on Floppy Bunny, her go-to warm-up lap on Mount Fromme in southern British Columbia. Photo: Travis Rummel

North Shore Betty

Darcy Hennessey Turenne

After nearly 30 years on the hallowed trails of southern British Columbia, Betty Birrell still thinks life is one big playground—and that you’re never too old to send.

North Shore Betty

Darcy Hennessey Turenne

9 Min Read

Author Lauren L. Hill and her growing son Minnow enjoy a moment not to be taken for granted. Photo: Ted Grambeau

Emergent Seas

Lauren Hill

Exploring motherhood and meaningful play.

Emergent Seas

Lauren Hill

10 min Read

Millions of buffalo once thrived on the Great Plains; the stolen homelands of the Jicarilla Apache, Cheyenne and Ute Nations. Concrete buildings and highways can’t erase their history. Photo: Leonardo Brasil

All Trails Belong to Mother Earth

Renee Hutchens

Following in Indigenous Footsteps on the Ute Pass Trail.

All Trails Belong to Mother Earth

Renee Hutchens

7 Min Read

Sandy Ward leads Leah Evans and Marie-France Roy through Sandy’s traditional territory of the Líl̓wat Nation in British Columbia. Here, they glide up Ntáoz’a (Mount Chief Pascall) in Nlháxten (Duffey Lake/Cayoosh Creek Valley).

History Beneath Our Feet

Myia Antone & Sandy Ward

Reciprocal learning while exploring traditional Indigenous territories in British Columbia.

History Beneath Our Feet

Myia Antone & Sandy Ward

9 Min Read

The Blue Derby trails through northeast Tasmania's ancient Gondwanan forests have been a revelation to mountain bikers. Photo Stu Gibson

Gondwanan Trails

Mike Blewitt

Mountain biking saved Derby once already. As the loggers move in, can it save the town again?

Gondwanan Trails

Mike Blewitt

8 Min Read

Jake Patryn harvests the final string of sugar kelp off the Nautical Farms sea farm as the sun rises over the Western Hemisphere.

The Nautical Farmers

Erin Grace Scottberg

One young couple’s unexpected career path of farming sea vegetables drew them back to their roots and brought a promising climate-change solution to their coastal hometown.

The Nautical Farmers

Erin Grace Scottberg

7 Min Read

Bureo co-founders Ben Kneppers (left) and Kevin Ahearn (right) display the amount of fishing net that’s recycled into each Bureo skateboard through Net Positiva, Bureo’s fishing net collection and recycling program. Santiago, Chile. Photo: Kevin Ahearn

A Different Path

Brooke Ortel

Living and designing sustainably in Southern Chile with Bureo co-founder Ben Kneppers.

A Different Path

Brooke Ortel

6 min Read

The offshore gas industry that has been out of sight from the Australian public for decades, is now encroaching on some of the country's most iconic landscapes. Photo Chris Gurney

Gaslit

Tim Winton

Australia has been captivated by the gas industry for decades. Tim Winton calls time on them.

Gaslit

Tim Winton

10 min Read

Now It’s Gas

Wayne Lynch

Wayne Lynch has seen his beloved Otways plundered over the years. The desecration of treasured stretch of Australian coast continues today.

Now It’s Gas

Wayne Lynch

3 min Read

Marine scientist Laura Wells diving with seals off Barunguba (Montague Island).

The Sanctuary

Big fish are now circling Batemans Marine Park.

The Sanctuary

10 min Read

Walmadan

Almost a decade ago, a great victory was won in the Kimberley. Today, this ancient, red dirt frontier remains under threat from the gas industry.

Walmadan

8 min Read

Rising Tides

It’s time for surfers to read the forecast on climate change and do something about it.

Rising Tides

7 min Read

Dave and Uncle Buddha

How a chance meeting twenty-five years ago brought together two of surfing’s most influential figures.

Dave and Uncle Buddha

10 min Read

Taking the Kids to Point Nemo

When your goal is to raise children in wild places, it helps if you’re flexible.

Taking the Kids to Point Nemo

10 min Read

The Migration of Songs: Thoughts from a Birder

Welcoming back the ‘welcoming noise’ near the Arctic Circle.

The Migration of Songs: Thoughts from a Birder

10 min Read

Seth Hobby (left), Odd Arne Sandberg (middle) and Espen Mortensen (right) fly the Folkeaksjonen flag loud and clear above Svolvær and Vestfjorden in Norway’s Lofoten archipelago.

Making Oil History

Colin Wiseman

Folkeaksjonen is taking action against petroleum exploration in the Norwegian Sea.

Making Oil History

Colin Wiseman

9 Min Read

Moments of Flow

The psychology of the perfect ride.

Moments of Flow

10 min Read

Club Run

The friends that make you want to run 100 miles.

Club Run

10 min Read

The Worst Traverse

The industrious truth of British Columbia’s forgotten forests.

The Worst Traverse

10 min Read

Mending Life

The joy, meditation and quiet rebellion of fixing your clothes by hand.

Mending Life

10 min Read

Jacqueline inspects nylon nets with a smile during the drying process at Bureo's warehouse in Talcahuano, Chile.

Falling for Fishing Nets

Andrew O’Reilly

Out of necessity, Jacqueline Sangueza loved fishing nets before she loved the ocean.

Falling for Fishing Nets

Andrew O’Reilly

6 Min Read

The Writing on the Wall

In a tiny Colorado ski town, the world’s oldest mountain-bike club is facing the complicated reality of recreation gone right.

The Writing on the Wall

10 Min Read

A Still Summer Sky

The unassuming bogong moth has been part of the Australian summer for tens of thousands of years, the summer sky darkened as they migrated to the high country in their millions.

A Still Summer Sky

5 Min Read

We Can't Kook Climate

Surfers should care about climate, but do they? Really?

We Can't Kook Climate

10 Min Read

More Corals. More Fish.

This marine sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico is one of many biodiversity hotspots in the US that need more federal protection.

More Corals. More Fish.

10 Min Read

A Conversation with Surfboard Designer Fletcher Chouinard

At Fletcher Chouinard Designs, the focus is on durable, high-performing equipment that lets you have fun no matter what the ocean is doing.

A Conversation with Surfboard Designer Fletcher Chouinard

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COP26 is over. But the fight for climate justice remains.

For Tish, COP26 was an opportunity to hold our political leaders accountable and ensure they felt the global pressure to act on climate.

COP26 is over. But the fight for climate justice remains.

6 Min Read

Raising Less Wasteful Kids—Starting with One Red Hand-Me-Down Jacket

How many days can a small kid shred if a small kid could shred pow? Mac Anderson (age 3) finds out.

Raising Less Wasteful Kids—Starting with One Red Hand-Me-Down Jacket

10 Min Read

Dispatch from Fairy Creek

Why a logging protest has become Canada’s largest act of civil disobedience.

Dispatch from Fairy Creek

6 Min Read

My Pink Baggies

"Dear Patagonia,

My pink Patagonia Baggies Shorts are the best shorts I’ve ever owned. In 2016, I wore them for 180 straight days when thru-hiking the 2,189.1-mile Appalachian Trail (AT); and in 2017, I wore them for 135 days while thru-hiking the 2,650.1-mile Pacific Crest Trail (PCT)...."

My Pink Baggies

10 Min Read

The Big-Wave Safety Paradox

Are the recent advancements in safety equipment and protocols making big-wave lineups more dangerous?

The Big-Wave Safety Paradox

10 Min Read

Recycling Is Broken. Now What?

“We have to choose between sending it to a landfill, sending it to the incinerator or holding on to it until we find a better solution. Since we chose the latter, our stockpile is taking up a room in our Reno warehouse.”

Recycling Is Broken. Now What?

10 Min Read

Don’t Buy This Jacket, Black Friday and the New York Times

Why run an ad in The New York Times on Black Friday telling people, “Don’t Buy This Jacket”?

Don’t Buy This Jacket, Black Friday and the New York Times

6 Min Read

Big Gas Don't Surf

Iconic coastlines should not become gas fields. Surfers around Australia are ready to paddle out and defend them.

Big Gas Don't Surf

6 Min Read

Higher Ground

Discovering that climbing is for them.

Higher Ground

6 Min Read

Anchoring for Change

How Liz Clark’s Tahitian residency opened a new chapter in her activist work.

Anchoring for Change

5 Min Read

For the Land We Inhabit

The communities of Cajón del Maipo, in Chile, are seeing their environment be threatened by an unnecessary hydroelectric project.

For the Land We Inhabit

6 Min Read

Lessons from Uncle Addy

The Bight-based farmer calls upon a wizard of the earthly realm.

Lessons from Uncle Addy

10 Min Read

Life of Pie

Two unconventional women have helped reshape one of Colorado’s most conservative towns, uniting the community through advocacy, inclusivity, and damn good pizza.

Life of Pie

10 Min Read

The Last Hill (Until the Next One)

Searching for an honest adventure right out their backdoor, a group of skiers and snowboarders travel south from Reno, Nevada on bicycles loaded down with ski and camp gear.

The Last Hill (Until the Next One)

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Moving the Needle

As editor of the world’s largest mountain bike magazine, Nicole Formosa showed her audience the world’s largest issues – and revealed the sport’s resistance to confronting them.