Huck 51
Philadelphia noise-gaze quartet Creepoid are riding high
They gave up everything to become the band of their dreams — Spending ten months a year on the road isn't easy, but together they gave up everything to become the band of their dreams. HUCK meets meets Creepoid backstage in Brighton to find out how.
Written by: Tom Fenwick
Into the Quiet Zone: An American county living entirely off the grid
Radio silence — Could you live without your iPhone? Without Instagramming your every move? Photographer Emile Holba makes a pilgrimage to Pocahontas County, West Virginia, where life inside the National Radio Quiet Zone is interference-free.
Written by: Emile Holba
For photographer Valerio Polici, bombing was the ultimate adventure
Call of the wild — Italian photographer Valerio Polici came of age throwing his name up on the streets. Graffiti, he reflects, was an illegal thrill that kept him hooked.
Written by: Gemma Padley
Matt Moniz is helping Nepal recover from the earthquake that nearly killed him
Avalanche on Everest — At seventeen, Matt Moniz has climbed some of the world’s most dangerous mountains. But it was his latest trip to Everest that taught him the true meaning of survival.
Written by: Alex Robert Ross
Roots Manuva on renewing his ‘eternal Peter Pan’ to leap into the unknown
New album Bleeds out this week — As Roots Manuva, Rodney Smith takes wild seeds scattered across the globe – from leafy suburbia to the streets of Jamaica – and grows something new.
Written by: Alex King
Two brits hike Runyon Canyon and discover the diversity of Los Angeles life
Everyone's equal on the mountain — The story of how two friends hiked up a hill and jumped into the lives of strangers.
Written by: Josh Jones
A countercultural history of walking
Alone We Stroll — Is there anything radical about going for a walk? How about if you walked all the way across the world? Huck catches up with some modern-day flâneurs, who are strolling great distances away from the crowd.
Written by: Karen Emslie
Meet the feral Finns rewilding their corner of Helsinki
Beyond the wall — Huck heads to Finland to explore its greener verge, where a new generation of foragers are making the urban wilderness their home.
Written by: Minna Takkunen
Jay Nelson transforms trucks, boats and bikes into incredible wanderlust vehicles
Build your own adventure — He makes wild contraptions out of wood that are the stuff of surfing lore. But for artist Jay Nelson, adventures only really kick off when things begin to go wrong.
Written by: Alex King
Capturing communities living on the fringes of the world
Images of a disconnected world — Canadian photographer Aaron Vincent Elkaim captures the human fallout of industrial development, where communities are being cut off from their heritage and land.
Written by: Andrea Kurland
Adventure campers to inspire you to hit the open road
The Vanlife playlist — Catching up with our favourite and most inspiring vanlifers, including artist Jay Nelson, photographer Foster Huntington, surfer Rob Machado and filmmaker Cyrus Sutton.
Written by: Alex King
Surfer Dee Ripoll's recovery from life-threatening injuries transformed the way she sees the world
An unexpected and inspiring comeback — When Scottish surfer Dee Ripoll was involved in two traumatic accidents, she thought her career was over. By facing her fears, she realised the world was much bigger than she thought.
Written by: Robin Nierynck