Outdoors
At just 17, Ashima Shiraishi is climbing's fastest-rising star
Huck x The North Face — She began bouldering aged six, started smashing records at 11 and can outclimb her peers regardless of age or gender. Is Ashima Shiraishi the revolution that rock climbing needs?
Written by: Jessica Holland
The London boxing club where fighting means family
Rollin' with the punches — For over 40 years, a no-nonsense boxing club in North London has been a hub of rebirth and redemption. But step back from the success stories and a different picture emerges: one giant family fighting for survival.
Written by: Niall Flynn
Meet the wild climbers of the North York Moors
A dangerous game — For over a decade, Franco Cookson has been roving the treacherous crags and cliffs of the UK national park – pushing himself, and trad climbing, into dangerous new realms.
Written by: Rachael Healy
Life inside Europe's biggest alternative-living community
A symbol of resistance — The ZAD is a micro-society in rural France where activists, farmers and free-spirits live in harmony. Photographer Kevin Faingnaert tried to find out why.
Written by: Cian Traynor
The adventurer trekking from Mongolia to London by camel
Nomadic warrior — Baigalmaa Norjmaa is making an unprecedented trip around the world. All that stands in her way is 12,000km, 14 massive countries and the kind of extreme conditions that few other humans could tolerate. But this 30-year-old nomad is pressing on undeterred, determined to realise her long-held dream.
Written by: Charlie Allenby
A photographic catalogue of subcultures that refuse to die
Mods, skins & lowriders — For the past six years, Owen Harvey has been finding out why people are drawn to styles from a bygone era... and developing some unexpected perspective on his own life in the process.
Written by: Cian Traynor
The climber who conquered El Capitan without a rope
Alex Honnold — El Capitan, a vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park, is a totem of outdoor culture and a fixture on every climber’s bucket list. But now that Alex Honnold has become the first person to traverse it without a rope, what dream is there left for him to chase?
Written by: James Lucas
How to start a record label that matters...
Sound & vision — Crissi Vassilakis is living the dream. Between DJing around the world and putting on club nights to showcase her favourite artists, she runs her own independent label: a home for talent so forward-thinking they defy genre. This is how she does it.
Written by: Alex King
From skateboarding prankster to extreme endurance athlete
Huck x HOKA ONE ONE — Dirty Sanchez made the Jackass crew seem like the Brady Bunch. But after so much partying, co-founder Matthew Pritchard cleaned up his life with a new passion. His story kicks off our new Huck x Hoka One One series, looking at mavericks who found a new perspective through running.
Written by: Sam Haddad
The endurance cyclist racing 20 hours a day in the wilderness
Pedal to the medal — Ultra racer Lee Craigie carries everything she needs to survive on her trusty bike. The goal is to keep moving through wild terrain, but the motivation is to live a life without ‘What ifs’.
Written by: Steven Turner
