Outdoor Recreation

Brazoria County -- Come for the Beaches (Maybe)

Coming Out Aloft

A new Houston skydiving team finds liberation in free-fall

Panic in Memorial Park

Cyclists say wait Ho Chi Minh-ute

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Cyclists say wait Ho Chi Minh-ute

Letters

Cyclists say wait Ho Chi Minh-ute

Letters

Cyclists say wait Ho Chi Minh-ute

Roads to Nowhere?

At the Galleria, you can't bike there from here

Sky Kings

At the Galleria, you can't bike there from here

Biked Out

Time may be up for the Ho Chi Minh Trail

That Heights Bike Trail Developing Nicely, Except For The Arson

Photos by Amina Rivera The new bikeway near 7th Street and CourtlandThe Missouri, Kansas, Texas Southern Pacific railroad (try to say that three times fast) Rails-to-Trails project in the Heights is finally underway. After the official groundbreaking ceremony last December, men in hard hats a ... More >>

Full Contact Paddling

Safari tests brains, strength, endurance and the willpower to persevere when you're puking out of your boat. And pissing in it.

Best Adventure Race Series

Texas State Championship Sprint Adventure Races

The Birdpeople

Texas State Championship Sprint Adventure Races

Buy Your Bike Bods Here

Texas State Championship Sprint Adventure Races

Goal Oriented

Rice's women's soccer team kicks it up a notch

We Know What You Should Do This Summer

Your guide to beaches, water parks, day trips, festivals and more

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Your guide to beaches, water parks, day trips, festivals and more

Drag Queen

Cheer on homegirl Erica Enders at the O'Reilly Spring Nationals

Best Bike Shop

Cheer on homegirl Erica Enders at the O'Reilly Spring Nationals

Keeping It Real

Spring Creek stands poised to ride into history, one way or another

Collision Course

Cyclists are finding out what really lurks along those serene country roads

Best Place to Skydive

Skydive Spaceland

Best Bird-Watching

High Island

Chop Talk

Houston remains embroiled in what to do about Memorial Park

Midnight Moving

Slap a light on your bike and take off into the night

Free-Falling

H-town skydiving options

First and Ten (Months to Go)

Block party kicks off Super Bowl countdown

Down with Motors

For folks who think boating is about finding harmony in nature, not conquering it outright

Best Club Sandwich

Edloe St. Café & Deli

A River Ran Through It

A historic Hill Country road brought Texans to the Blanco. Then came John O'Quinn.

Best Place to Mountain Bike

The Ant Hills

Best Tube Trip

Howell's Tire Supply

Best Bike Shop

Shirar's Bicycle Store

Pitching A Tent For Mother's Day: And Never You Mind About Those Snakes

One hour's drive north of Houston, Lake Conroe awaits this weekend -- or more precisely, the Kampgrounds of America there offering a special deal for Mother's Day weekend. Pay for Friday night and you get your Saturday night stay for free.The obvious question -- why would a mother want to spend Moth ... More >>

Texas Traveler: Plano Balloon Festival

Photos by eppytx​Every fall for the past 29 years, the skies over Plano come aglow with colorful aircrafts and odd hissing sounds that signal take-off for flight The Plano Balloon Festival will celebrate its 30th anniversary Sept. 18-20. It's an event that has raised more than 2 million dolla ... More >>

Ghost Riders: Easy Come, Easy No

CenterPoint Energy's power line easements would make ideal bike highways. Too bad they won't let us use them.

Ghost Riders

In Houston, bicycling is known as a killer sport.

Paddling Kids Won't Whip HISD Into Shape, Grier Says

​The leaders of Temple, Texas may have decided that restoring paddling to their bag of tricks was a good idea for schools there, but Houston ISD Superintendent Terry Grier doesn't agree. At a Wednesday media roundtable, Grier talked about the discussions district personnel are having with pa ... More >>

Tails on the Trails

Do it doggie style

4th Annual KBR Kids Day on Buffalo Bayou

Splish, splash the day away on the banks of the Sabine Promenade

Dear Bicycle Bandit: Five Simple Rules To Aid Your Getaway

Bicycle Bandit: Watch out for the strollers, dude​A bike bandit is on the loose in Houston, of all places. Yes, right here in the anti-Portland, a brigand is holding up banks and making his getaway on a Schwinn.We covered him early in his spree, but he's now hit six banks in the area.As a fellow c ... More >>

Three Hour Tour Turns Into Extended Stay At Allen's Landing for Houston Yacht Club

Photos by Taylor TurnerNot exactly Gilligan's Island.​The not-so-everyday presence of yachts on Buffalo Bayou has been bringing sight-seers to Allen's Landing this week. But the docking is no holiday for the boaters, who've been stranded at the downtown birthplace of the city of Houston since Sund ... More >>

Don't Kill the Messengers

How bike couriers plan to survive the internet age.

Faux Go Go Go

Not all those bike messengers you see are the real thing.

Cover Story: Keeping Up With Old Man Tim

To get this week's feature, I knew I would have to learn firsthand what it is to be a bike courier. While I have been an almost daily bike commuter for over a year, I knew that my bike was not up to the task.

Houston Bike Paths: "Easing" Their Way To A Glorious Future?

Open spaces begging to be used​About a year-and-a-half ago, as a sidebar to an article we wrote on the perils of urban cycling here in Houston, we cast our battle-tested, road-weary eyes longingly toward the possibility of CenterPoint Energy surrendering their scores of miles of utility easeme ... More >>

Bikes on Easements

North-south cycling trails could be a go!

Wildfire Evacuees Pause for a Breath at Lake Conroe KOA

Margaret DowningScott Ross had to flee his house​Scott Ross had held out past the wildfire evacuation order. The father of six didn't want to leave his place off at Southall Drive and FM 1486 to looters and in his case, it wasn't idle speculation. He'd already had a guy run out from under his ... More >>

Swoop, There It Is: Skydiving Championships of Canopy Piloting Hit Rosharon (w/ VIDEO)

Francisco Montes​Skydive Spaceland in Rosharon is hosting this weekend the US Parachute Association's National Skydiving Championships of Canopy Piloting, where jumpers "swoop" at speeds starting at 75mph towards earth while navigating an obstacle course on the landing field, all while being j ... More >>

A Lonely Place to Die

Francisco Montes​Skydive Spaceland in Rosharon is hosting this weekend the US Parachute Association's National Skydiving Championships of Canopy Piloting, where jumpers "swoop" at speeds starting at 75mph towards earth while navigating an obstacle course on the landing field, all while being j ... More >>