SALT is a powerful short autobiographical film by Alice Ward, a filmmaker, surfer, and woman living with Cystic Fibrosis. From the moment her mother noticed her unusually salty skin at birth, leading to her diagnosis, salt has shaped Alice’s life in profound ways. The ocean became both a place of challenge and freedom, ultimately guiding her to become the first woman in Ireland to film surfing from within the water, capturing the sport through a distinctly female perspective.
High in the Karakoram of Pakistan, the Nameless Tower in the Trango Massif rises to 6,251 meters. Its Eternal Flame route traces 650 meters of steep granite and has been climbed only a handful of times since its first ascent in 1989. This time, the challenge is different. Climbed solo. The film follows Stefano Ragazzo through preparation and execution on one of the world’s most iconic big wall lines, marking the first ever solo ascent of the route.
Winning Rampage was the milestone - not the story. This film is about what it really took to get there. The journey behind Hayden Zablotny’s winning run at Red Bull Rampage 2025.
The hours. The digging. The commitment to keep showing up - no matter what. Lines don’t just exist out here. They’re built, torn down, and built again.
Legacy is earned. For BD Athlete Connor Herson, the only way to leave something behind that stands the test of time is to first try the benchmarks that have already been established. That was the genesis behind Connor’s trip to Norway. With two of the world’s hardest trad routes sitting right next to each other on the iconic Profile Wall, the Jøssingfjord zone is now the ultimate mettle-tester for the trad climbing elite.
After a fourth-go ascent of Pete Whittaker’s testpiece Crown Royale (5.14c), Connor Herson set his sights on the next king line of Norway’s Profile Wall: The Recovery Drink (5.14c). Established by Nico Favresse in 2013, this 35-meter pitch is overhanging and protected entirely with gear—the perfect recipe for Connor’s skillset.
In Blank Canvas episode 3, Lidl-Trek athlete Tao Geoghegan Hart and graphic designer Ciarán Birch explore the relationship between professional road racing and everyday city riding. Contrast is about seeing the same sport through different eyes, blending grit and motion with layered, geometric forms. Together, they reveal a more relatable and raw side of cycling shaped by the streets we ride and share daily.
In Blank Canvas episode 2, “Collage”, Ayesha McGowan teams up with artist and herbalist Alicia Fairclough to explore Ayesha’s story through the medium of collage. From becoming the first African American woman to compete at the World Tour level to her work with Thee Abundance Project, Ayesha is expanding what representation in cycling can look like.
Safa Brian returns to the city that helped forge him into the cyclist he is today. Returning not just to ride, but to reconnect with a life that never really left him.
Seven-time Olympic luge champions Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt have spent their careers chasing perfection on ice — measured in hundredths of a second, defined by precision, control, and dominance. But just an hour away from where they made history in Cortina d'Ampezzo, they stepped into something entirely unfamiliar.
For the first time ever, the two Tobis lined up at the legendary Sellaronda Skimarathon - a legendary ski mountaineering race through the Dolomites. No ice track. No controlled conditions. Just steep climbs, freezing descents, and a course that doesn’t care about Olympic medals.
Kenta Gallagher transitions between two worlds of riding. One breeds results. The other feeds the soul.
One happens under race tape, inside tight margins, in service of performance. The other lives at home in Inverness, where riding strips back to movement, laughter, and dirt under the tires. The five-minute film Normality lives in that second space.
