Tom Ward

Tom Ward is a contributing writer for InsideHook. He writes about action sports, longevity and pop culture. He has won the GQ Norman Mailer Award, the PPA New Consumer Magazine Journalist of the Year Award, and has been shortlisted for The People's Book Prize. He has also written features for Wired, National Geographic, Esquire, GQ, Outside, Men's Health, The Sunday Times, Mr Porter, The Red Bulletin, The Gentleman's Journal, and more. He lives in the United Kingdom.

All Articles From Tom Ward

The Sport of Spacing Out

Ready, set, relax: in Asian countries, thousands of burnt-out adults now gather for competitions to do as little as possible

The Blind Climber Pushing His Sport to New Heights

Jesse Dufton has climbed Scottish sea stacks and Arctic peaks without being able to see the rock face in front of him

How an Elite Pilot Got a Second Chance at Space

Jameel Janjua thought he’d blown his shot. Then the billionaire-backed space tourism industry took off.

The High-Stakes Adventures of Aldo Kane, Nat Geo Explorer

The former Royal Marine sniper talks about his new show with James Cameron, diving with sharks and what he learned from Alex Honnold

The Mountaineer Who Hit Rock Bottom on Top of Everest

Renowned adventurer Cory Richards opens up about his summit epiphany, his struggles with mental health and revisiting it all in a new book

Daniel Dae Kim on the Wellness Routine That Keeps Him Young

The ageless actor talks pickleball, pull-ups and the importance of putting down your phone

My Seaside Home, Now a Vegan Powerhouse

A local explains how Brighton became the plant-based capital of the world

The Fruit Collector

From the jungles of South America to Sumatra, Alan Carle has braved tigers, malaria and civil war in pursuit of the planet's rarest fruits

Michael B. Jordan Is on a Mission to Get You Moving

The "Creed" star talks daily meditation, his favorite lifts and the healing power of group wellness

A Pilgrimage to Hemingway's Key West for his 125th Birthday

This is a story about marlins, rumrunners and Papa look-alikes

How to Survive at Sea

Professor Mike Tipton, of the University of Portsmouth's Extreme Environments Laboratory, on staying safe in a nightmare scenario

How to Escape a Bear

Large-carnivore ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant on avoiding "Revenant"-style encounters in the wild

How to Ride the World’s Biggest Waves

Andrew Cotton, the star of HBO's "100 Foot Wave" and a Red Bull-signed athlete, on what it takes to rip with the big boys

How to Hold Your Breath for Longer

Adam Stern, Aussie free-diving champion and coach, on the art of underwater breath-holds

How to Mimic Altitude Training at Sea Level

Professor Grégoire Millet on earning those famous blood-cell benefits — without decamping to 8,000 feet

How to Hike Across a Desert

Gillian Millar, part of the first female team to cross the Namib, details the rigors of the desert