Ride Earth

Stuart Philkill and Sebastiaan de With, photographers, are going on a motorcycle trip from California to Alaska. Follow the visual narrative here!

04/15/2022

Borders opening back up. Soon we’ll be riding into Peru. But first:

day 0: the night before. rides a new (to him) Scrambler 1200XE.

The mission? Austin, Texas to Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico in 3 days. 1500 miles and epic roads. Let’s go.

10/27/2021

An update from the Ride Earth crew! ( and )

As the last years had South America largely closed in terms of land borders we were seeking thrills - and life - off our road south. We’ve been keeping busy - riding, camping and surviving — but now we have new plans.

We’ll share the slow start of our attempts to continue south here - as well as our small trips in between. A motorcycle rally in Sardinia, exploring Death Valley, and recovering ’s bike in Ecuador after a long pause.

Many adventures are coming. Stay tuned. 🌵🌞

01/05/2021

Posted up outside the Secret Garden Hostel in Quito. A great spot to explore town for a bit.

01/03/2021

Enjoying the view.

01/01/2021

2021: getting back on it. 🏍

09/05/2019

Ecuador is a place. ✨ @ Tulcan - Ecuador

09/03/2019

A proper Ecuadorian cruise down (very well) paved roads! shoots off a few rolling shots 📷 🏍 @ Ecuador

07/16/2019

“Whatchu thinking about?”

“I dunno Ecuador stuff I guess”

07/11/2019

Hola Ecuador! By way of Ipiales we make our way into our second South American country. lounges whole explains cameras to the kids in the immigration line. @ Ipiales, Nariño, Colombia

07/08/2019

What are we doing out here?

We found in some online filings that Colombia is in the process of getting world heritage status for the remnants of the ancient Inca Trail, a fast to network of roads that stretches almost the entire length of the South American continent. This vast empire reached all the way into Columbia, where it was connected through this trail. Close to the border with Ecuador, if you search hard enough, and kindly ask to transverse farm trails, you can find the last few rocks and dirt that once made up the spine of one of the greatest empires the earth has ever seen.

Today, Colombia is investing billions to make this area more accessible to cars and trucks with a vast infrastructure project. At the same time, hundreds of Venezuelans traverse along nearly the same trail every day — trying to make it south to a better life. @ Narino, Colombia