Getting active isn’t always easy. How long should you exercise for and where? When do you know you’ve really pushed yourself? Signing on youths and yuppies alike, London-based Run Dem Crew wants to prove that running is for everyone – as long as they’re willing to ‘run hard, fast, and strong’.

Running events are often individualistic, with participants focused on their personal bests. But there are other, less traditional races where collaboration and community are the main attractions. How is running getting a makeover? And is the future of amateur sport more social in general?

BMX is an established part of the global extreme sports industry, but its rising popularity in Russia is owed as much to social media as it is to street style, as teens film and share their own tricks in the hope of achieving stardom. What’s getting young Russians back on their bikes?

Russian musicians have been appropriating hip hop culture since the early ‘90s, but it’s only in recent years that the scene has flourished, prompting big brands to pay close attention to the genre. What has pushed rap up from the underground and to the top of Russia’s musical food chain?