BLOG
Freedive Excursion – Point Cooke
To The Homestead With the Mornington Peninsula drawing most of the attention, a couple of freedive buddies recently found good reason to travel west in search of marine entertainment. Coerced by the power of adventure we prepared to visit the Point Cooke Marine...
Chasing Crab Migration
On the March Each year in the waters of Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, the march of the spider crabs takes place during April-June. For years I've been eager to see this phenomenon as it plays out under the cover of the bay. Each year I'm stumped by schedule clashes or...
What it takes
A little while back my friend JC was on the verge of returning home to Adelaide for Xmas from Melbourne. A keen cyclist, keener on going up rather than anything else and in the shortest and steepest fashion possible, especially off-road, he has a certain knack for the...
Cycling elegance, sans helmet?
“…many European researchers say the test of a mature bike-sharing program is when women outnumber men.” NY Times, Sept 2012. From the Article: To Encourage Biking Cities Forget About Helmets The other day I was aghast to read that Melbourne’s Bicycle Scheme is losing...
Collioure. A place to hide, ride and escape
Over the weekend I ran into an old friend and by chance we meandered through the conversation to discover we’d narrowly missed paths 7 months earlier in the little publicised French seaside town of Collioure. He’d cycled about 1000kms and gained 23,000 metres in...
Coming up for air
After immersing in the depths, this is a reminder that we all need to come up for air and breathe up before diving in deep again.
Each goal starts with a pedal stroke
Every mountain climb starts and ends with the same thing, a revolution of the cranks, a pedal stroke. What’s the significance in that? It is but such a small effort, but it’s not just a lever propelled by a shapely leg to get you over the top, often it’s a lever...
Local knowledge and lingo
Fancy a Frenchman telling you that there’s a great adventure to be had in Spain, and he knows just where it is. Stranger things have happened, but thank goodness for local knowledge. Rodolfo, a very accomplished cyclist who resides in one of the most delightful of...
Starting with a lap of Tasmania
The Lap What’s certain is that the five-week tour will start with a lap of Tasmania. Clockwise starting at Devonport. That’s okay, but that’s not really the start. To get to the real start there’s some backtracking to do. Backtracking Let’s first reverse the overnight...
Cycling’s Big Question: What for?
Just riding along, (or JRA) and that big question lobs up once again “What am I doing this for?”. Most profoundly it appears during the middle of a long hard race or as a car door almost takes you out. Some way up a mountain when the view is already teasing you with...
Browse
Welcome
Hi! I’m Marlon.
Since 2014, Marlon Quinn – Fluid Movement Outdoors, has been a trusted leader for those seeking a better life with breathwork.
The Breathlog blog is for discerning individuals who value authenticity over trend, and purpose over speed. My philosophy represents the modern pursuit of Friluftsliv—a life lived intentionally at the intersection of mountain, sea, and craft. By combining physical mastery with functional European heritage design, I curate material and experiences that prove sophistication is not about luxury, but about deep connection, quiet competence, and living in rhythm with the natural world, breath by breath in fluid movement outdoors.
The Journalism & Philosophy
Narrative dispatches, travel expeditions, and philosophical case studies from the field. For those who seek inspiration and high-level strategic insights.
Subscribe to the Dispatches
Enter your email address below to receive direct updates to your inbox.
THE BREATHLOG
Subscribe
Narrative dispatches, travel expeditions, and philosophical case studies from the field. For those who seek inspiration and high-level strategic insights.
Recent Comments