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Photo Contest Winners: 'Weekday Warrior' Channel
Friday, February 03rd, 2012 at 11:32am
Shoot it! Five amateur photographers have landed a prize from Köppen via our contest on a new section of the site, "Weekday Warrior," which highlights outdoor-adventure activities you can do in your neighborhood and near home.
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Performance Art: Handmade Abstract Wooden Snowboards
Friday, February 03rd, 2012 at 08:15am
Bizarre handmade snowboards created by Corey Smith are part art, part performance product made for shredding the deep white. For $500, you can buy one of these hand-shaped, hand-painted wooden boards from Smith's Spring Break Snowboards upstart.
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Bike, Run, Hike: New Do-All Shoe
Thursday, February 02nd, 2012 at 12:39pm
Most mountain-biking footwear cannot masquerade as trail shoes. But Pearl Izumi set out to do just that when it launched its X-Alp series several years ago. We got the latest version to test.
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Primo Bike Tool has Lock-in-Place Components
Wednesday, February 01st, 2012 at 11:15am
$70 for a simple bike tool? That's the proposition with the Pica+ from Crank Bros., a new product that has lock-in-place "indexed" components and a 5-year warranty against defect. We gave it an on-the-trail repair test.
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Stove Burns Wood, Charges USB-Powered Gadgets on Side
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 at 11:53am
BioLite stoves burn wood, heat water, and generate electricity to charge phones, lights, GPS devices, and other devices on the side. Will this "flame-for-electricity" concept eliminate a need for solar or extra batteries on backcountry trips?
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SIA Trade Show: 'Snow Gear' for 2012/13
Monday, January 30th, 2012 at 09:22am
Our reporter spent three days at the SIA Snow Show in Denver this past weekend, a trade event where hundreds of companies exhibit new goods. Here is our second report from the show, a few items that caught this "snow junkie's" eye.
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Survive, Elude Capture in new TV Show to win Money
Monday, January 30th, 2012 at 09:07am
U.K.-based Off The Fence Productions will film a TV show this year in the wilds of Georgia that's part game show, part outdoor-adventure production. The premise: Participants must run, hide, swim and generally elude capture for 48 hours straight.
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Ultimate Multi-Sport! 12 Activities in One Long Day
Friday, January 27th, 2012 at 09:28am
Twelve sports in one day to celebrate the new year of 2012. That was the premise of a recent feat taken on by Team GearJunkie/YogaSlackers members Jason and Chelsey Magness. From yoga to swimming to mountain biking, see the full schedule of the duo's long day in the video here.
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SIA Snow Show: Ski Gear Sneak Peek
Thursday, January 26th, 2012 at 02:46pm
It has been something of a dry winter in the Rocky Mountains, but that hasn’t tempered the enthusiasm for the SIA Snow Show, opening today in Denver. GearJunkie is there to give some perspective and highlight new products to be seen on the ski slopes next year.
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Not Tights, Not a Wetsuit. . . 'Water Pants' are Something Else
Thursday, January 26th, 2012 at 10:06am
Filling a niche between a wetsuit and a drysuit, the Barrier Pants from Season Five borrow fabric technology from the world of wintertime outerwear. Our editor tests the pants on an icy Oregon river during a series of surfski paddling sessions this month.
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