Stephen Regenold is the founder of GearJunkie, which he launched as a newspaper column at age 25 in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Regenold cut his teeth producing a quarterly ‘zine at the University of Minnesota’s Journalism School and then as a reporter for a business magazine.
Regenold launched GearJunkie.com in 2006, and for years, he covered the outdoors and adventure space, including as a correspondent for the New York Times. With the NYT, Regenold published more than 50 articles, writing first-person accounts from remote geographies spanning from northern Ontario to the Actun Tunichil Muknal cave in Belize.
Stephen is also a proud adventure racer. His semi-pro team then won the U.S. Adventure Racing Championship in 2012. Regenold has trekked to Mount Everest and climbed the highest volcano in Iceland. He staked first-ascent climbs in Canada and also (hilariously) won the 2013 Brompton U.S. Championships on a tiny, fold-up British bike.
GearJunkie was eventually acquired by AllGear Digital in 2020, and Stephen remains on as VP of Strategy. Beyond work and the outdoors, Regenold is the father of five kids and serves as a coach on their school’s NICA mountain bike team. He and his wife, Tara, live in Minneapolis.
Clean drinking water in the wilderness is never guaranteed. In this roundup review, Gear Junkie looks at a half-dozen purification products made for the outdoors.
With a 26.2-mile course and 3,000+ feet of elevation gain, the National College Blue Ridge Marathon, in Roanoke, Va., has been dubbed “America’s Toughest Road…
Custom sizes, medical-grade silicone tips, and a “sweat-proof” design make Yurbuds among the most unique sports earphones available. Gear Junkie gives them a test.
GearJunkie’s own Stephen Regenold and T.C. Worley present live this weekend at the Midwest Mountaineering Outdoor Adventure Expo in Minneapolis. Topic is the Wenger Patagonian…
With hollow titanium rails, a “shock-absorbing” base, and a women’s-specific design — all for just $80 — this saddle peaked our tester’s interest from the…
Two members of Team GearJunkie/YogaSlackers are in New Zealand this month. This video highlights their fast, half-day run to complete the country’s famous Kepler Track.
Bike chains have been standard equipment for decades. Belt drives, which employ polyurethane embedded with carbon-fiber cords, give bikers a new choice.
Lance Armstrong recently bought in to become part of the ownership team at this small Colorado-based company. Gear Junkie taste tests the Honey Stinger line…
