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.
In this third look at the latest gear from the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market trade show I have uncovered stylish sunglasses made for fishermen, water…
Not your typical Stephen Regenold adventure-journalism fare here, but in today’s New York Times I wrote about the hobby of rendezvous re-enactment, a gig where…
Since the dawn of motorized transit, deep jungle and high mountains haven’t stopped humans from trying to lay roads through the planet’s most treacherous terrain.…
This short article features five over-the-top athletics products that’ll purportedly be employed by Olympians next week in Beijing. My favorite is the Nike track shoe…
Interesting story this week on Inc. magazine’s website. It’s a profile of Newton Running, the shoe company out of Boulder, Colo. Great background and all…
This feature story profiles Andy Knapp of Minneapolis, a 59-year-old adventurer who’s climbed Denali, biked solo to Alaska, kayaked alone across Lake Superior, and is…
Introducing “The Gear Junkie Scoop,” a new weekly column on OutsideMag.com that will cover news, hot products, and to-be-released gear and apparel from all corners…
This story is about a different type of adventure travel. Namely, “extraterrestrial tourism” is a broad term for any type of travel involving the weird,…
From portable hot-water spigots to tent pegs topped with pink flamingos, this is the first in a two-part column on luxury-oriented camping gear. None of…
Arc’teryx will release multiple collections of aerobic-oriented apparel and outerwear with its spring 2009 line. This is a sneak peek, from tights and running tops…
Horny Toad and Instructables.com have introduced the “Invent-a-Sport” Contest, a competition seeking descriptions, photos and video clips of real or imagined fringe sports or outdoors…
Run with your dog. Let him pull. That’s the premise behind canicross, a dog-sledding derivative that milks maximum propulsion via a canine-connected cord to rocket…
Fresh Bath Travel Wipes are a “sponge-bath solution for the adventure set.” Clean your dirtbag body dreads to toes with these aloe vera/potassium sorbate-infused towelettes,…
