Climbing and outdoor brand Black Diamond Inc. announced it will acquire POC Sweden AB, a Stockholm-based maker of helmets and protective gear for action sports.…
We rarely cover business news. But an industry announcement this afternoon caught our attention. Vibram USA Inc.’s President and CEO, Tony Post, has announced he…
This past weekend, a GearJunkie writer tackled Colorado’s Vail Pass Half Marathon, a 13.7-mile footrace that climbs to an alpine finish line at an altitude…
Immense crowds of screaming spectators this past weekend at the Teva Mountain Games sealed the deal for us. The “sport” of slacklining, an activity born…
Just when we thought the messenger craze could not get bigger, Columbia Pictures announces “Premium Rush,” a feature film about a messenger in Manhattan being…
Team GearJunkie/YogaSlackers’ members (the YogaSlackers half!) have just released a new video, “How to Highline.” The setting is a taut line of webbing strung between…
GearJunkie.com is onsite in Vail, Colo., this week to cover the 11th annual Teva Mountain Games, a festival touted as the “nation’s largest celebration of…
Our Denver-based contributor, Sean McCoy, signs on the dotted line to commit to the GORE-TEX TransRockies Run, a six-day stage race this August in Colorado…
Taking influence from the realms of BMX, skateboarding, and trials riding, the activity of fixed-gear freestyle puts riders on brake-less bikes with just one gear.…
A plan to climb Mount Everest’s West Ridge route has been canceled due to unsafe climbing conditions. Now Conrad Anker and other National Geographic Expedition…
