$150 Winter Sleeping Bag

It’s the time of year for. . . winter camping! A new bargain-priced, -20 sleeping bag from High Peak is put to the test in…

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Gear for 2 Million Feet

Greg Hill is a man on a mission to ski 2 million total vertical feet by his own power during the calendar year of 2010.…

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Chris King Espresso Tamper

The Chris King Espresso Tamper is not just the product of a bike designer dabbling in the coffee world. It was made as a collaboration…

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Team GJ Heading back to Patagonia!

Captained by Gear Junkie founder Stephen Regenold, and with the YogaSlackers adventure group as teammates, the four-person Team GearJunkie.com is heading back to Chile and…

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Ultimate Winter Shoe

La Sportiva’s CROSSOVER GTX makes a stride toward the title of “ultimate winter shoe.” Gear Junkie gives the $150 trail runner a two-week trial run.

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SPOT on a Keychain

The latest product from SPOT LLC, an “asset protection” package made for the boating market, has GPS-enabling controls that fit on a key fob.

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Babes in Bike Helmets Calendar

Prohab Helmet Society, an organization in Vancouver, B.C., has a 2011 calendar that strives to make supporting helmet use on bikes sexy and fun.

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VFF Contest, part II

For our ‘SPOT the Holiday’ promotion this week, we’re giving away another pair of Vibram FiveFingers minimalist shoes. Enter to win the TrekSport or Bikila…

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Winner! FiveFingers Contest

With more than 1,000 responses to our latest ‘SPOT the Holiday’ contest, which gave away a pair of Vibram FiveFingers shoes, we were somewhat overwhelmed…

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$2,000 Bike Pedals?

Computerized bike pedals are the rage with Polar, Look and Garmin, companies that have announced sensor-equipped pedals for 2011. Rumors say costs could rocket up…

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Magnet-Equipped Jacket/Vest

Touting the uncommon feature of “removable raglan sleeves attached with magnets,” the Versa proves to be a solid cycling and aerobic shell jacket from Sugoi.…

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Holiday-Theme Energy Food

Some Christmas spirit with your energy gel? Clif Bar & Company and GU Energy Labs unveiled holiday-themed energy foodstuffs last month.

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Sandals made from Wine Corks

Looking to justify that next glass of wine? SOLE and ReCORK are teaming up to give recycled wine corks another life as “upcycled” sandals and…

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$4,000 Sunglasses!

Oakley’s Space-Age sunglasses are made of solid carbon fiber with a titanium spine. Total weight? 42 grams.

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‘SPOT Holiday’ FiveFingers Prize

‘Tis the season for. . . FiveFingers shoes? That’s right, for our “SPOT the Holiday” promotion this week and next we’re giving away two pair…

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Headphone-Equipped Hoodie

Never leave the house without your earbuds. Rusty’s Wired Series sweatshirts include embedded earphones on the shirts’ drawcords. Machine-washable, to boot!

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Review: ContourGPS

Recording location, speed, elevation plus HD video, Contour’s new model is the industry’s first “GPS-enabled” helmet camera. Writer T.C. Worley gave it a test this…

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Jones Hovercraft Snowboard

Jones Snowboards reinvents the powder-board game with its Hovercraft, a deep-snow ride that won’t break the bank.

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Extreme Ski. . . Michigan!

Mount Bohemia, a tiny ski resort at the tip of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula, offers chutes, glades, cliffs, and other forms of expert terrain heretofore absent…

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Fold-Up Paratrooper Bike

The foldable Paratrooper bike was originally built for parachuting soldiers. Today, Montague sells it to the U.S. military and common citizens alike.

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World’s Lightest Ski Bindings?

No, that’s not a bear trap. It’s La Sportiva’s svelte and ultra-light backcountry ski binding, new to the U.S. and Canadian markets next month!

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‘SPOT the Holiday’ Contests

Win big this Holiday Season! With Thanksgiving, “Black Friday,” and other holiday foshizzle coming to light this week, our ‘SPOT the Holiday’ promotion is humming!

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Backcountry Powder Park

“Park features with powder landings” — that’s the premise at Smith Optics’ private freeride paradise, an 800-acre park in Idaho on the site of an…

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‘Follow Me’ Film

If you haven’t kept up with the level that modern freeride mountain biking is now at, then this film is going to drop your jaw!

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‘Top 10’ Gear of 2010

Drum roll. . . GearJunkie’s annual ‘Top 10’ Gear picks award the best of the best outdoors equipment after a year of use and abuse…

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Nat Geo Maps on Small Screen

U.K. company has goal to make “paper maps” viewable on a GPS screen. In a partnership with National Geographic, the company can now display all…

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Saucony ProGrid Kinvara

Gear Junkie put 100+ miles on this shoe for a test. Conclusions? The shoe “rides a thin line between speed and support” where daily training…

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Crank Bros. 29er Wheelset

Bike lust alert! We test Crank Bros. new bling wheels to see if performance can keep up with the wheels’ tech and handsome looks.

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Burton/Adidas Outerwear Collab

A new collaboration by Adidas and Burton is a clean and classic outerwear and apparel line. It just may make you reconsider what “Adidas” as…

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Hardshell Jacket ‘Rebirth’ in 2011?

Will 2011 mark the rebirth of the waterproof-breathable jacket? A slew of recent news from Polartec, Mountain Hardwear, Columbia, and Gore points to substantial upgrades…

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