With requisite bombast, at a press conference this weekend Columbia Sportswear debuted a fabric technology purported to offer “a whole new category of clothing” that…
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…
