Lightweight yet rugged and large, the to-be-released Crown 60 is set for fully-geared weekend backpacking trips or minimalists who are loaded with the bulk of…
Part online game, part participatory adventure, GearJunkie’s ‘Checkpoint: SPOT’ treasure hunt this week opens up to smartphone users! Check-in at locations around the U.S. to…
The international athletic juggernaut that is Adidas has acquired Five Ten, a Redlands, Calif., brand known most for its rock climbing shoes. For $25 million,…
Cotton kills? No longer, according to Polarmax, which touts a new treatment that makes old-fashioned cotton a viable material for performance wear. In this column,…
British survivalist star Bear Grylls of “Man vs. Wild” television fame has a namesake line of knives and survival products made by Gerber Legendary Blades.…
Our writer Jason Magness, a yoga instructor as well as a competitive outdoor athlete, tests a new kit of massage-mimicking tools from Trigger Point, a…
Pearl Izumi this fall launched a social media project called “Unsanctioned Racing” with a goal to motivate runners, cyclists and adventure racers to create their…
Team GearJunkie/YogaSlackers took 6th place in last weekend’s Checkpoint Tracker Adventure Racing Championships. This video recaps the low and high points from the event, where…
Our third video episode this fall on fast-and-light adventure debuts today. The video, “The Hardest Hiking Trail in the East,” covers a journey that starts…
Gear Junkie founder Stephen Regenold tested more than two-dozen jackets in 2011 for this site as well as Outside magazine, for which he coordinated the…
We’re staking a claim: The Gear Junkie’s “Treasure Hunt: Roanoke” event is the biggest outdoor gear giveaway consolidated each year anywhere in the world. Here…
A crisp morning in downtown Roanoke, Va., welcomed serious racers and first-time participants to our second annual “Treasure Hunt: Roanoke” event. Here is our recap…
Congrats to all participants in our 2011 “Treasure Hunt: Roanoke” event! Here are the official tallied race results with name, course time, and overall rank.…
It took a couple years and more than 3,000 “tweets,” but today GearJunkie’s Twitter account passed a milestone with the addition of its 10,000th follower.
After a long year of races stretching from South America to British Columbia, our very own Team GearJunkie/YogaSlackers this week heads to the season-ending grand…
Last fall, the U.S. National Singlespeed Championships was won on a mid-level Specialized bike with a frameset that costs just $450. In this article we…
Ski industry big boys Atomic and Salomon this winter will unveil a binding made for backcountry and “sidecountry” enthusiasts. A free-heel mode grants uphill mobility…
Specialized has signed on as a major sponsor for our second annual “Treasure Hunt: Roanoke,” which takes place this coming Sunday, October 23, in Roanoke,…
General Motors’ ad campaign urged people to “Stop pedaling…start driving,” and it offered a smirking girl in a car looking out at an embarrassed college…
