Winter Kayak Gear Test

It’s January 17, white and cold in Minneapolis. But I’ve got a race to prepare for. Here are a couple shots from my icy training…

Gearing up for Patagonia

Gear Junkie prepares for the Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race, a weeklong endurance event next month through Tierra del Fuego, Chile.

Ultra-Sil Day Pack

This strange, crinkly “siliconized” Cordura nylon backpack stuffs down to a size smaller than a baseball.

Patagonian Edu Page

Our new Edu page was made for teens, kids and anyone else interested in the Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race and the vast wilderness in which…

In-Goggle Camera

The to-be-released Summit Series Snow Camera Goggle embeds a small camera above a goggle lens to enable a skiers’-eye-view for captured images and video.

CrossFit Workout

Touted as an ultimate workout — and popular with police forces and military teams — the CrossFit regimen is being embraced by average exercisers. The…

Snow Density Gauge

Small enough to fit in a jacket pocket, the Brooks-Range Pocket Snow Density Gauge can help determine if snow is avalanche prone.

Outdoor Kids Book

Eugene Buchanan, a father and outdoorsman, wrote a book to help parents get their kids excited about the outdoors.

Strata Multi-Tool

Gerber’s new tool includes a saw, scissors, file, knife and the unlikely addition of a “retail package opener.”

Boy Scout Tent

In honor of the Boy Scouts of America’s 100th anniversary, Eureka revamped a long-time Boy Scout favorite tent.

Year’s Best Gear

Behold the Gear Junkie’s “Top 10 Gear Picks,” a best-of-the-best list culled from the dozens of products reviewed on the site each year!

Sled with Skis

An Austrian company touts a different type of downhill experience with its ski-quipped sled.

1% For the Planet CD

This compilation CD features more than 40 artists. It costs $10 and raises money for environmental nonprofits around the world.

Trail Running in 2010

iRunFar.com, a blog that covers trail running and ultra events, asked athletes and industry insiders “What are you most looking forward to in 2010?”

Weird Two-Wheelers

Like a two-wheeled jackalope, these mechanical platypuses put the “loco” in locomotion. Oh, and Happy New Year, all!

Ergon Bike Grips

Can you gain on-bike performance from handlebar grips? Writer Jason Magness says Ergon grips changed his mountain biking life.

Nat Geo Archive

National Geographic digitized 120 years of magazines on a 160-gigabyte hard drive that’s available to anyone.

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