Thule’s Load & Go products manage gear inside your vehicle. Load & Go products, which include pouches, duffle bags, specialized boxes, bags and containers, range…
Traction products are far from standard-fare business baggage. Indeed, the line—which includes a backpack, two messenger-style bags and a pair of small pseudo-attaches—borrows design touches…
HOOAH! bars are a crossmarket product created by the U.S. military. In this Gear Junkie column—“Energy bars, the quantitative view”—I review the HOOAH! and a…
In today’s New York Times, I paddle into the “million spindly legs of a mangrove swamp” in search of vine-covered ruins, dropped jewels, crocodiles, and…
The sport of “Speedriding” (which has been called “speed gliding” or “ski gliding” as well) is a kiteskiing-like discipline. A new product from the Italian…
Metaphysics rarely intertwines with physical fitness. But it sure does here. Companies dabbling in the alchemy include Primaloft, Hologenix LLC, Cocoon and Wickers Sportswear Inc.,…
Of all my years of whacko ultra-endurance adventure, 2006 might just prove itself to be my magnum opus. From the eight-day Primal Quest Adventure Race…
This shoe is an odd animal. Made for orienteering and off-piste mountain running, the Inov-8 Mudclaw comes with one of the industry’s most aggressive outsoles:…
The WheelyBeast 2.0 is a 7,200-cubic-inches large colossus that takes in ski boots, skates, tents, pads, climbing ropes, collapsed kayak paddles, and weeks’ worth of…
It’s almost Adventure Bike season up here in the Far North! I’ve been investigating the “trend” of fat-tire adventure bikes this week, which are bikes…
Foggy lenses, sweaty frames, mud splats on glass—all are common complications of wearing glasses in the great outdoors. But companies like Smith Optics and Julbo…
In a letter addressed to all “Ultra cycling participants worldwide,” Anna Catharina Berge and Paul Skilbeck have made a call for the establishment of an…
