Johnson Outdoors Inc. is a recreational conglomerate that oversees such well-known water sports brands as Old Town, Ocean Kayak, Carlisle, Escape, Extrasport and Necky. Over…
A small tent really has no place at the common drive-up campsite. For car camping, you want a cavernous, feature-full, stand-up-and-stretch-out nylon lodge with pockets,…
Brunton’s SolarRoll products are flexible plastic sheets with embedded solar paneling made for powering electronic equipment deep in the wilderness. The rolls weigh less than…
Poking at coals and roasting marshmallows — requisite campfire idleness and tomfoolery — are as integral to the outdoors experience as any epic hike in…
As I prepare for a long season of backpacking, orienteering, adventure racing and general outdoors exploration, maps are on my mind. They’re also sprawled out…
The ubiquitous polycarbonate water bottle is the canteen of the 21rst century. But these colorful plastic vessels, made by companies like Nalgene and GSI Outdoors,…
There comes a time in the lifecycle of a bike when the cost to replace certain components becomes unjustifiable. New derailleurs, chainrings, cranks, bottom brackets,…
This minimalist day pack, which weighs 10 ounces and costs only $25, is made of lightweight and water resistant silicone-infused nylon. It has no frame,…
Perhaps you’ve seen them walking through the park, striding earnestly, poles pumping at their sides, skiers without any snow. Perhaps you’ve snickered or offered a…
Until the early ’90s, Styrofoam cups and food containers were the norm in the restaurant business. Now, recycled paper products dominate, being pushed into popular…
Clothing of the future will do much more for athletes than simply protect from the elements and regulate body temperature. Precise fit, ergonomic alignment, muscle…
In the early ’90s, Shane Cooper brought together the unlikely bedfellows of bike racing and sock knitting to create Defeet International. Cooper, who was a…
Talk to any group of well-traveled people and the stories of surreptitiously lifted purses, picked pockets and swiped backpacks will eventually start to propagate the…
Most of my outdoors cohorts wear athletics tights for sports like mountain biking, backpacking, and adventure racing. Though you’ll catch me in tights on occasion,…
While the popularity boom of digital-audio devices like the Apple iPod has allowed people to easily take music with them for training sessions and outdoor…
In a former life, Greg Adelman designed optical instrumentation for Scripps Institution of Oceanography and worked on engineering projects for the U.S. military and NATO.
Brunton has taken the decades-old concept of canned heat and added a couple crucial modern twists. The company’s new line of GreenHeat fuel canisters, which…
