Smith Maze Helmet

The Maze helmet weighs only 11.5 ounces, making it the lightest snow helmet in the snowsports world, according to Smith.

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Never Summer Summit Custom Split

Snowshoes and snowboards go together like peanut butter and jelly in the backcountry. But to get where you’re going quicker there’s nothing like a splitboard.

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Stuffits Shoe Savers

Everyone has at least one riding buddy who has a pair of kicks that clear a room. Three words for those folks: Stuffits Shoe Savers.

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Arbor Wasteland

If Lemmy from Motorhead rode a snowboard, the man known for playing at deafening volumes and lightning speed would chose the Arbor Wasteland.

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$20 Ski Rack

Penny-pinching ski bums will embrace Raxstars’ new $20 ski carrier, which attaches to a vehicle’s luggage rack and is small enough to store in a…

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K2 Ski Descent

Dave Watson, a climber and mountain guide, skidded into the record books this year with a daring ski descent on K2, a 28,251-foot “pyramid of…

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Saucony ViZi-PRO line

Be seen. Saucony introduces “high chroma-fluorescent orange-red” running wear. So bright it almost hurts to look at.

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Adventure Racing Redux

In an effort to “turn a page in the sport of adventure racing,” a new program offers an alternative to the long-standard USARA rankings and…

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Ibis “Phlegm”-Color ‘Cross Bike

In homage to the Flemish tradition of kicking rear in the sport of cyclocross, Ibis offers its Hakkalügi bike. (Pronounced: “hock-a-loogie.”)

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Viking Edition Beard Head

Stay warm this winter with a ski mask that keeps you toasty and amuses with, get this, an add-on mustache feature.

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Jeans for Biking

Jeans for pedaling are back! This is thanks to casual looking but well-designed pants like Osloh’s Pedal.

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Shower in a Spray Bottle

For bike commuters who don’t have access or time for a proper shower: Rocket Shower.

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P.R.O. Lobster Wind Mitt

Pearl Izumi’s new mitts convert from full-finger biking gloves to windproof lobsters via fabric stashed under a back-of-the-hand pocket.

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Review: New Balance MT100

The feathery MT100 shoes, New Balance’s latest trail flat, weigh half what “lightweight” shoes from other companies might measure on a scale. This is the…

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Novara Transfer Bike

The 2010 Novara Transfer may be the Honda Civic of bikes. At $649, it comes with an internally-geared 7-speed hub, fenders, a rear rack, and…

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NYT: Pack Raft story

Pack rafting, an outdoors activity with roots in aviator survival boats from World War II, is the topic of my travel article in today’s New…

Written by Stephen Regenold

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