Nikon Ignored Women And People Are Pissed
When Nikon created a team of 32 pro photographers to tout its D850 camera, it didn’t include a single women. People are not happy.
Ditch Your Phone: Apple’s New Smartwatch Goes Cellular
Fitness tracking, phone calls, texts, navigation, and heart rate monitoring on your wrist: Apple’s Series 3 Smartwatch just might be the greatest sports and outdoors wearable yet.
Simpler Straps: Nite Ize Reinvents The Tie-Down
No more pinched fingers, tough adjustments, or twisted straps. Those are goals with a new Nite Ize product line.
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Leatherman’s First Watch: A Time-Telling Toolbox
Leatherman adds one more function to its Tread multi-tool/bracelet: A watch face to tell time.
Identify Mountain Peaks, Navigate In Real Time With ‘ViewRanger’ App
Smartphones are powerful navigation tools right out of the box. But an app called ViewRanger can make them all the more useful.
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10 Tips To Improve Your Outdoor Photography
Zoom with your feet, ditch your buddy, delete the sky—the keys to taking great pictures may sound strange, but they can save you from dumping money into expensive gear you don’t need.
Meet The Filmmaker Trying To Save The Planet
James Q. Martin travels all over the world to document wild places and conservation efforts. Simply put, his films and photos help save Mother Earth.
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Spoke Shocks: Radical MTB Suspension Concept
One designer wants to increase shock absorption in mountain bikes by replacing standard spokes with shock-absorbing coils. Triple the shocks, triple the fun!
A First: Running Shoes Made From ‘Algae Foam’
By using algae instead of standard foam, producing these shoes helps the environment.
$450 Rugged Camera: Five Upgrades And One Surprise
Shockproof, waterproof, crushproof, freezeproof: the list goes on for Olympus’s TG-5 camera. And the price isn’t bad either.
Future Bike: Stronger-Than-Steel Fiber Enters Frame Builds
A new composite stronger than steel, but so light it floats on water could revolutionize bike frames.
First Look: Suunto Spartan Sport Wrist HR
A next-generation outdoors/exercise watch, the Spartan Sport Wrist HR is a 24/7 activity tracker with a built-in heart rate monitor and GPS.
Lightweight, Photochromic: ‘Fyre’ Cycling Glasses Review
From noon to night, the 2017 line of Ryders ‘Fyre’ cycling glasses pack a lot of features into an all-conditions, anytime lens. And the price reflects it.
Sci-Fi Ascent: Firm Calls For Route Up Tallest Mountain On Mars
Is this a new frontier… or a sci-fi fantasy? A group of future-minded scientists want your help in making Martian exploration, and recreation, a reality.
GoPro Pivots, Gets ‘Spherical’ With New Camera
The Fusion is said to capture every angle simultaneously ‘as though you had six GoPro cameras fused into one.’
Altra’s First ‘Smart Shoe’ Will Change The Way You Run
Years in development, Utah-based Altra adds a set of sensors to one of its flagship shoes. We ran 40 miles for a first review.
One Month Only: Trade In Old GoPro, Save On Upgrade
‘Dented, dinged, destroyed? No problem.’ GoPro will give you up to $100 for your old camera and ship you a new Hero5.
Future Kicks: Adidas’ Latest Shoe ‘Grown With Light’
Adidas will soon use projected light to “grow” a running shoe midsole from liquid resin and oxygen. The shoe will be widely available, with more than 100,000 produced.
PrimaLoft Expands Aerogel Insulation for Fall
Aerogel is almost weightless and humanity’s best-known insulator. A new product from Primaloft brings this wonder substance to the outdoors industry.
Watch This Fabric Transform From Shirt To Puffy
Imagine a light shirt that automatically puffs out into a jacket when the temperatures drop. The textile lab Othermaterials is working on a fabric to do just that.
GoPro: ‘We Failed To Align With Smartphone’
Massive staff layoffs, a drone recall, and a lowering stock price… GoPro certainly has had its setbacks. But for 2017, Founder and CEO Nick Woodman has a new plan.
Crash-Proof: ‘Indestructible’ Drone Springs Back To Shape
Hover, crash, repeat. This drone bounces back again and again with no damage.
Radical New Device Measures All Motion For Cyclists
Years in the making, a startup company sees its ‘wearable motion measurement tool’ as the next big thing for biking (and beyond).
Could A Drone Be The Future Of Pollination?
A team of researchers in Japan put drones to the test doing the job of insects. The result was a successfully pollinated flower.
‘Slipstream’ Site Is Netflix For Outdoors Films
With more than 300 adventure films and exclusive access to pay-per-view movies, Slipstream is the video streaming site for the outdoors-film junkie.
World’s Most Expensive Gear
A $500,000 road bike, $5,500 tent, and $4,000 swiss army knife. Here, GearJunkie surveys the most expensive outdoors gear ever made.
Future Gear: Award-Winners At Munich’s ISPO 2017
These outdoors products won the most prestigious award at Europe’s largest stage for new gear.
‘Performance Aviators’ Are Made for Sport
A new brand, ROKA, launched with aviator sunglasses you can wear for running or other fast-moving sports.
First Look: Inflatable Solar Lantern Charges Your Phone
Charge it with the sun, throw it in water, light up your camp with LuminAID’s 200 sq ft. solar charged inflatable light.
Tested: Burly Outdoor Speaker Delivers Massive Sound
The EcoBoulder Bluetooth speaker is entirely waterproof, dustproof, and ready for just about anything your wild outdoor party can throw at it.
Fleeting Beauty: Photo Project Captures Arctic Melting
Timo Lieber displays beautiful unseen images of arctic ice melting in his new exhibit, THAW.
