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Dual Snowboards Create a New Meaning For Splitboard 4 Jan 2013 | 07:16 am
Splitboards typically refer to boards that are split down the length of the board, turning into two skis for ascending mountains. Dual Snowboards has what you could call a downhill splitboard. The boa...
The Gifts You Really Wanted: New Gear and Fear for a New Year 3 Jan 2013 | 03:00 am
The holidays are over. The family is back home (thankfully). The leftovers are tucked neatly in the way back of the fridge (better get rid of those). Once again, it's officially life as we know it. O...
5 “Big Gifts” For the Outdoor Lover 18 Dec 2012 | 07:21 am
Growing up, the patriarchs of my family made a Christmas tradition of the “big gift." Similar to Ralphie’s father saving the Official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model air rifle until afte...
Forget the Pot...The Kelly Kettle is a Smarter Way to Boil Water 15 Dec 2012 | 07:01 am
At the summer's Outdoor Retailer, I came across a new piece of gear that is actually more than a century old. The Kelly Kettle was invented in Ireland in the 1890s but is just now making it over to th...
Review: Baffin Scott, a Great Apres Ski Shoe 14 Dec 2012 | 07:53 am
For the past several years, I've been looking for the ideal apres ski shoe - essentially a I've warm, waterproof shoe that I could get on and off easily without dunking my foot in cold, muddy ski-park...
Recon Instruments Skydiving GPS Goggles 14 Dec 2012 | 02:46 am
Recon Instruments has already revolutionized the way we track vert, distance and other measures on the ski slopes, now it's leaping off the mountain. Recon's new Flight HUD goggles use the sensor a...
Cuissential SlickBoil Collapsible Kettle 26 Oct 2012 | 06:27 am
Ordinarily I don't buy outdoor gear at kitchen supply stores, but the Cuissential SlickBoil looks pretty..well, slick. Like those collapsible cups that some people use for camping and backpacking, onl...
Old Brands Become New Faces In the Winter Outerwear Market 28 Sep 2012 | 03:30 am
After much of ski country suffered one of the warmest, most disappointing winters on record, hope is on the horizon. The 2012-13 is weeks away, and hopefully it proves a little colder and snowier than...
Grill Gadgets and Essentials 20 Sep 2012 | 03:26 am
For me, grilling is a year-round affair. Whether it's a blizzardy, 0-degree night in January or a warm, humid afternoon in June, dinner (and lunch) tastes better when served sizzling and smoking off t...
New GSI Accessories Bring Single Malt to Camp 1 Sep 2012 | 01:22 am
GSI is adding to its already impressive line of alcohol-in-the-wild accessories. The 750-ml Highland Fifth ($9.95) and 275-ml Highland Flask ($5.95) are basically just repackaged Scotch versions of GS...