Not everyone wants to show it all when they run. Slit-up-the-side, three-inch inseam, built-in underwear, nearly-a-speedo running shorts are about as revealing as you can get in public without getting arrested.
If that's not your look, Brooks Running is now making the Board Short, a pair of running shorts just for you. They look and feel like surf shorts, with a classic lace-up fly, a modern plaid print, and a full nine inches of inseam in a super supple stretchy fabric that won't get hung up as you click off the miles.
The shorts are so light, our tester reported, "more than once I looked down to make sure that I was still actually
wearing something." In the Board Short, you'll be unencumbered and you'll dry fast—it's DWR coated—whether you're running, hiking,
swimming, or cycling. Wear them all day long.
On Friday, December 21, big-wave surfer Greg Long suffered a wipeout on a giant wave at Cortes Bank. In the aftermath, he fought through a three-wave hold down before losing consciousness in the water. A detailed report from ESPN described the full incident on December 24. Here is part of their account:
Long—a repeat Billabong XXL winner who's also taken the Maverick's
contest—was forced off his board when fellow surfer Garrett McNamara
unknowingly dropped in on him, blocking Long's line and causing both
men to tumble into the deep. The massive wave the pair paddled into
(about 25 feet, according to on-location photographer Frank Quirarte)
pinned Long down through a rapid series of bombs and knocked the wind
out of him, preventing him from catching his breath whenever he managed
to break through the wash.
Here's a short video that might influence how you spend some of your time: 70-year-old Spaniard Juan Giriber recounting his first drop into a tube. The clip is a teaser for The Old, The Young, and The Sea, a documentary about a filmmaking team's 16-week journey along the European coast in two VW buses looking for characters who ride waves and protect the ocean.
Senior year at the University of Colorado, Boulder was a big one for Jeff Popp.
That was the year when, as captain of the U.C. snowboard team, he was honored as
a first-team All-American. It was also the year that he decided to avoid the “white
collar path” and start an outdoor company. Popp graduated from Boulder and singled out backpacks as the category that could most benefit from a makeover.
And, just like that, Mile High Mountaineering (MHM) was born.
The
company offers a small but solid line of packs sized and purposed for
everything from urban commuting to multi-day trekking. For the past few months
we’ve been putting MHM’s 34-liter Salute Pack—the flagship of their
line—through rigorous field tests. We hauled it up multipitch sport climbs in
Spain, stuffed it full of quickdraws and climbing shoes for a weeklong trip in
France, and wore it on a 25k hut traverse in the German Alps.
The standout feature of the Salute is its unique S-shaped zipper, which winds
around the top compartment and down the packs’ body. This made for lightning-fast access to everything we took with us, from energy bars at the top to our
last-resort rain shell stuffed in the bottom.
It's unlikely that Robert Frost could have imagined such a choice when he wrote "The Road Not Taken," but in 2012 slackliner Andy Lewis was at a crossroads. You may remember Lewis from Madonna's Super Bowl halftime show. He was dressed in a white toga adorned with a gold leaf sash, a gold necklace, a gold bracelet, and gold boots. He wore his hair in a sandy blonde afro that barely bounced as he flipped, jumped, and twisted on a slackline, a sport called tricklining. After the performance, articles rolled out proclaiming that Lewis had stolen the show. Soon after, Madonna offered him a spot on her tour, Lewis said.
Andy Lewis' Colorado and Utah friends evaluate his Super Bowl performance.
