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I want to hike up a live— or at least dormant—volcano. Where can I go without getting scorched?
Teaching your kids the basic physical skills they’ll need is child’s play, literally. Start improving their coordination, strength, balance, and more with these five games.
How old are most Tour de France winners? At 34, could I even be a contender?
Can you say “good genetics”? These six clans own their fields generation after generation.
Maybe you're raising a family of kayakers and runners, but you should still teach your children to play tennis and mini-golf. Here's why.
This year's Tour was one of the most exciting to date. We look back on the race's most riveting moments and explore its most important trends.
Not a week goes by without a study pegging weight gain to genetics. But the connection between heredity and making your racing weight may be more tenuous than it appears at first glance.
Don’t sweat the small stuff, but be sure to bring it along.
Jennifer Kessy and April Ross prepare for domination
Getting around the laws that make overnight seaside camping frustratingly difficult
When the Great Recession hit, young people found a million different ways to cope with their battered job prospects. Alex and Nick Kleeman found the best way, scraping together enough cash to buy a 32-foot sailboat, then plunging into the Pacific for the adventure of their lives. So what if they didn’t know how to sail?
Escaping the easy way with summer’s coolest new ride, the M8 Rivoli
The founder of a SoCal startup is gearing up to give us equipment for car camping that’s right for the job and looks hot. Please, let it be so.
This race machine may not have a ton of cachet, but it rides just as well many other high-end boutique bikes and costs a fair bit less
SeaWorld has called the new documentary Blackfish, about its treatment of orcas in captivity, “shamefully dishonest, deliberately misleading, and scientifically inaccurate.” But the co-writer argues that the facts speak for themselves.
I don’t want to run just any old urban marathon: I'm looking for a destination race that will let me combine an incredible trip with my athletic endeavors. Any ideas?
Many American rivers are out of condition by the end of spring. Not this one.
The Chokecherry/Sierra Madre wind farm promises to spin up enough electrons to power a million homes, but the project is also a poster child for the fears and anxieties renewable energy can bring to rural America— and to anglers.
We go shoulder to shoulder in Los Angeles’s Marathon Crash Race, a 4,000-strong underground scrum
Splash around this summer. With this gear, you’ll be ready for serious summer fun whether you’re in it for fitness or just to get wet and cool down.
I want to do some serious bike touring on the continent, but without paying top Euro. What are the best bets for affordable routes?
Why is Europe dominating the United States in meteorological prognostication? Follow the money.
Not everybody can get behind screaming, flourescent shades. That's OK. This year's crossover designs pair subdued styling with hotshot performance.
After Sandy, attention turned to fortifying New York City. But another location on the eastern seaboard faces a more immediate threat.
Following the revelation that the American sprinter tested positive for a banned substance, reports have connected Tyson Gay with an "anti-aging" clinic in Georgia. Brian Alexander explains why doctors' offices, not locker rooms, are where the pros are scoring their dope.
Australian surfer David Scard, 37, runs Kirra-based World Surfaris’ Stealth Travel Club, which whisks surfers to the biggest waves at a moment’s notice. His success rate: 100 percent.
I'm looking to swap out my mass-manufactured camping gear for the latest handmade designs. What are your favorite custom options?
Inside the partnership of a nine-year-old bouldering prodigy and her passionate coach, from Sender Films.
Two-time CrossFit champ Rich Froning doesn't subscribe to fussy diets or exercise schedules, but he's seen real results. He shares his best practices.
A bill to declare lunar national park would have the United States lay claim to the moon—or at least, the stuff we left up there.
A terrific new documentary about injured snowboarder Kevin Pearce takes a searing look at the dark side of action sports
A professional freediver is training athletes to get more oxygen with every breath
The options can be daunting, so we've narrowed it down to five trips you shouldn't miss.
Fitness tech to measure your effort, keep you motivated, and let you know when to go hard and when to back off.
Ben Hewitt talks about his new book, Saved, and the challenges of learning to live the cashless dream
The battle over a major mining project in Wisconsin's Penokee Hills used to be based on environmental impacts, recreation access, and jobs. Now it's about heavily-armed militia groups brought in to protect mine workers from "eco-terrorist types."
Forget about Lance Armstrong. These ten scandals rocked cycling to its core.
A new breed of sports drinks, backed by a decade of studies, are challenging common assumptions about how best to hydrate—and offering smarter, more effective alternatives
Every year, Katie Arnold spends a month at her parents' cabin on an island in Ontario. Great for relaxation, but not so much for training.