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Teton Gravity Reseach’s latest ski flick was shot in nine locations. It premiers in New York City on Friday.
I’m thinking of backpacking through Egypt. Is it safe there?
I need a comfortable pair of multi-purpose shorts. What do you recommend?
I have two approaches to cold-weather foods. When I head out on a day hike in the snow-capped mountains, I always bring some Scottish shortbread (check the cookie aisle in the grocery store) and a thermos filled with about 4 cups of hot cocoa and a stick of butter. I’m…
Outside's editors are excited to announce the launch of our all-new Gear of the Show awards program at this year's Interbike Show, September 14-16, in Las Vegas.
The best bays, breaks, lakes, and rivers for learning the world’s fastest growing paddle sport
Five must-haves for navigating city life, including the Samsung Nexus S.
Five must-haves for navigating city life, including the Amazon Kindle e-Reader.
Five must-haves for navigating city life, including the Canon EOS Rebel T3i DSLR camera.
Five accessories to turn your iPhone into a supergadget, including the t-Jays Three earphones.
Five accessories to turn your iPhone into a supergadget, including the Original Koostik dock.
Pedal there in good form with the Columbia Tech Trekker messenger bag.
Five accessories to transform you iPhone into a supergadget, including the Photojojo Telephoto and Fish-eye lenses.
Trad climber at Smith Rocks, Oregon. Photo: Maria Ly/Flickr Traditional climbing, where climbers place their own removable protection, is best learned slowly. Which is not at all what I did. My first stab at the sport was a thinly-protected 5.5 route up a tower…
It's much easier to throw a bike on a hitch rack than it is to lift it up and onto a roof rack. But there are usually drawbacks to that loading ease and convenience: hitch mount racks can block rear doors and hatches from opening and road shock can beat…
The removal of Glines Canyon Dam has begun on Washington’s Elwha River. Andy Maser Films and American Whitewater give us a look behind the curtain of the world’s biggest dam removal project.
No one backyard accessory will decrease your time in the kitchen more than Ecoque's outdoor Wood-Fired Pizza Oven and Smoker. Why?1. You can now cook outside at anytime of the year.2. You're cooking with wood, so everything you hot or cold smoke, roast, bake, braise, plank, or…
A passionate look at bodysurfing in Woodshed Film‘s lastest, Come Hell or High Water. Read more in Madison Kahn’s interview with filmmaker Keith Malloy.
Last week on one of my weekly training rides, a six-hour trail loop from my house to the top of Ski Santa Fe and back on just about every trail and forest road in the near vicinity of town, I realized—with great regret—that fall is upon us. I usually arrive…
Lots of online gear shop websites scale to fit your iPad or phone screen, and some shops have special smartphone apps. Until now, none that we've seen have made buying skis, packs or socks from a mobile device more pleasurable or easier than on a home computer. Backcountry.com's…
Photo by informatique/Flickr Does the way you run determine how fast you are, or whether you get injured? Since 2009, and the publication of Chris McDougall’s book Born to Run, that’s been one of the most popular questions in distance running. Form is paramount in most…
After his friend Kevin Bowser died in the World Trade Center on 9/11, David Sylvester decided to honor his memory by following through on a long-time personal goal—riding his bike across the U.S. After that trip, he was hooked: he rode across Africa. Then Asia. Then the…
Despite a stellar record of spending cuts, job creation, and balanced budgets—and a world-class adventure résumé that includes an Everest summit—former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson can't get anyone to take his campaign for president seriously. Is it him or us?
What's the best canoe for a week-long Boundary Waters trip?
Big-city marathons, triathlons, and adventure races have never been more popular. Here's why it's time for you to line up for the starting gun, too.
Tonight, Patagonia and eBay announced a new partnership, the Common Threads Initiative. Together, they asked owners of fleece and Gore-Tex everywhere to pledge to reduce consumption, reuse old gear, recycle, repair what's broken, and reimagine a world where people don't stress the earth with…
J.W. Hulme, the Minnesota-based bag company that's been making those handsome green and leather duffels in these United States of America since the turn of the 20th century, has made six exclusive items for the official charity of…
Until his paralysis, Josh Dueck was an aspiring pro skier. Now, he’s pushing the limits of sit-skiing, winning competitions and going big in the backcountry.
I'm going hiking in Bolivia, and I'm thinking about using an emergency blanket instead of a sleeping bag. Thoughts? Any recommendations on a liner or material?
Jeb Corliss flying near Tianmen Hole, Courtesy of Jeb Corliss Yesterday, we posted a super slowmo video of Jeb Corliss fying in a wingsuit so low to the ground that he was able to hit the string…
Outlier founders Abe Burmeister and Tyler Clemens believe that clothing should be liberating. It should never restrict what you do with your day. They started their Brooklyn-based company in 2008 because Burmeister wanted an unrestrictive pair of pants he could ride his…
The only thing more varied than photographer Michael Muller’s portfolio—portraits of superstars from Kelly Slater to Lebron James, movie posters for blockbusters like Captain America and Spiderman 3,…
Dinner to go This one’s going to be brief because we're on our way out of town to raft the San Juan River for the second, and last, time this season. The preparations seem less daunting…
Australian Mark Visser’s on a quest to surf the world’s biggest waves–even those big enough to flip freighters in the middle of the Pacific. Read Kyle Dickman’s profile of Visser here.
Live smarter in the city with these five essential skills
Probably the most talked about moment in Jeb Corliss's latest video, “Grinding the Crack,” occurs when a man holding balloons dives to the left as Corliss flies dangerously close to him, and the…
Finally, field water disinfection has become lighter. Never did I notice the bulk and serious weight of water filter more than when I had to pack for a week in rural Haiti. In my Patagonia MLC pack I had just enough room for a Sawyer water filter bottle, a…
The ProTour landscape is undergoing seismic shifts for 2012. Following a week of speculation, RadioShack and Leopard Trek made it official yesterday that they will merge for next season to form the RadioShack Nissan Trek Professional Cycling Team. The news…
https://www.youtube.com/embed/L35qBS7XqvI Sender Films and Big UP just released the trailer for the sixth annual Reel Rock climbing film tour, which kicks off in Boulder on September 15. The show will take six climbing films on the road (five by Sender and Big UP, plus Cold, a mountaineering documentary shot by…
Or, Why is running compelling? I followed last week's world track and field championships obsessively, something I have done since I was 14, and rarely to my benefit—there's always something more valuable I should be paying attention to, like work, or homework. Over the weekend I came across an essay…
The 5 Gyres Institute sails the world’s oceans to study how plastic impacts ecosystems. Watch their adventures in Plasticized, which will be released by year’s end.