Outside magazine, July 1999 Stealing Home I found your recent article on dream towns (“Are You Where You Ought to Be?” May) quite interesting and wanted to raise two important issues everyone should consider before moving. First, most malcontents who move will still be malcontent after they do…

The Lumos Matrix features turn signals, brake lights, and a customizable message panel. But by rallying around this "connected" helmet, are we surrendering to what it really represents?

What the iPod did for music, the new portable media centers could do for movies. Now all we need to do is convince the suits.

Outside magazine, August 2000 Page: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Hot Heads BUY THIS BOOK Jumping Fire: A Smokejumper’s Memoir of Fighting Wildfire, by Murry A. Taylor (Harcourt, $26). If Norman Maclean was the preeminent philosopher of wildfire, then Murry Taylor, at…

The Downhill Report, December 1996 Best Hot Tub The Resort at Squaw Creek “It’s great for business,” says six-time world speed-skiing champion Franz Weber. “I got a speaking engagement just by hanging out in that tub.” Weber, who is the director of skiing at California’s Squaw Valley,…

A portable sound system built for the demands of the outdoors

In preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africa is building six soccer stadiums, investing some $2 billion in transportation upgrades, and assigning 40,000 police officers to babysit the 450,000 fans who'll descend on nine host cities this June. But thanks to now-vacant rooms at new hotels, plus an exchange rate of seven rand to the dollar, you

Based on the classic Raichle design from the eighties—with some cool updates—the First Chair has impressive quickness edge to edge and, of course, the trademark progressive flex. But it’s also got new metal buckles (lighter, more durable) and an updated cable system that’s easier to adjust. TAGS: old school,…

A new film vows to avenge the death of the electric car

A hammock stand that mounts to the roof of your car.