This holiday season we not only show you what to “gift”—like the coolest new swag for skiing/boarding, traveling, training, trekking, timekeeping, shooting/filming, and rocking out. We also tell you how to bestow intelligently when the circumstances are baffling—like with your mother-in-law or your enemy (or is that the same thing?)Gift-Giving…

Outside magazine, July 1999 The Righteous Gitis The Diving Dig | The Cartwheel | The Figure Four | Take the Stairs | The Crossover Dribble | The Righteous Gitis | The Rock-a-Copter | Hang Ten | The Twisting Somersault | The Wheelie Some might argue that…

The ideal outcome for a junk-heap find

Many question their effectiveness

The Reluctant Enthusiasts explores humankind’s relationship with wild places through the words of Edward Abbey.

These slackliners explore the limits of humankind high above the ground, under the northern lights.

A new roof rack that is small on sound and big on gas mileage

An abridged history of waterproof-breathable warfare

Call it conservation 2.0. Jared Criscuolo and Kristian Gustavson are building a visual database of America’s most imperiled rivers and crowdsourcing their restoration online.

Who Loves Ya, Keiki? Resorting to Perfection By Jim Gullo Hired Hands Ocean Voyages (800-299-4444) offers customized seven-day island-to-island all-inclusive sailing trips aboard a 50-foot sloop; you decide when to go and where to stop. Rates start at $4,995 for a family of four. REI…