BMX rider was one of world's top dirt jumpers

Outside magazine, May 1996 The Good Life: Dan Gavere Is Away from His Desk The mobile art of making a living in the Big Inestimable By Paul Kvinta “I really need a cellular phone,” frets Dan Gavere, kayaker-snowboarder extraordinaire, from a pay phone in Aspen, Colorado.

I have a Gore-Tex Mocha jacket, which is about seven years old and seems to repeatedly lose its water repellency. I have treated it with Gore Revive-X several times, but there are only a few areas on the coat where water beads up, and even then not for long. As a result, I often feel clmy if it's raining hard, although I don't think I'm actually getting wet from the outside. Does Gore-Tex have a lifespan, after which it's not that great even if you keep treating it? Basically, is it time for the old Mocha to be replaced? Karen Wellington, New Zealand

Week of December 12-18, 1996 Kayaking the Tatshenshini Last-minute stays in Sun Valley Guided ascents in the Swiss Alps Weather on Mount Whitney in March Sea kayaking in Costa Rica Kayaking the Tatshenshini Question: Has anyone run the Tatshenshini River in Alaska in…

Ride along as an international group of up-for-anything clients gets schooled on tourism's wildest frontier: Afghanistan.

End summer right. Celebrate Labor Day with our make-your-own backyard pentathlon.

City sets launch date for summer '12

What's a good headlamp for mountain biking on singletrack at night? Brightness is obviously important but battery life (especially in freezing temperatures) is my priority. Ian Hayward, WI

Superheroes of Stoke Trailer from MSP Films on Vimeo. Twenty years after releasing their first ski film, Matchstick Productions is taking a look back. Their newest film, Superheroes of Stoke, follows some of freeskiing's biggest new names and pays honor to trailblazers from Shane McConkey to Sarah Burke. “We never…

Sander Vandenbrouke has managed to make a 19-minute biking documentary that has nothing to do with the issues you might expect in a politically-motivated film about cycling. There are no mentions of climate change, or the cost of petrol, or fitness in The Brussels Express. Instead, he concentrates…