No matter how clouded your vision or lightheaded you feel, you always have to wait for someone else to say they need a break before you’ll stop. Now you can use the Heat Stress Monitor’s alerts as a handy excuse for resting on desert hikes. The tiny weather station monitors temperature, humidity, radiant heat, and [ more... ]

Remember the short-lived and ill-advised e-card? They were great little online alternatives to sending someone you didn’t like a greeting card. Too bad it only took a few years for them to go from cute to insulting. But now Yakima’s doing the right thing and bringing them back with the Yakiagrams. You can send your [ more... ]

If Mr. Zog’s Sex Wax doesn’t make you chuckle like it used to, it’s time to check out Wet Women Surf Wax, “Making Sure Women Stay on Tom Top.” Wet Women is a Hawaii-based company that makes nontoxic, biodegradable, and disposable wax. It’s certified as a biological nutrient under MBDC’s Cradle to Cradle program, so [ more... ]

The only kayak company that sells its wares in Sky Mall has expanded its line from the overpriced clear kayak to the wildly overpriced folding clear kayak. The Napali is a clear boat with a closed hull that’ll probably fog up the moment you begin paddling. I’m not sure why you would want the decked [ more... ]

SRAM trimmed 60 grams from their Avid Juicy Ultimate Disc Brakes for 2008, bringing the package to 345 grams (12oz) or about the weight of the beer in your water bottle cage. They achieved the weight loss by using a magnesium lever body and aluminum-backed pads with the super-sexy carbon lever blades—that’s what makes it [ more... ]

Sierra Designs new Tengu Tent is designed so you can pitch it in a downpour while keeping the body dry before you climb in with all your soaked gear. You basically build the fly as an external shell and then hang the body inside. The external frame makes it easy to put up, but unfortunately [ more... ]

The company that made ear warmers for bike helmets last year is back with a summer offering—the Slipstreamz Spoiler. It’s a plastic piece that slides over your chin strap in front of your ear to disrupt airflow so you can hear better when riding.  They’re not without problems: “…installing them requires that you either [ more... ]

Unless you’re one of the holdouts hiking for spring corn or dutifully making laps at the top of Snowbird, skiing is over for one more season. It’s probably been at least a month and half since most people skied or snowboarded—and though it’s still way too soon to start P-texing base gouges or looking at [ more... ]

A survey conducted by the National Sporting Goods Association found that cycling participants dropped more than 13% from 2005 to 2006. The decline in biking was the biggest change among the top ten, and the VP of NSGA speculated that, “America’s youth appears to be opting for other forms of wheels—scooters, skateboards, and wheeled footwear. [ more... ]

If you can’t afford fancy roll-top dry bags for backpacking, there’s a cheap option that works almost as well. You just line your backpack with a heavy-duty garbage bag and then pack all your food and clothes into that. If you tie off the garbage bag tightly enough, it’ll keep your stuff dry if your [ more... ]