A North Carolina doctor who specializes in interactions between humans and animals is keeping us updated on animal-related fatalities in the U.S. Â Though people worry about bears and sharks more than say, bees and pigs, there were 533 American killed last year by bee stings and a couple people eaten by pigs. One woman [ more... ]

Screaming downhill at 60mph on skis with a parachute strapped to your back is a lot more fun when you setup some gates and run people two at a time. This video’s from the Red Bull Blade Raid that took place at Crystal Mountain in the middle of March. It’s a race among the hybrid parachute flying and skiing crazies.

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Solar bike lights are nothing new, even if they are still hard to find at local bike shops, but this new LEDtronics solar bike light is the best of the crop. It only weighs 1.6 ounces and costs $17, and it has a vibration sensor that automatically turns the light on and off when you [ more... ]

Just once I want to go on a trip where everyone wears pith helmets and these National Geographic Global Travel Jackets. There would probably be Land Rovers involved, and maybe I would even find out why these jackets all have leather elbow patches. National Geographic makes their Global Travel Jacket with Teflon-coated cotton so you [ more... ]

If you don’t stock up soon, you’ll have to start lurking by your bike shops loading dock so you can try to steal a case of inner tubes. The shortage of butyl means inner tube prices are likely to shoot up about 40%, so you’ll have to pay almost $8 for a tube. Not exactly [ more... ]

Wend put all their back issues online in a “virtual” world where former issues of the magazine are free. For now it looks like they only have one issue available, but they have plans to add the rest

An alternative headline could have been, “Wool Jacket, Just in Time for Spring.” But hey, it’s on sale. You have to respect that Backcountry had the presence of mind to put a small logo on the neck of this thing instead of a big screen print across the chest. Logos look a lot less cool [ more... ]

It’s tough for me to admit I want an iPhone, because I know that I’ll be unrelenting in giving the first friend to get one a ton of shit. Calling him a yuppie, asking to borrow it every five minutes, pushing him down the stairs. Whatever. Now some super cool kid at Podpro.ca has optimized [ more... ]

It’s mind boggling that any company with half a brain would bother developing this stuff anymore. What new technology can you bring to the spork? It folds, it’s—you know—a spork, it’s made from titanium. What are you going to bring to the table Optimus? Is this thing going to be made from depleted uranium? Actually [ more... ]

This sweet Roberto Bettini photo reminds us of just one of the reasons pro bike racers put up with the annoying rules and drug tests conducted during their son’s funerals. They can pee outside with no negative repercussions. Wearing one of those sponsor-covered jerseys is like carrying a permit around that says you can line [ more... ]