I went through a brief phase where I went hunting with uncles and friends. I never got anything, mostly because I spent most of my time in the tree stand listening to music and reading books, though I did once shoot at a deer. If I’d hit it, I definitely would have had it mounted on the wall with a gun and army helmet like this squirrel. The mounted Army Squirrel is for sale on eBay for only $50.

The heating elements in Outdoor Research’s Prima Volta battery-heated gloves can get so hot that they’ll actually brand your hands with a white-hot OR logo. In light of such news, OR is going through a voluntary recall of their Prima Voltas. It’s really not that big of a deal since the gloves are outrageously overpriced so they’ve probably only sold about 10 pairs. So far only one person has been burned by the gloves, so you can keep them and just lower the heat setting unless, you know, you’re a total nancy.

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At least cars would be more likely to spot you before grinding your helmet under their tires. The problem with recumbents besides every single thing about them is that they’re so low to the ground that you’re lucky not to get sucked into the wheel well of every Honda Civic that drives by. The “ThisWay” bike by designer Torkel Dohmers has a tall rollcage that makes it more visible than traditional recumbents, and it also has the added convenience of blocking every sidewalk where it’s locked up.

I can’t tell if this video was staged by some resort employees or the snowboarder just gets insanely lucky. Most people don’t have to bother checking their landings in the park, but it wouldn’t be a bad idea at this resort where it’s apparently common practice for snowcats to drive uphill through the terrain park while it’s still open. Anyone know where this was shot?

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Daaaaamn! Harry’s turquoise bike sounds fast! SomeoneStoleMyBike.com isn’t a mindshare for recovering stolen bikes but an attempt to catalog every story of every person on the planet’s stolen ride. So far they have 20 people’s stories—so it’s kind of an uphill battle for them.

The Frugal Traveler weighs in on which credit card to pack when traveling abroad since almost all of them add fees when you use them overseas—and that’s if they work at all. Usually they work for the first week, and then you find yourself trying to explain to a barman why you “need my card back to go to an ATM” to pay the half-bottle-of-absinthe charge that keeps getting declined. Discover has no overseas charges, but of course no one accepts it, while CapitalOne’s Visa is widely accepted and offers the next best deal. You can also setup some kind of money market accounting with them to avoid fees on getting cash when you’re abroad, but I think that if you have enough money that you’re using money markets to move it around and avoid fees, then you’re likely one of the few travelers who can actually afford them. The whole story is at Frugal Traveler.

If, like me, you haven’t spent much time in the middle of the ocean then this video is pretty crazy. The footage isn’t exactly HD, but you get the idea these guys had to change their pants after shooting the video.

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Patagonia will have this 9-ounce PrimaLoft-insulated pullover out just in time for the height of summer. The Nano Puff Pullover will sell for $150 beginning in August. Patagonia made the top that can be worn as a midlayer or outerwear from mostly recycled polyester, and the whole thing is recyclable through their Common Threads program, which is where you send something back, they clean it, slap a Patagonia Vintage label on the chest, and sell it for $50 more than last time.

Clown shoes would have been a better investment than Crocs, and Life is Good has been recognized as the overpriced crap that it is. Now we need something new to hate. Sure, we have bottled water and plastic shopping bags, but we need something that guys with beards and hockey moms are getting into—I present the Sunggie. It’s a fleece blanket with arms that’s supposed to reduce your heating bill. The Sunggies come in two-packs and are packaged with two book lights for a total of $20. Well, they sell for $20 if you can get your hands on them—the current wait on the next container ship arriving direct from China is about six weeks. Invest now.

Thanks Marit