By Rocky Thompson on October 19th, 2006
Burton’s Series 13 lets you design your board’s graphics and colors. You can also write whatever you want on the base, so if you see someone running through the parking lot with a board that says hotdogger! you’ll know you’re getting ripped off. Each week Burton picks their favorite design, and then on November 14th they’re giving away one free board to their favorite designer. Are you so hopelessly addicted to gambling that you’ll design one?
VIA Snowboard-Mag.
By Rocky Thompson on October 18th, 2006

The Play and Freeze Ice Cream Maker makes a quart of ice cream in 30 minutes without electricity, though it does require ice and cream so you better be pretty close to a fridge. You fill the thing with ice on one end, then cream on the other, and then kick it around until you’re ready to eat. Since I like to eat ice cream at night, I would probably spend most of my time looking for this hokey toy in the woods after some clown gave it the boot. I would say the only cool thing about the Play and Freeze Ice Cream Maker is that you could use it to make Grasshoppers at your campsite, but if I did say that the next time I saw any of my friends they would immediately punch me for saying I liked Grasshoppers.
By Rocky Thompson on October 18th, 2006

CW-X makes conditioning clothing that looks like superhero outfits. Their odd structure is designed to support your muscles and prevent injuries like torn knee ligaments. Unfortunately, most people who wear these end up looking less like superheros and more like ads for diet pills. The technology’s not a bad idea, but for sports like skiing where you need knee support the most, you can only use the ¾ manpris which don’t give you the same support as the full-length tights.
By Rocky Thompson on October 18th, 2006

Coleman’s recalling their 2006 Weekender Hammock because it has a tendency to flip people over onto the metal bars that make it so easy to setup. Coleman gives you the choice of getting a new hammock, or you can prove that you’ve destroyed your old hammock and they’ll give you your money back. Hopefully sending them a picture of a really, really fat person with wounds from the hammock frame is proof enough.
By Rocky Thompson on October 18th, 2006

Go abroad but leave your yoga mat at home with the Yoga-Syz Yoga Paws. These mini yoga mats for your hands and feet also allow you to bust out a couple of your favorite yoga positions on the floor of Jamba Juice after finishing your wheatgrass juice.
By Rocky Thompson on October 18th, 2006

The High Gear Adventure Plus is a kind of do-it-all backcountry tool. You wouldn’t want to use its compass in an orienteering race, and I wouldn’t count on the LED flashlight to help you find your way back to camp, but it’ll do everything well enough to keep you entertained on the trail. Plus the Adventure Plus comes with a magnifying glass for burning ants and a small dry storage compartment for ‘matches’.
By Rocky Thompson on October 18th, 2006

There’s nothing like an 8a.m. bike commute on an arctic day. Assos Thermax Winter Cycling Gloves will make it a little more bearable since they block wind and insulate but leave you enough dexterity to feel your brakes. They’re the next best thing to owning a car that runs in winter.
By Rocky Thompson on October 18th, 2006

If you’re one of those people who like winter camping because there aren’t any bugs, then you’re probably too crazy to appreciate the value of Exped’s Down Sleeping Mats. Exped packs these baffled sleeping pads with down, and you use their stuff sack to inflate them since moisture from your breathe would ruin the down. They take awhile to inflate so you definitely would never want one in a survival situation, but they also add about 15 degrees to your sleeping bag so they’re worth it.
By Rocky Thompson on October 18th, 2006

Just because Columbia bought Montrail doesn’t mean the shoemaker is going to be putting their logo on any crap they can get a good price on from China. The $95 Montrail Odyssey Trail Runner is proof that they’re maintaining their quality. This shoe comes in at 13oz and in spite of its highly cushy skate-shoe-style heel, it’s a solid choice for running on both trails and the streets.
By Rocky Thompson on October 18th, 2006

Drink your 3oz cup of coffee out of the Sigg’s Thermo Bottle lid, then screw the top back in and toss it in your pack. The problem with these screw-on thermos tops is that they hold about one ounce of coffee in their screw-top threads that gets everywhere when you put it back in your bag or backseat. I’ll stick with the rancid gas station coffee out of a cup a regular-sized cup until someone figures out how to reengineer the thermos.
By Rocky Thompson on October 18th, 2006

A year after their Magne-Traction boards come out, Lib-Tech has developed a tool to sharpen their snowboards’ waved edges. The Magne-Tool is a hand tool with a built-in file that removes rust and puts a fresh edge on your board. It’s pretty normal, only it’s about half the size of regular edge sharpeners. Not that snowboarders sharpen or wax their boards anyway—when it slows down just get a new one, man.
By Rocky Thompson on October 17th, 2006

This unisex RED helmet comes in a handbag khaki print so you can wear it while carting your luggage through the airport and not look out of place. Huge screen-covered vents at the back of the helmet might vent a bit on the lift but don’t expect much while riding. As with all RED helmets, the Remix includes a goggle gasket to prevent gaper gap.
Ah, for when you want to do everything terribly.