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Watch the godfather of modern skateboarding send embryonic tricks off his driveway quarter-pipe in the days before his fame. Skateboarding was “back” in 1986, according to CBS 8 San Diego’s Linda Mour, and “nobody was flying higher” than teenager Tony Hawk. If the only evidence you considered was the air he got off his homemade

Home » Motors » ‘Dangerous & Irresponsible’: Safety Advocate Calls on Feds to Ban Tesla’s Full Self-Driving System Former presidential candidate and long-time auto safety advocate Ralph Nader has joined the growing list of critics of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology. The 88-year-old Nader just issued a harshly worded condemnation of FSD, calling its release

Home » News » ‘1,000-Year’ Death Valley Flood Temporarily Traps 500 Visitors Massive flooding in the hottest place on Earth stranded hundreds of visitors at Death Valley National Park over the weekend. Visitors to Death Valley must endure many reminders of the need to drink enough water. So it must have been quite the surprise

Home » Motors » Original ‘Bug-Eyed’ Dune Buggy Is Back: Meet the Meyers Manx 2.0 Electric The Meyers Manx launched the dune buggy legacy, and now it’s back as an electric vehicle with a similar goal. The world’s most iconic dune buggy is back. The Meyers Manx has returned, but this time instead of an

A documentary from Blood Origins takes a deep look into the ethics and conservation aspects of high-fence hunting in Texas. A contentious topic in pretty much any room you walk into, high-fence hunting is the practice of containing wildlife in a designated area for the primary sake of hunting. In Texas, that often means exotic

Home » Deals » Gear Bargains: Save on Columbia, Backcountry, Dakine, and More Great outdoor gear at an amazing price: That’s our goal each week. Check out the bargains below and save on gear for your next adventure. Columbia Rugged Ridge Outdoor Shorts — Men’s: $24 (60% Off w/ Code SUMMERDEALS) Columbia created these shorts

You can’t cut it much closer than this and live to tell about it. If this video doesn’t get your heart pounding, nothing will. Posted on YouTube on Monday, it shows a very, very close call by an acro paraglider. According to the poster, it was an “acro paragliding trick in strong turbulence” gone wrong.

Home » Motors » Toyota’s Crossover Lineup: How the 2022 Toyota Corolla Cross Compares to C-HR & RAV4 C-HR, Corolla Cross, or RAV4? We break down Toyota’s crossovers for you. The 2022 Toyota Corolla Cross, the newest iteration of Toyota’s bestselling model, capitalizes on the popularity of the Corolla name. Known as a car that

Home » Biking » New Pivot Shuttle SL: Stealthy E-Bike Weighs as Little as 36.25 Pounds What do MTB riders want from an e-bike? More power? Longer range? Or a super lightweight hybrid that offers assistance but rides like a traditional mountain bike? Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Bikerumor. While Pivot Cycles

Home » Climbing » Built for Women, Great for Anyone: La Sportiva Katana Laces Climbing Shoe Review An updated version of a classic, the women’s La Sportiva Katana Laces is a shoe that continues to excel on various terrain from slabs to overhangs, with improved edging and heel hooking capabilities. The Katana Laces has been

Home » Biking » Day by Day: How the First Tour de France Femmes Unfolded In true Tour de France fashion, the inaugural Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift included all of the pomp, circumstance, heroics, and controversy expected to surround the world’s greatest cycling race. The eight-stage race covered more than 600 miles and

What happens when you equip some of the world’s best winter athletes with a rainbow of smoke flares? Red Bull’s creative team had to know. To find out, the team headed to Crans-Montana, Switzerland, where The Nines was in full swing. Once there, it recruited freeskiers and snowboarders to unleash a multicolored arsenal of smoke

Meet the first class of Specialized’s exciting youth development program, a pack of super-stoked kiddos from all over the world. Launched in summer 2022, GEN-S pairs tweens and teens with some of the best mountain bikers in the biz. The goal, according to Specialized’s mission statement, is “to develop the next generation of passionate riders

Home » Climbing » IFSC World Cup Climbing Rules & Scoring Explained Perplexed by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC)’s scoring system for World Cup climbing competitions? Here’s how to decrypt Boulder, Lead, and Speed stats and rankings. For anyone unfamiliar with IFSC competition scoring, decoding the climber’s scorecards is like playing chess with

Home » Water » Most Dialed ‘SUP-Yak’ Yet: ISLE Switch Review Get two watercraft for the price — and space — of one. We tried the ISLE Switch SUP-yak to see how it fares. I’ve never gotten as many stares, or inquisitive remarks, as I did in the 5 minutes it took to carry this

Could the budget best get even better? Soundcore updates one of our favorite values in wireless earbuds. Ever since making the jump to wireless, I’ve found Soundcore combines affordability with quality sound better than any other. So, when the time came to purchase a new pair of exercise and outdoor earbuds, my thoughts naturally went