CAMPING GEAR

Just released this week, the new Columbia Facet 75 is a steep trail hiker that’ll keep your feet warm and dry all day. While the Columbia Facet line of footwear has been out for a couple of years, the latest iteration (Facet 75) is designed for steeper and more technical terrain. Featuring the same TechLite+

Fans of Carhartt threads now have a new way to buy the company’s apparel while promoting sustainability.  Today, the popular workwear brand announced a new resale program called Carhartt Reworked, which offers used brand clothing. Carhartt claims it’s the “first branded resale site in the workwear industry,” giving customers the chance to get old or

Erik Van Woerkom, an online hunting personality of the Muley Freak crew, has been charged with felony unlawful possession of a trophy mule deer and misdemeanor trespass, according to Idaho court documents obtained by GearJunkie. On Oct. 12, 2022, the 36-year-old hunter received citations for trespassing to hunt a mule deer buck on private ground,

The mid-size pickup segment currently has the most dated vehicles on the market. The latest Frontier is a really good truck, but is mostly a restyle of the outgoing truck that has been around for a very long time. The Gladiator is the only other competitor in the mid-size truck category on the North American

Cycling — on or off the pavement — is a high-output activity. The right gear can help regulate the body’s core temperature and maintain a comfortable sweat-free status. Additionally, good cycling apparel should have a streamlined fit without limiting range of motion. Right now, Backcountry’s semi-annual sale includes several quality pieces of cycling shorts and

For many of us who spend a lot of time outside, there’s usefulness in being able to communicate with our phones from anywhere. Satellite communications (sat comm) have come a long way in a short window of time, and now Motorola is taking the technology one step further. The Motorola Defy Satellite Link is a

You’d be forgiven for not knowing who, or what, Outdoor Vitals is. Heck, I didn’t — but a wintry overnight hike into and out of Zion National Park earned the burgeoning brand a spot on my roster (and in my gear closet). The plan was to get to spend a couple of days with the

At the time of this writing, automatic knives are legal in 44 states, with each state having its own set of regulations. But it’s important to note that no federal statutes keep you from owning and possessing an automatic knife.  For a deeper dive into what you can carry and where, the American Knife &

The electric motorcycle market is a sea of shiny new renders and vaporware — full of empty promises and teasers. So why am I excited about the Graft EO.12 dirt bike? I’ll give you three good reasons. The first reason is power: The EO.12 will have the highest torque-to-weight ratio of any dirt bike. The second

SOAR Running’s goal with its X-Run collection of Run Tights was to sew them with almost no seams. In other words, make them with the least stitching possible. Unlike some running tights, SOAR’s material is woven, not knitted, providing a tighter compression feel and better durability over their lifetime. And these laser-cut, ultra-light tights are

Indian Motorcycle is expanding its lineup. The classically styled Chief is getting a variant that leans into performance riding with Brembo brakes, Fox shocks, and a blacked-out V-Twin engine. It’s the 2023 Indian Sport Chief, and the company says it raises the bar for performance cruisers. “In 2021, we celebrated the 100-year anniversary of Indian

If you follow competitive cycling even a little, you probably know the name Remco Evenepoel.  The 22-year-old upstart from Belgium crushed the competitive racing circuit in 2022, winning 16 races that culminated with a World Championship in Wollongong, Australia. He also became the youngest world champion in 29 years and the fourth rider ever to

The manslaughter case against Michael Troy Hutto, the 56-year-old founder of ocean sports brand Salt Life, concluded last week with a conviction for the death of his girlfriend in 2020, local news reported. Hutto pled guilty to shooting and killing 18-year-old Lora Grace Duncan in a room at Florida’s Hilton Singer Island in Oct. 2020,

Watch pro skiers hit some of America’s best backcountry slopes in the latest edit from Teton Gravity Research. The in-demand production company kicks off the first episode of its new On Scene series with a couple of trips to Utah and Montana. After scoring some sweet descents in a snow-blanketed Utah, the team heads to

Mark Grotjahn had a kitchen wall that needed a little pizzazz. So, he did what any famous abstract and geometric painter would do and started drafting up imagery to meet the exact dimensional specifications of that wall. He drafted up 50 subsequent chromatic drawings from a single black and cream pencil composition, of radiating colors

A lot of us absorb a few bumps and bruises the first time we try something new. Not everything goes well, or even right — life happens, as one says. You wouldn’t know it to watch the production that serves as longtime pro skier Juliette Willmann’s “first movie.” In it, you’ll learn about her career,