Cliff diving never ceases to amaze me. The sheer bravery that’s required to catapult oneself off a high platform into dark and distant waters below is not something many people can understand. Even more impressive, these daring athletes complete their dives with unparalleled finesse and…
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AXS Sled was invented to bring extreme board sports into more suburban settings. The AXS Sled takes the ease of bodyboarding and combines it with the control and action of snowboarding. The sled will be launching a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter starting November 10. The funding…
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Home to Mount Fuji, more than five million vending machines, and a festival that celebrates the penis and fertility (serious!), Japan is many things to many people. For the RIDE Snowboards crew that sampled the countries offerings for Episode 2 of the “Built to Ride” web series, what they found in…
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Rip Curl, founders of tide watch technology in surfing, announce the release to market of the SearchGPS watch. Now available to surfers worldwide, the SearchGPS watch enables them to record and relive every wave. The world’s first GPS surf watch, the Rip Curl SearchGPS lets…
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SD Sport Innovators (SDSI), a business accelerator that connects and drives the growth of Southern California’s innovative sports and active lifestyle (SAL) economy, has accepted seven companies to participate in Class 5 of its business mentoring program, Springboard. SDSI Springboard is a four-month intensive mentoring…
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Empowering outdoor devotees to enjoy a freshing beer without taking up valuable space and weight in a pack, Pat’s Backcountry Beverages is excited to receive the highly notable 2014 Editors’ Choice Snow Award from Backpacker Magazine for its brew concentrates. Presented every year since 1993, the Backpacker Editors’ Choice Awards honor the…
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There are varying reasons for spending six months on the Appalachian Trail (AT) covered in dirt, sharing backcountry shelters with stinky brethren and pesky mice. Sure, it seems like borderline insanity would be the main culprit, to forgo modern conveniences as simple as running water…
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Last Thursday, a routine hike for two Portland, Oregon residents almost turned deadly. While walking their dog in Forest Park, Mike and Jennifer Colbach came across a makeshift trip-wire blocking their path. Though they both became aware of the device in time to step over…
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As my runs get longer, I am constantly looking for something to push my training to the next level. But the overuse of sugar and foreign ingredients in many energy bars on the market tends to deter me from purchasing them. That’s why I was…
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Kästle, the storied Austrian ski manufacturer, has announced the hire of two new sales representatives to support accounts in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, in conjunction with additional hires to Kästle USA, the Salzburg, Austria-based company’s subsidiary. To further streamline the company’s North American logistics, distribution…
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