
Spring Clean Your Fitness Routine with These 13 New Things
A signature tennis racquet, a sugarcane-based recovery shoe, lots of running apparel and more.

Tanner Bowden is a staff writer at Gear Patrol covering all things outdoors and fitness. He is a graduate of the National Outdoor Leadership School and a former wilderness educator. He lives in Brooklyn but will always identify as a Vermonter.

A signature tennis racquet, a sugarcane-based recovery shoe, lots of running apparel and more.
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A mini camping stove, a backpack for your dog, an app that'll keep you from getting lost and more.

By taking an inventive approach to the design of every feature, Sea to Summit made its new tents some of the most habitable available.

Lighter, faster, more stable — running shoes keep getting better and better.

But snagging a pair might be tricky.

A pocket-friendly folder, a classic in carbon fiber, a face mask you'll never forget and more.

Jaxjox's good-looking DumbbellConnect can go from eight pounds to 50 with the tap of a button.

Gerber's latest knife folds open and shut, but it isn't for your EDC.

Reebok's new training shoe, high-grade sweats, a heart rate monitor and more.

Smartwool teamed up with the National Brotherhood of Skiers.

There's plenty more winter to come, and new reasons to look forward to the next one too.

A coffee grinder for the campsite, a GPS watch with a battery that lasts for ages, a rooftop tent and more.

Now's your chance to demo upstart brands that aim to reshape the industry.

Patagonia is well known for its classic Synchilla pullover fleeces, but the technical R1 is better suited to adventure, and is getting a nice upgrade.

Bright orange Swiss Army Knives, a dual-chamber carabiner and a sharpener that fits in your pocket.

Plus other highlights from Europe's biggest sporting goods trade show.
By Tanner Bowden and Steve Mazzucchi

Texas-based Slim Pickins Outfitters is diversifying the outdoors.


The brand has overhauled its trail footwear line with Vectiv, a new technology it adapted from ultra-fast marathon shoes. A hundred kilometers of testing later, here are our thoughts.

A panel of outdoor industry vets just honored these 16 awesome, clever and inclusive new items.
By Tanner Bowden and Steve Mazzucchi