Outdoors
This Is Footgolf
Footgolf rose out of the zeitgeist of man’s two primary proclivities — to turn everything into a competition and to kick things.
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TechDecrypted: Caution in the Age of the Quantified Self
Tracking your health and fitness with the help of smartphone apps and wearables is fun and motivating; auto insurers are now allowing drivers tracking options to prove their safety and save money.
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FitnessWith Athos, Has the Personal Trainer Met Its Match?
Athos is a startup that’s just a few months away from bringing to market one of the most interesting wearables yet: compression clothing capable of monitoring how hard your muscles are working, on top of heart rate, heart rate variability and breathing patterns.
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ArchiveA Look Back at Soccer’s Golden Age
The Age of Innocence: Football in the 1970s is a photographic eulogy for the first era of worldwide soccer obsession, documenting the lives of international legends — Pelé, Franz Beckenbauer, Bobby Moore, Maradona, Johan Cruyff and more — on and off the pitch.
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DrinksThe Best American Wheat Beers
If you associate wheat beer with Blue Moon and a slice of orange, this is your primer to the world of American brewers doing something more with their wheat malt. They’re adding aromatic hops.
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MotoringChauffeured or in Command, the Bentley Mulsanne Wins
Riding in the back seat of a car often feels more like a punishment than a privilege. But the Bentley Mulsanne makes backseat desirable.
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ArchiveElements: Waxed Canvas
Though it’s gradually becoming usurped by more high tech materials, waxed canvas still remains one of the coolest-looking ways to wick away precipitation.
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OutdoorsTested: Trangia Backpacking Stove, Three Ways
For hikers, cyclists, and backpackers, a Trangia spirit (alcohol) burning stove is a proven option for any number of different overnight excursions. But even so, the variety of sizes, materials and accessories within Trangia’s product line is burdening for anyone in the market, or simply in consideration of an upgrade.
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TechThe State of Wearables, 2014
Wearable tech is a growing and increasingly diverse market; they all track distance and calories, and most tell time. They all have their pitfalls — battery life, compatibility, reliability, size, price — but what determines the best device is your individual needs.
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WatchesTimekeeping Selects: Tissot Navigator World Time (Sold)
For the eighth installment of our Timekeeping Selects series with Analog/Shift, we’re presenting a 24-hour timekeeping gem, the Tissot Navigator World Time ($1,650).
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TechWho Needs Wearables? These Smartphones and Apps Might Be All You Need
The ostensible benefit of smart watches and health trackers, as far as health goes, is that they allow you to monitor your calories, heart rate, and step count with previously unmatched accuracy.
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WatchesBring it, Apple Watch: The Traditional Watch Is Here to Stay
“Switzerland is in trouble”, Jony Ive recently said when introducing Apple’s smart watch. But watch collectors have heard those words before, and the traditional wristwatch has survived — prospered even.
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TechMeet the iBuckle, This Autumn’s Must-Have Wearable
With the release of the Apple Watch, wrist wearables may finally be finding their stride. But who cares?
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ArchiveViewfinder: B.A.S.E
Jump from a 500-foot cliff and you’ll free-fall for five or six seconds. It’s a very short moment, but as one yet-anonymous thrill-seeker explains in this short clip, “Your mind becomes so focused on the exact moment that all your senses become amplified.
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MotoringMotoring on the Grid: The “Connected” Car Comes of Age
Staying connected to your information — whether that means access to music, social media, restaurant reviews, or navigation — is essential, even when you’re on the road.
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MotoringKit: Fall Driving Essentials
When the temperatures drop from their sweaty heights and the warm hues of fall foliage emerge, the driving experience changes — it’s time for windows-down scenic cruising.
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Today in GearToday in Gear: September 15, 2014
Today in Gear: parachute-inspired hammocks, the $2000 Blu-Ray device, mail order meats from the Mile End Deli and more.
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HomeNever Mop Your Floors Again
Pop quiz: The iRobot Scooba 450 is (a) a nice alternative to a cat, (b) going to sleep with your wife, (c) a really effective cleaning tool.
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FitnessHow to Run a Faster Marathon
Sequels tend to suck (Caddyshack II, I’m looking at you), and when they’ve got 26.2 miles of pavement in them, the suck-potential goes exponentially up. After my second marathon, I came up with some advice to my former self, who was still prepping for his first.