HIKING & CAMPING

Coconut, flax, plant-based — no, you aren’t reading the ingredients in a smoothie, but rather, a surfboard. In an industry that tends to use lots of chemicals and materials that are destructive to the environment, NSP is offering greener alternatives by incorporating coconut husks, flax fibers, and bio-based resins into its surfboards. I’m an environmentalist.

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Lululemon’s first running shoe is focused on women. In fact, there isn’t a men’s version. To create the original blissfeel, lululemon used new data from foot specialists to create a shape that better fits women’s feet and the way they run. For its sophomore entry into the running space, the blissfeel 2 tweaks a few

Get full access to Outside Learn, our online education hub featuring in-depth fitness, nutrition, and adventure courses and more than 2,000 instructional videos when you sign up for Outside+ Sign up for Outside+ today. The United States’ national parks continued their gradual climb toward pre-Covid visitation levels in 2022 even as some of the most

In October 2022, Sinje Gottwald set out from Spain to make an 8,000-mile journey across Africa (north to south). Unaided by technical or medical support, Gottwald ended her journey in Cape Town, South Africa, on Feb. 15, 2023. Gottwald’s finish marks the first person to ride an electric motorcycle across the continent. She completed the

If you’re planning a trip to Olympic National Park and don’t know where to begin, this guide is for you! Located in one of the most environmentally diverse landscapes in the United States, Olympic National Park offers mountains, rainforests, coastlines, and lakes spread across nearly 1,500 square miles. But with so much ground to cover

From vast prairies to icy lakes to otherworldly rock gardens frosted with snow, Eastern Montana’s diverse winter landscapes offer a little something for every off-the-beaten-track traveler. Winter recreation under the Big Sky is all about wide-open spaces, quiet snowscapes, and charming, friendly communities to warm you up after your adventure. With plentiful public lands, Eastern

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Olympic National Park is expansive, covering nearly 1,500 square miles. In such a big park, where to stay in Olympic National Park can be crucial, potentially saving hours of driving per day. This blog post covers where to stay when visiting Olympic National Park, including lodges and campgrounds inside the park, plus options outside the park.

The term Chiaroscuro (pronounced kee-AR-ə-SKYUR-oh) has been around since the Renaissance. Primarily used in paintings and woodcuts, it evolved into the photographic world. It comes from the Italian for light/dark. It relates to how contrasts of bright highlights and heavy dark shadows intermingle and share edges. Mostly reserved for very strong contrasts, it also relates

From Feb. 19 to March 2, two dozen of the world’s best freeride snowboarders battled it out head-to-head in a series of high-octane videos. In Red Bull’s DUELS, pairs of riders from all over the world traded haymakers on epic slopes worldwide. Their only goal: emerge victorious and stamp their tickets to Revelstoke, British Columbia,

Share with your friends! I became an REI member 17 years ago right when I finished college and decided I wanted to get more into camping. I remember being in the Seattle store buying my first Gregory pack while the guy in the green vest helped me stuff the pack full of sandbags. Then I