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This Week's Missing Links, October 20 21 Oct 2012 | 01:52 am
Oh no, a baby elephant is trapped in a well. Prep the rescue rope, and somebody, for God's sake, cue Coldplay. Via: Grind TV The best articles, videos, and photos that I didn't post this week—until n...
Opinion Makers: Reader Poll, October 2012 20 Oct 2012 | 11:02 pm
This month we turned readers into test subjects, grilling you for your attitudes on travel, sports, environmental issues, risk, and even the features that appear in the issue. (You'll find the results...
Someone's Gotta Do It: Research Dept., October 2012 20 Oct 2012 | 07:02 am
Our fact-checkers have had some sensitive, even absurd conversations with sources over the years, but nothing compares with a rather definitive exchange research assistant Meaghen Brown had with Burni...
Julian Wilson Wins Rip Curl Pro Portugal 20 Oct 2012 | 12:27 am
Julian Wilson Photo: © ASP/ Kirstin Surfer Julian Wilson won his first ASP event after scoring big during the final seconds of the Rip Curl Pro Portugal, leaving his competitor Gabriel Medina stunned...
Best of Interbike: 2013 Cycling Apparel We're Excited About 19 Oct 2012 | 08:13 pm
We're still digging through our notes from Interbike. In addition to our Gear of the Show picks, a flurry of cool new bikes, and stacks of interesting-looking accessories, we also saw lots of good loo...
After Nike Cuts Ties With Armstrong, Other Companies Follow Suit 19 Oct 2012 | 07:22 pm
Nike Lance Armstrong sign Photo: Bump on Flickr Bicycling's Joe Lindsey has written two detailed articles on the business of being Lance Armstrong. Right now, business is not good. After Nike dropped...
A Highlight Reel of Surfers Paddling Into Jaws 19 Oct 2012 | 06:07 pm
Aside from using an alias when hitting up Starbucks, big wave surfer Shane Dorian leaves the Maui airport just like anyone else. He hauls his own luggage—albeit 100 pounds of customized surfboards—and...
Eggbar Vise: Home Ski and Board Tuning Made Easy 19 Oct 2012 | 04:02 pm
It’s that time of year again: The first snowflakes are falling; winter hats and gloves, jackets, boots and skis and snowboards are being pulled from the back of the closet. Ski season won’t be here fo...
The Unvarnished Truth: Feedback, October 2012 19 Oct 2012 | 07:02 am
To evaluate our performance over the past 35 years, we convened a review board, made up of our most dedicated subscribers, and encouraged them to pull no punches. Gulp. "I still have all my old copie...
Adventure Video of the Week: GoPro Hero III Reel 18 Oct 2012 | 07:02 pm
Unless you're a professional videographer and friends with athletes Julia Mancuso, Kelly Slater, and J.T. Holmes, it's unlikely that any video you shoot with GoPro's Hero 3 Black camera will come off ...