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Hands On the New Flylow Jackets

I had the pleasure of handling and trying on few of Flylow’s new jackets the other night my local shop. As you may already know, I’m a big fan of their Dropkick Pro pants, so I was excited to check out their latest offerings. I’ll preface this with the fact I am a notoriously difficult [...]
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Karhu Storm Review (AT)

In search of the ultimate alpine touring setup for the North East, we mounted up a pair of 177 Karhu Storms with Dynafit bindings to see if they could handle the diversity of conditions that are encountered on a day of spring touring in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
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Flylow Dropkick Pro Ski Pant Review

It was two years ago when I once again found myself in the market for some new pants as I had developed a knack for destroying mine on a seasonal basis. It was early December and I was up at Jay Peak pillaging an early season powder day in conjunction with the Vermont Telemark Festival. [...]
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Review: Karhu Team 100 / Line Prophet 100

Last season I found myself without a solid every day ski in my quiver that would handle whatever conditions I would encounter on the mountain on any given day. I needed something that would carve on hard pack well, yet provide enough float to be serviceable in deeper snow, crud, or cut up powder when called upon. I needed a daily driver. After some laborious research, mulling various magazine and personal reviews, there was one ski that seemed to be universally loved and completely fit the bill. That ski was the Line Prophet 100: A playful cap-constructed twin that sports a generous sidecut, maple core and a layer of titanal for good measure. A number of seasons ago when the Prophet 100 first debuted, at 100mm under foot, it might have been considered a powder ski in almost any locale save for maybe Utah, where its bigger brother the Prophet 130 was the weapon of choice on deep days. Fast forward a few years and 100 is the new 80 - fat is now mid-fat (yes, even in New England.)
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Review: Giro Remedy Bike Helmet

Earlier this summer I decided to dive head first (quite literally) back into mountain biking. It was at one time something that I was incredibly passionate about, even working for several years at a bike shop to better enable the habit, but at some point I lost my way and hung up the sport for [...]
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