Ryan Stuart, explore's gear editor
Ryan Stuart's tell all blog spot on his gear addiction and life and times as explore magazine's gear editor
January 2010 archive
A heated jacket. That's right a jacket with electric heat.
- Posted on January 25, 2010 at 9:55 AM
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I'm not kidding. Mountain Hardwear's Refugium Jacket is just that, a little refuge from a Canadian winter with the same kind of heat that makes heated car seats so sweet. (There's a women's equivalent, the Radiance) It has a soft and flexible battery pack, designed by Ardica, that slips into ...
Team kayaking hits the big screen
Jackson Kayaks makes a two person whitewater kayak called the Dynamic Duo. I haven't paddled one in whitewater yet, but have played around with the boat on flatwater. We tandem rolled it, jetted across the lake way faster than we expected and basically had a blast. It's incredibly wide, long ...
G3 ski graphic contest
Ski graphics have come a long way from the days of the hot pink Dynamic 27s I owned in the early 90s. Thank god. Look at a rack of new skis and the graphics may not all be pretty, but they're at least interesting. And they're bound to get more ...
Avalanche app
Everyone else seems to be making one, so why not me. That's what my friend and I were thinking the other day as we brain stormed ideas for iPhone apps. We figured there had to be at least one or two things in the world left where there isn't an ...
Vote for the gnome and your favourite ski destination
Travelocity is hosting an online contest to cure their Roaming Gnome's bad case of cabin fever. The travel website is pitting Whistler against Banff to see who people think is the better ski destination. Every vote is entered into a contest for a ski Vail ski vacation. I've spent a ...
Looking for something to watch? Freeskiing Revelstoke stop is on
Looking for something to watch? When you're finished with Saturday morning cartoons check out the Subaru Freeskiing World Tour. It's second stop is in Revelstoke this weekend and the action is live streaming. The event is taking place in the billy goat paradise of Revelstoke Mountain Resort's North and Greely ...
Best gear of 2009, Part 2
Here are the rest of the my top 10 picks for best gear of 2009. See the first five here. GSI Vortex Blender: This party favourite can whip up a blender drink anywhere, any time, with a little elbow grease. crank the arm a few times and the blades rip ...
Best gear of 2009, Part 1
- Posted on January 5, 2010 at 1:56 PM
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Everyone else is doing top 10 lists for the passing decade and year, so I thought I'd compile a list of my own. Here are my top 10 gear items from 2009. Some of these you may have already read about. For others this is their moment of glory. Lendel ...
Department of Corrections: Gamma not Beta
In the winter issue of explore I mistakenly identified Arc'Teryx's soft shell Gamma SK pants as the Beta pants. The mistake frustrated at least one reader who couldn't find a pair of Beta pants for $200. No wonder. The Beta pants are Gore-tex and retail for about $400 to $450. ...
