ϳԹ Magazine, Aug 2004
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Is no cut at all. The latest surgery-free solutions to sports injuries may help you bypass the O.R., and put you back at the top of your game.
Nothing caps a righteous day like a proper toast. But hauling vino into the wild has always been as practical as hiking in loafers—until now. Quality boxed wines—seriously—have arrived. These cardboard carriers deliver three liters in tough plastic wineskins. And the taste? We invited Mark Miller, godfather of modern southwestern…
The new rule for performance swimwear: More is less—less drag, less turbulence, and less time to the finish line. At this summer’s Athens Games, 75 percent of all swimmers will get hydro-dynamic in full-body and cutoff suits. The superhero getups are competition legal—they made their Olympic debut at Sydney in…
If British Columbia didn't invent the adventure lodge, the province sure has perfected the genre. Here are four that do it right, with a twist: You can't drive to any of them.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry spent his life defying and outflying death. Then it caught up.
High-end RVs deliver comfort and convenience, but they typically keep you tethered to pavement and plug-ins—and often have you sacking out among snoring retirees. Enter the EarthRoamer XV-LT, a $155,000 built-to-order luxury rig designed for charging off the grid in grand enviro style. Powered by a Ford F-450 4×4 diesel…
Best-selling novelist and serial muckraker Carl Hiaasen is mad as hell about what they're doing to Florida. His revenge? Vicious mockery of Sunshine State sleazeballs and greedy eco-thugs. An equally pissed-off Bob Shacochis tags along for a day of fantasy bonefishing and literary whup-ass.
Wipe out trying to bodysurf the Newport Wedge and you'll burst an eardrum, yank out a shoulder, or snap a few ribs. Daniel Duane tackles the mean blue beast and meets the elite riders who court her lash.
On the high plains of the West, tough men still ride herd on the open range. But the new riders are lonely gauchos from Chile and Peru, and their 21st-century frontier is a place where the cowboy myth meets a harsh reality.
Welcome to the anti-Himalayas, a happy land of sunshine, frothy water, and extra-large boulders
IN CHRIS CARMICHAEL’S NEW BOOK on nutrition, Food for Fitness (Penguin, $26), due out in late July, Lance Armstrong’s coach puts the smack down on the high-protein, low-carb diet frenzy. According to Carmichael, the barbarian diet is disastrous for active types—much better to get back on the pasta-and-potato train. Since…
LAST FEBRUARY, we asked Werner Hoeger, an exercise physiologist at Boise State University, to evaluate the training regimens of three top winter athletes and decide who had the best combination of power, cardiovascular fitness, and speed. (Speed skater Derek Parra got the nod.) With the Athens Games coming up this…
Drop in for a day, stay a week, or put down roots for a lifetime. In these soulful, just-under-the-radar hideouts, distilled small-town pleasures still go down smoothly.
F E A T U R E S
At SoCal’s Newport Wedge, the rad boys of big-wave bodysurfing endure crushed vertebrae, torn shoulders, and rinse-cycle wipeouts to ride one of the world’s gnarliest breaks.
By Daniel Duane
Novelist Carl Hiaasen has an ax to grind—and not because he had a bad day on the bonefishing flats. Join two hilarious and pissed-off writers as they cruise the Keys, bash the government, damn the developers, and dream of dunking the yahoos who’ve turned South Florida into “paradise screwed.”
By Bob Shacochis
When two South American gauchos head to Idaho with Marlboro dreams, their range-riding fantasies crash into meth labs, misery, and an open frontier that can chew up men hoping for a second chance.
By Nick Reding
BEST TOWNS 2004
Seeking an underpopulated—and undiscovered—slice of paradise? Drop in to any of our 20 adventure towns, from burly Haines, Alaska, to serene Cedar Key, Florida, where you’ll find cush, affordable base camps for spontaneous long weekends or a lifetime of wild fun.
By Mike Grudowski.
PLUS: If you’re moving to that rustic retreat, you’d better mind your manners—author and small-town guy Michael Perry shares his secrets for fitting in; our troubleshooting guide to home buying in dreamland; living on the edge in America’s best border towns; and more.
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Athletes Amanda Beard and Ian Thorpe head for Athens in swimming’s ; wundercoach Chris Carmichael preaches the ; emerges as a hip adrenaline destination; living large in British Columbia’s posh ; explores the horse latitudes, elephant mating, and feral vegetables; PLUS: , a guide to vino that’s packed and primed for the outdoors, and a look at the world’s earth-friendliest roadster in .
France’s Antoine de Saint-Exupéry lived a series of daring near misses—until his mysterious disappearance in 1944. Now that his fate is known, it’s time to remember the lost pilot’s undying achievement.
By Mark Jenkins
We’ve sorted through the latest storm of high-traction trail runners for the coolest innovations in from Nike, The North Face, and others. PLUS: for the beach and backcountry.
The most promising breakthrough in sports-injury recovery is not about the knife. Learn how can get you back in the game, stitch-free. PLUS: Three Olympians vie for the ϳԹ title.