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The long, convoluted history of the struggle for a top-flight—and lasting—European women’s stage race
The e-commerce behemoth is on its way to becoming the biggest marketplace for outdoor-recreation products and its influence over the industry grows every day. Is this the apocalypse for the shops and brands that have fueled our love of adventure? Or can they learn to fight back without destroying one another?
Besides your hiking boots, your daypack is your most-used piece of gear. These are our favorites.
New tech automatically adjusts settings to keep the watch in tracking mode longer, without sacrificing accuracy
The Tour de France still has cheats, but we owe it to the clean riders to keep watching
The goal: to give your trail runner an extra layer of armor
The third annual International World Extreme Sports Medicine Congress confirmed our collective willingness to wreck ourselves in pursuit of stoke
Encouraging children to race bikes would make the country—and the world—a better place
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The little green legumes are having a moment in the plant-based fitness world
The Bassmaster Elite Series is trying something new in Austin, Texas: letting the fish go
The family of three watches gets even fancier navigation features, and the 5X Plus gets a pulse oximeter
The Minnesota basketball coach launched Asiya, a brand with the goal of making playing sports better for hijab-wearing women everywhere
The products mark the company’s first water cooler and a new addition to its Panga line
In 2017, she became the first woman to descend all 90 ski lines in 'The Chuting Gallery.' She shouldn't have to defend her accomplishment, but she will.
Because spending time together is more important than buying new gear
If we truly want more women in this sport, it's time to change the system for entering races
They're in your gels, chews, and drinks, but do you really need them?
‘New York Times’ sports writer John Branch reports on everything from the Olympics to the World Yo-Yo Contest
'Play On,' a new book from journalist Jeff Bercovici, explores how aging elite athletes stay at the top of their game
Turns out, even if you don't play basketball, you can learn a lot from the sport and its athletes
It's time to lay down some guidelines for what counts as etiquette among rivals, friends, and professional athletes
Does not being moved by a tremendous cycling effort make you some sort of sociopath?
The post-exercise recovery trend has produced mountains of new research. But can you trust the results?
No more VPNs or sketchy pirate feeds. Here’s how to get almost every race in every discipline, all year, for less than $200.
It used to be that we all slowed down with time. Not anymore.
The less you worry about making mistakes, the better you’ll perform
The world of capsules, pills, and powders is fraught with junk science and sketchy brands. Here's how the professionals wade through the confusion.
Non-elites on the podium. Crazy clothes. Mid-course pandemonium. The race gave running a much needed shake-up, if only for a day.
This marks the brand's first attempt at an affordable, fitness-oriented wearable
The vests, bags, belts, and more that top athletes use to stay primed while they push
Sometimes, when it comes to making progress it's the smartest choice you can make.
Over the past three decades, Nancy Hogshead-Makar has established a reputation as the leading attorney and champion for young athletes filing sex-abuse lawsuits. Now the former Olympic swimmer faces her biggest challenge yet: making sure #metoo's impact is permanent.
Former pro road rider Iris Slappendel founded the first labor union for women cyclists with one goal: getting team managers, sponsors, and riders to treat male and female cyclists with equal respect, 'cause that sure isn't happening now
The Doug Coombs Foundation was created to subsidize skiing and open up the sport to a broader audience. Now the Jackson, Wyoming–based organization finds itself on the front lines in the battle over undocumented workers.
Researchers at Stanford and UCLA are teaching college distance runners that when it comes to staying injury-free, what they eat matters
As the case over Chris Froome's elevated salbutamol levels slowly churns on, cycling officials are preparing for a protracted battle
Yet as much as the boycott’s flaws undermine its likelihood of success, they also suggest a viable roadmap for the outdoor industry's future as a political force
It's the most reliable performance booster in the world—unless you have the wrong genes
Thanks to new equipment and a more holistic approach to training, they turned a dismal 2014 showing into a commanding lead this year
Plus, they’re all under $75
It's not about training regimens or dietary dogma—it's about community
We must resolve the sexism ingrained in cycling—starting with ditching the outdated practice of flanking successful male athletes with scantily clad women
The horrific scandal in U.S. gymnastics is part of a long history of sexual abuse in amateur sports—especially swimming. The time for lasting change is now.
With the arrival of a long-rumored drink, endurance athletes want to know
The USOC has failed to do enough to protect American athletes from abuse for years. Getting rid of its chief executive won't do anything to solve the problem.
For long-term health in endurance athletes, when you eat is nearly as important as how much you eat
In seasons with little snow, people make fewer trips to the mountains, which has a huge impact on local economies
Americans didn't crush it in Pyeongchang, but medal-counting haters need to shut it. Let me explain.
Honoring the athletes, moments, and Twitter accounts who really deserved to take home the gold this year
And not just in the medal count (though we did own the medal count)
Say one of your favorite hydration-pack brands has a parent company that also owns a semi-automatic rifle maker. Should you stop buying the gear? We asked three ethicists for their opinions.
The surefire way to make sure you're getting the treatment you need
At 33 years old, she became the oldest woman to medal in alpine skiing—thanks to smart, restrained racing
Never leave home without it, even if you don't think you'll have to use it
Testing the idea that you can improve your ability to eat on the run
Yes, curling makes the list. And no, we're not biased at all.
The decorated skier talks productivity and good habits as he prepares to defend his gold medal in Pyeongchang and enters his 12th year running his eyewear company
An unlicensed truck driver killed a 13 year-old cyclist in Brooklyn. It’s time to take motor vehicle licensing and registration into the 21st century.
Can a controversial new form of statistical profiling weed out cheaters?
New research finds that performance varies drastically based on the time of day
Athletes can come back with adverse test results without getting even temporarily banned from racing. That's like allowing a drunk driver who failed a breathalyzer test to drive away—so long as he has a good excuse.
A professional adventurer has to break a few eggs along the way—and, apparently, several bones and a skull. Mark Jenkins tallies up the most memorable injuries and mishaps from a life lived on the edge.
Behold the astonishing explosion of alpine sports in the People’s Republic—as directed, promoted, and financed by the Communist Party in the run–up to the 2022 Beijing Olympics
From technical, three-layer shells to casual flannels, Basin and Range makes clothes designed for an adventurous lifestyle
For years, these key players have set records and pushed boundaries
Follow the lead of elite athletes and use the science of motivation to perform at your best
To get a clear picture of where research is headed, you have to look beyond the easy headlines
It’s official: Nike’s Vaporfly shoes improve efficiency by 4 percent. What does that actually mean for racing?
In buzkashi, Afghanistan’s violent and ancient national pastime, riders battle for control of an animal corpse that they carry toward a goal. Sixteen years after the U.S.-led invasion that ousted the Taliban, the sport is dominated by rival warlords who will do anything to maintain power in a turbulent country that once again is up for grabs.
A growing number of outfitters are offering options for adaptive athletes