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
October 2009 archive
High tech speed suit to help Olympians go faster
At every Olympics there's some piece of gear that's credited with smashing records. At Beijing it was the combination of the Speedo LZR swim suits and a high tech pool. In Vancouver-Whistler it may just be Spyder Active Wear's new ski suit, which was tested at the same wind tunnel ...
What's SUP? Trying the sport of Stand Up Paddleboarding, the fastest growing sport
Here's a very short video of my first attempt at stand up paddleboard surfing. A couple weekends ago I was in Tofino, for a weekend of surfing. We rented a board and paddle at Island Longboards, a great surf shop on the east side of Vancouver Island on the road ...
Launching Eddie: the mall staple goes hard core
I grew up on grunge, listening to Pearl Jam, Metallica, Sound Garden, and the rest of them. My school "uniform" was plaid shirts (untucked of course), ripped jeans, hiking boots and long hair. And I did most of my shopping - what little I did - at Eddie Bauer. I ...
How they make skis
I'm always curious about how things are made, especially the gear I play with. It mystifies me how they design something as complicated as a ski or stove is pieced together in a factory environment, so I was pretty interested to see the Discovery Channel's How it's Made episode on ...
Get puffed in this piece: The Arc'Teryx Atom LT
It's amazing how fast fall descends on us. I feel like it was only two weeks ago I was still walking around in shorts. Over Thanks Giving the snow line dipped, the temp hovered around three degrees and there was even talk of snow flurries. That may sound normal for ...
Timex Expedition WS4: A altimeter watch that doesn't pretend to be small
Most altimeter watches try and pack way too many features into a normal sized watch. With the Expedition WS4 Timex almost did the opposite. They didn't even try and make this thing small and, sticking with the company's mantra of keep it simple, the WS4 ($299.99; timex.com) is one of ...
Climbing Arrowsmith to celebrate more than a park
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There's fresh snow on the mountains today, the first of the year. I was lucky and managed to snag a final summer summit before the weather changed. Four friends and I summited Mount Arrowsmith, a prominent peak above Qualicum Beach and Port Alberni, via the The Nose route, a fantastic ...