Spring Break Snowboards

A few words with the artist behind a new line of handmade snowboards

Bored with the current direction of mainstream snowboarding, artist and professional snowboarder Corey Smith decided to do something about it. The resulting line Spring Break Snowboards brings the activity back to the basics with handmade wooden snowboards meant for making beautiful powder turns and reviving a love for nature. Not only do these wooden beasts look like a blast to ride, Smith hand shapes and …

Test Drive: 2011 Charger R/T

Dodge outdoes itself with a new take on their classic American muscle car

Few brands are more overtly “American” than Dodge. Even when their parent group was owned by Germans (now Italians), Dodge somehow remained the embodiment of a certain Yankee style—big, loud, powerful, arrogant and completely unapologetic. A part of the U.S.A. brand as much as America is part of Dodge’s identity, the bravado that attracted us to the “Mighty Dodge” as kids continues to turn our …

Boreas Packs

Design-driven gear from a new brand founded by outdoor industry vets

Smart, simple and functional design drives Boreas Gear, the outdoor gear startup set to officially launch this fall. Although the company is just getting started, the guys behind the scenes all hail from some of the biggest names in the biz (The North Face, Timbuk2, Eastern Mountain Sports, etc.). The team found themselves bored with a market made stale by the overabundance of complicated, tech-driven, …