From the Cycling the Silk Road website:

In the late spring and summer of 2006, four young wannabe explorers went on a long-distance cycling expedition retracing the travels of Marco Polo along ancient Silk Road trading routes in Xinjiang and Tibet in China. For months on end, we were

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In our new issue, due to hit stores soon, we feature a bag made by a Seattle brand called Alchemy Goods. They make bags from inner-tubes and other stuff. I just saw this post on treehugger that Whole Foods is giving Alchemy their used banners to make shopping bags.

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I’ve been addicted to this link ever since my friend Andrew posted it on a surfing forum. Not since the days of Fast Times at Ridgemont High and the venerable Spicoli has there been a better representation of the quintessential surfer dude.
Breaking The Surfer Stereotype

The Wend crew just got back from the Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City. We received some great compliments and signed on some big brands for next years advertising schedule. Which means we are going add another story to each issue. I know there are a few of you… Read the rest

Cold War skateboards have been putting out decks for a few years now. They are a Portland based company but unlike most other skate companies they get their blanks from a local source, Portland’s M and M, who actually press and cut decks in their own basement. It is… Read the rest

We just sent the latest off to the printers, so keep an eye out for it in a few weeks. We have more really great stories for you like the one I’d mentioned before, the Riding the Spine crew in the Copper Canyon of Mexico. The update on the front… Read the rest

Body glove just came out with a new line of wetsuits that’s been in the works for a while. The Eco line of poducts started with a PFD but now has a 3/2 and a 4/3 made without petroleum. Check out the Body Glove site for more info.