Skiing food: snacks and lunch

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Pack a Snack Studies have shown that consuming some carbohydrate (bread, cereal, rice pasta, fruit, sugar) and a small amount of protein (meat, nuts, dairy products) during skiing can help minimize muscle damage from the day, compared to not snacking throughout a day on the mountain. No dedicated skier wants to miss a great run for an overpriced snack in a ski lodge or mountain restaurant- so sto...

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Ski Tech; leather ski pole baskets

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Few people actually know the general origin of skis and skiing poles as a means of transportation and the ones who do “know” can only tell you that they were first used somewhere in the 1500’s by early Scandinavians. In the beginning, the first skiers did not utilize leather ski pole baskets since skiing poles themselves did had most likely not yet been invented. Leather ski pole baskets themsel...

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Ski tech; rubber ski pole baskets

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

There are plenty of different forms of skiing and almost all of them actively make use of skiing poles in one way or another. Particularly in forms of skiing such as Nordic ski walking, skiing poles are used to help keep the skier balanced and capable of remaining stable throughout their journey over varying types of terrain. If your chosen terrain type calls for it, you may benefit greatly from s...

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A few reasons to use a hiking stick…

Monday, July 16, 2012

In hiking, there are many different types of gear and pieces of equipment that you can choose from to aid you in traversing the wilderness. One common choice of many hikers is to use a hiking stick of some sort (or even a pair of them). It is important to note that although hiking sticks can help you to remain a lot more stable during a hiking trip and more easily keep your balance as well, they a...

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Kenda Happy tires for mountain bikes

Friday, July 13, 2012

Although the Kenda “Happy Medium” is a tire that seems to forge its own set of rules on the trail and somehow it makes things work. These tires really do prove the point of the saying that you cannot judge a book by its cover since their design looks rather incongruent at a glance (with a very big difference between the center and the side knobs). However, they just might surprise you with their e...

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Determine your rain wear priorities

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Determining what you are looking for in your rain wear (or any other type of sport gear for that matter) is the most important thing that you can do aside from researching different features specifically. One of the best ways to find the best rain wear that can suit your own specific needs is to figure out what you are looking for and organize the most important features you desire beforehand. Fol...

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Learn how to turn a skiing pole into a hiking stick

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Both hiking poles as well as walking sticks tend to help hikers enjoy longer treks on foot more since they allow you to feel quite a bit more comfortable. Although there are plenty of walking poles out on the market for you to purchase, there are also simple walking stick baskets which you can attach to a standard ski pole. This may be preferable for a large variety of reasons such as the fact tha...

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Soft shell rainwear for hikers

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Soft shelled forms of rain wear deserve to be mentioned as a pretty effective form of outer wear. However, their effectiveness is somewhat limited to specific circumstances and situations in which they can be properly utilized. The best time to use a soft shell garment as outer wear is when you are expecting to end up doing some form of rigorous or otherwise extremely aerobic activity. For this si...

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A little help when it comes to choosing rain wear

Monday, July 09, 2012

There are a few general guidelines that you can keep in mind whenever you are looking for rain wear. Remember that there is basically no perfect type of rain wear out on the market that you can find. However, there are an abundance of good options for you to choose from.Try to always make your definitive choice by basing it on the way a jacket's features match what you are looking for personally. ...

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Biking Tips: dealing with foot pain

Friday, July 06, 2012

Experiencing pain in your feet is a problem that is often associated with the activity and sport of biking in its many different forms and variations. If you end up feeling a burning sensation of pain right on the ball of your foot then you have probably been doing some riding in very hot weather or wearing rather poorly fitting shoes during your rides (perhaps you have been doing both of the abov...

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