All I Want for Christmas…
OK gadgeteers, here is one geeks top 10 wish list for Xmas ’07. Post your own in the comments. 1. Freebord – ride a skateboard like a snowboard? A center wheel (like the one found on a ) [...]
Climbing
Rock (sport, trad, bouldering), Ice, Mixed, Indoor, etc
VLine – Custom Bouldering Gear Designed to Last
Sometimes you can tell a quality product by just looking at it. BMW, Bose, Apple and VLINE are examples of this. What? You never heard of Vline? You will. Their bouldering gear easily stands out [...]
d3o – The Future of Wearable Protection
Bitness contributors have taken some serious slams. I have video of Frank biting through his lip and nearly knocking himself out skateboarding in the half-pipe. I convinced Jay when we were younger [...]
Barefoot Bouldering and Beyond
Running around barefoot is fun for the most part, unless you step on pine cones, sharp rocks or in dog shit. I’ve had the misfortune of stepping on or in all three this Summer. I’ve tried [...]
Light – Action – Camera!
When I was younger my oldest brother Paul made a series of movies with my father’s 8mm (film). He remade Airport 1975, complete with the crash scene (planes with straws glued on them and [...]
An Idiot Light for Bodies in Motion
In college I had an old Chevy pickup truck that was cursed. For starters the rear bumper had a way of removing itself from the truck’s frame – once I clipped a wall and pulled it off, [...]
Balance Boards: Complete Your Workout
Balance sports have always been a passion of mine. Skateboarding, snowboarding and climbing (which has just as much to do with balance as it does strength and agility). Slack lining is a great way to [...]
Grab, Pull, Repeat
“She makes me feel kinda funny, like when we used to climb the rope in gym class.” Garth Algar, Wayne’s World I wanted so badly to knock the Viper Rope Climber from Marpo Kinetics. [...]
I Walk the [Slack]Line
For those of you not ‘in the know’ a slackline is used primarily by climbers to develop balance by walking the length of tubular nylon webbing (usually 1 inch thick) ala the Great [...]
Dyna-flex Gyro Exerciser
Wednesday nights I climb at my friends rock gym in Lincoln, RI. Last night he showed me the Dyna-flex Gyro Exerciser. It looked like a toy – like a yoyo. He got it started with a pull string [...]
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