Bicycling has come a long way since you pedaled the old neighborhood on your Sting Ray with the sissy bar and purple banana seat.
Just as you eventually graduated to a 10-speed, road bikes have evolved significantly, and then there’s the highly popular category of mountain biking, which combines the pleasures (and pain) of road trips with the yee-haw attitude of wilderness adventure.
Whether you choose a mountain bike or a road bike, isn’t it time for you to venture outside of the neighborhood and … Details
Actress Natasha Richardson’s death from a head injury this week after a seemingly minor tumble on a beginners ski trail at Quebec’s Mont Tremblant Ski Resort has renewed a debate over helmet use by skiers and snowboarders — and whether wearing one might have saved her life.
Richardson, who was not using a helmet, fell during a lesson on Monday. After complaining of a headache …Â Details
A pod of dolphins and melon-headed whales escorted the Hokulea this morning as it ended a 1,000 mile voyage to Palmyra Atoll.
The Polynesian Voyaging Society said Hokulea’s crew reported at 10:45 a.m. that it had the atoll in sight and was awaiting a tow. The crew expected it … Details
I see the red taillights blazing, I hear the distinctive thrum from the flat-four boxer engine, I feel the whoosh of wind as Petter Solberg deftly maneuvers his Subaru Impreza WRC2008 around a tight hairpin by jabbing at his car’s handbrake.
The mud now spraying in every direction, the spectators are not deterred in the least. All eyes are focused on the bright blue hatchback dancing towards the horizon, making the zigzagging road that lies ahead magically straighten out. The Norwegian driver snatches second gear, then third, then fourth, as he …Â Details