Columbia has released some great tech in its history, like Omni-Tech and Titanium but the new Omni-Heat looks like a big step forward. The new range includes footwear and outdoor apparel with the Omni-Heat tech, said to be 20% warmer than normal clothing .
If you are into filming yourself riding your bike down crazy slopes you are no stranger to Contour, maker of nice helmet camcorder. The latest update in the their line up is the ContourGPS. Like its little sister the ContourHD, the ContourGPS features 1080p video recording, wide angle lens and waterproof. This new model adds… Continue reading Contour’s full HD helmet cam knows where you are
The new Zeal Optics spherical goggle are a good looking piece of kit that will protect your eyes like nothing else with their polarized and photo-chromic lens, wide vision angle and anti-fog system. But that’s not what is ground breaking about them. They also have a GPS receiver built in, powered by a 7 hour… Continue reading Zeal Optics Transcend Goggle, GPS enabled
This week is Photokina week and new cameras are popping up all over the place. But for us adventurer, the latest 50M pixel camera from Hasselblad is useless. The new upgrade from Ricoh on the G700 however looks rather interesting.
Garmin, the GPS manufacturer as announced yesterday its acquisition of MetriGear, a company specialising in power measurement for cyclist.
Berghaus, the British outdoor gear manufacturer, is currently running a great competition. The Berghaus Adventure Challenge will give a team of explorer each month £1000 in cash and £1000 worth of Berghaus gear.
We’re just back from a good weekend of camping and hiking where Ben had the chance to test the Salomon Quest 4d gtx. Salomon has been making quality shoes for a while now and while the prices are not in the cheap section they usually give you some high grade equipment which last longer. Salomon… Continue reading Review: Salomon Quest 4d gtx
Lowermost as recently released a new line of camera bags for the outdoor enthusiast photographer. The Adventura line is said to be light weight and will only be made of shoulder bags. You can also expect some clever pockets and convenient places to store many of you smaller equipment parts like filters, cleaners, etc… The… Continue reading Lowepro Adventura line for outdoor photographer
Columbia announced today its plan to acquire the company OutDry Technologies hence getting access to some of the company’s patents portfolio of innovative outdoor materials. OutDry is an Italian company producing waterproof and breathable outdoor equipments like footwear and gloves and Columbia’s range of products would benefits greatly of Outdry expertise to delivery even better… Continue reading Columbia to acquire OutDry Technologies
The Billabong ISA World Surfing games will take place this year in Punta Hermosa, Lima, Peru. The competition starts on the 19th October and ends on the 27th. This is one of the major competition of the year and will certainly attract the best of the surf teams out there.
