AltWeeklies Wire
These Boots Are Made For It Allnew
The wrong footwear can make an outdoor excursion challenging, if not miserable -- take care in picking your boots, and don't let the new, lighter style of boot trick you into a bad hiking trip.
Jackson Free Press |
Reed Branson |
08-15-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Perils of a Waterfront Paddlernew
Traffic jams, tankers and smoggy speedboats make for treacherous Toronto kayaking.
NOW Magazine |
Roger Brook |
07-27-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
The People's Park: Kings Dominion Always Takes You Backnew
A writer reflects on one of his old haunts, Kings Dominion, about what has changed and what hasn't.
Style Weekly |
Brent Baldwin |
07-18-2007 |
Recreation
Kings Dominion Always Takes You Backnew
Could I still enjoy myself at the famed theme park as a skeptical, some would say cynical, adult -- someone who at 35 is fairly wary of a lifetime of target marketing and corporate cross-promotion?
Style Weekly |
Brent Baldwin |
07-18-2007 |
Recreation
Nerdwatching: Geocachingnew
Team Alamo, the world's leading geocaching team, is dragging its GPS gear all across the country.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
07-18-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
It's 'All Luck and Driving' Out at the Demolition Derbynew
A demolition derby is not a tidy affair -- at the height of an eight-car heat, the air is pungent with exhaust fumes and mud clods are flying into the crowd.
Isthmus |
Jason Joyce |
07-16-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Kayaking the Salton Seanew
California's largest inland lake sits 228 feet below sea level in the Colorado Desert.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Chuck Graham |
07-13-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Building a Meat Saddlenew
It's all in the name of the upcoming Mongol Rally, an inane adventure in which entrants race crappy cars across a quarter of the globe.
New York Press |
Joshua M. Bernstein |
07-12-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
When Pigs Flynew
Geocachers all over the world are typing in coordinates to find treasures worth nothing more than the thrill of the hunt.
Gambit |
Sam Winston |
07-10-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Coasting Along with Shimanonew
Trek's new bikes make cycling simple again.
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
07-09-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Not Just a Drinking Game Anymorenew
Beer pong is now a serious competitive sport.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kinsee Morlan |
06-27-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
How Many Boats are Too Many?new
Wisconsin waters are under growing pressure from recreational users.
Isthmus |
Brian McCombie |
06-19-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Go Skateboarding Daynew
For the fourth annual Go Skateboarding Day, Montreal's skateboarders will congregate downtown to reclaim the real estate from which skaters have been banished.
Montreal Mirror |
Lucan Wisenthal |
06-14-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
28 Grunts Later: Zombie Kickballnew
The second annual installment of Zombie Kickball was a great success. Zombies of all stripes and unnatural deaths made it. Check out some photos from the afternoon of the living dead.
Portland Phoenix |
Christopher Gray |
05-31-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Firsthand Gun Smokenew
Racism, sexism, nazism and lots of high-powered weaponry on parade at the Crossroads of the West Gun Show.
San Diego CityBeat |
Michael Klam |
05-30-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
