Kim Cross
Outside Magazine
Idaho, United States
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Thousand CEO Gloria Hwang Is Making Bike Helmets Cool
The CEO of Thousand shares why she feels passionate about bike helmets → Read More
Deadline writing when the world is in chaos, your house is imploding and kids are home from school
Much of the world has altered its pace during the coronavirus — but deadlines have not. Here's author and freelancer Kim Cross on how to write on deadline. → Read More
Get Better at Mountain Biking from Your Living Room
Also known as jump training or plyos, plyometric exercises develop explosive power and speed by training muscles to produce maximum force in the shortest possible time. → Read More
7 Tips for Beginner Mountain Bikers
You never forget how to ride a bike—but you might have a few things to learn about riding on trails. → Read More
Five life hacks for beating writer's block
very writer procrastinates. Even John McPhee, one of the most prolific writers of our time. “I’ll go hours before I’m able to write a word,” he has said. “I’ll make tea. I mean, I used to make tea all day long.” I don’t know any writer who doesn’t suffer the same affliction frequently — if not daily. … → Read More
When syncopation rocks a nation: "Hamilton" enthralls fifth-graders (and parents) with a rockin' story of history
One honey-glazed autumn afternoon, I watched a tangle of fifth-graders playing Capture the Flag in a park in Boise, Idaho. Their favorite soundtrack blared … → Read More
The Real Reason There's No Tour de France for Women
Once upon a time, long before 2014, there was another women’s Tour de France. Several iterations of it, actually. → Read More
Marianne Vos Is the Boss
The world’s best bike racer is a woman: Vos, a 31-year-old Dutch superstar with more than 300 podium finishes. She’s also an activist, taking on the fight against gender inequality in a sport whose future has to involve knocking down a few doors. → Read More
How Pro Cyclist Coryn Rivera Balances the Essentials
With so much keeping her busy, we asked Rivera how she balances the essentials: training, rest, recovery, and food. → Read More
Women (Finally!) Get a Big-Wave Heat at Mavericks
It only took nineteen years, countless advocates, dozens of letters, and one particularly tenacious public official, but women—for the first time ever—have been invited to compete at one of the world’s most famous big-wave breaks: Mavericks. → Read More
Learning the Dance of Life and Death
Accompanying one fish from river to plate, an angler wrestles with life, death, and her duty as part of the food chain. → Read More
The Crossing: What I Learned About Life and Death From Fishing With My Father
Accompanying one fish from river to plate, an angler wrestles with her duty as part of the food chain. → Read More
5-Ingredient Pantry Recipes
Streamline your meals with these simple recipes. You might have everything you need on hand. → Read More
The Secret to Perfect Japanese Rice
A generations-old kitchen task becomes a meditation. → Read More
The $37 Billion Oil Spill, 5 Years Later
Everyone remembers how it started: on April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform exploded off the coast of Louisiana, rupturing the Macondo well below it. → Read More
Subterranean Mountain Biking: As Great as It Sounds
Seventy-five feet under the Louisville Zoo, in a labyrinth of Kentucky limestone mined into Swiss cheese, a few million pounds of soil have been sculpted into the trails, berms, and jumps at Mega Cavern, the world’s first underground bike park. → Read More
Mountain Biking Takes It Inside
Seventy-five feet under the Louisville Zoo, in a labyrinth of Kentucky limestone mined into Swiss cheese, a few million pounds of soil have been sculpted into the trails, berms, and jumps at Mega Cavern, the world’s first underground bike park. → Read More
Grass-Fed Beef versus Grain-Fed Beef
If you've wondered about grass-fed beef, here's the skinny on price, quality, taste, and cooking in comparison to grain-fed beef. → Read More
The Fifth Taste: Umami
Most cooks are aware of the four elemental tastes: bitter, salty, sour, and sweet. But central to Japanese cuisine is a fifth taste: umami... → Read More