Jon Coen
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The Best Multi-Tool We've Ever Used
The Free P4 is something of a feat of micro engineering, packing 21 tools into a handy 8.6-ounce, 4.25-inch piece. → Read More
A Look Into the Changing Tides of Airline Surfboard Baggage Fees
For the first time, there seems to be a change in the tide as industries seem to be recognizing the situation. → Read More
Your Favorite Music Festivals Are Becoming More Eco-Friendly
The Sustainable Concerts Working Group is a collective of music industry leaders and environmental advocates who believe in a sustainably driven music community. → Read More
Father's Day Gifts for Outdoor Dads
We've got the multi-tools, books, coolers, shades and munchies that the outdoor Dad really wants. → Read More
Weekends Long Beach Island, NJ: Amazing Sand and Sun in the Tri-State Area
As the long winter gives way to early summer, it's an ideal place to spend a beach weekend in the Mid Atlantic. → Read More
The Blue Seas, Rugged Hills, and Colorful Locals of Barbados
A travel guide to this relatively small Caribbean Island of 167 square miles and under 300,000 people. → Read More
4 Ways to Salvage a Surf Trip When the Waves Go Flat
It's like losing your wallet or throwing out your back ... it's the dreaded flat spell. No traveling surfer ever plans on it, but they do happen. → Read More
5 Simple Tips for Packing Your Surfboard Bag on Your Next Surf trip
There's no avoiding occasional bashed boards in transit, but you can certainly reduce your chances by packing your sticks with some tender love and care. → Read More
Beautiful and Minimal: A Travel Guide to Magic Mountain, VT
This affordable Southern Vermont gem aims to bring the New England soul back to skiing and snowboarding. → Read More
The Polar Vortex Is Here: What It Is and How You Can Get Through It
It’s a heck of a week in the continental U.S. Chicago’s public schools are closing so little kids don’t turn to popsicles. South Florida had record low temps on Monday. Thursday is forecasted to see a high of 12 degrees in Bismark, North Dakota, which will feel like relief considering that Wednesday’s high might be → Read More
Patagonia Overcomes Hurdles to Improve on Natural Yulex Wetsuits
After years of work, this season's suits look to be a massive improvement from what we've seen so far. → Read More
5 of Surfing's Most Coveted Highways and Byways
Because the the act of "getting there" is as much a part of surfing’s story as the actual waveriding. → Read More
Pro Surfer Otto Flores Discusses the Latest World Surfing Reserve in Puerto Rico
The Punta Borinquen region (Aguadilla) has recently been deemed the 11th World Surfing Reserve by Save the Waves Coalition. → Read More
The Best Outdoor Adventures To Ring in the New Year
There are several ways you can celebrate the start of a new year. The first is to go hard on New Year's Eve; get all gussied up and turn the volume up to 11. Start the night using terms like "barrel aged" and "hop varieties," and end it sipping from your warm can of PBR. → Read More
Burton's Got the Whole Family Covered for Riding This Year
The family that rides together, stays together. Luckily, Burton has a full line of outerwear, with solid options for everyone from lil sis to good ol' dad. → Read More
These million-dollar sailboats are racing around the world
A former America’s Cup helmsman talks about the craft in the Volvo Ocean Race. → Read More
Surfer Fergal Smith is doing much more than riding waves at his home in Ireland
Not only growing organic food for 50 local families, but has planted 12,000 native trees to reforest the local area and rebuild the biodiversity. → Read More
Snowboarder Travis Rice talks Ian Walsh's Perfect 10 at Jaws
The consensus around the wave-riding world is that it was the greatest barrel ever ridden in a surf competition. Recently, Maui’s Ian Walsh threaded his body between pulverization and certain thrashing with a massive (hell, let’s just call it 50-foot) barrel in the semifinals of the Pe’ahi Challenge, on his way to a heroic victory. → Read More
Burton unveils uniforms for 2018 US Olympic Snowboard Team
The competition jacket and pant are of a liquid metal look made with an exclusive iridescent silver fabric coated in fine aluminum. → Read More
Puerto Rico’s popular surf destinations still reeling from Maria
Rincon, Aguadilla, and other stretches of coast are suffering slow recovery with the rest of Puerto Rico. → Read More