Climbing Tips, Tricks And Gear
Yakima is Helping Us All “Take It Easy”
When it’s finally time to venture out, will you make up for lost time? It’s never easy when you’re left wanting the escape and the exhilaration awarded by the outdoors. Yakima is fully aware of the need, and has been there to assist ever since they started as a small machine shop in Washington. They’ve
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Sigma Introduces 100-400mm And Teleconverters For Full-Frame Mirrorless
Sigma today introduced the fifth “DG DN” lens in its growing lineup for full-frame mirrorless cameras, the Sigma 100-400mm F5-6.3…
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Isolation Assignment Winner Gerry Groeber
Congratulations to Gerry Groeber for winning the recent Isolation Assignment with the image, “Ghost Tree.” See more of Groeber’s photography…
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Great American Outdoors Act Moves Forward as Senate Passes Momentous Bill
Things are moving along for the Great American Outdoors Act. On Wednesday the Senate passed the bipartisan Great American Outdoors Act, hoping direct billions in resources towards support for outdoor recreation on public lands. The vote was 73-25, and the bill will now leave its fate to the House of Representatives. Specifically, the Great American
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Idaho Has a New State Record Catch-and-Release Rainbow Trout
Idaho’s new catch-and-release rainbow trout record is a giant! Surprisingly, we have not heard about a whole lot of new record fish catches this spring and through the early summer months. One would think that with more people getting outside fishing as a form of recreation during the coronavirus pandemic, we would see some more
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Hunter Thinks He Shot the Buck of a Lifetime, But His Friends Were Actually Pranking Him
If you have friends like this guy, you have awesome friends. Okay, seriously, who doesn’t love a good prank every now and then? Even better yet, this one involves deer hunting. In this video, we are introduced to an unsuspecting, rifle-toting, story-telling, novice hunter making what appears to be his first-ever shot on a massive buck.
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Two Guys Conduct Test to See If a Bulletproof Vest Will Stop an Arrow
This could be the ultimate test of a bulletproof vest. Have you ever wondered if a bulletproof vest could stop an arrow? If it can stop a bullet, an arrow shouldn’t be a problem, right? Well, wonder no more. These folks have tested one with both a compound bow and a crossbow. Watch the results and
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StageBerner: A Slick, New Way to Speedload a Shotgun
Quickly load your shotgun with a StageBerner. The popularity of shooting competitions, in particular, 3 gun, just keeps increasing. And as such, new gun innovations are showing up that are specifically tailored to this type of competition. That’s what this new device called a StageBerner has been designed for: a brand new way to load two
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Owl Grabs Bluegill Right Out of Fisherman’s Hand
An owl swooped down from a nearby tree and helped itself to this man’s bluegill. We don’t often see owls during the daylight hours, but it’s not all that unheard of. As much as any carnivore, owls are creatures that will feed upon opportunity when it presents itself. It’s just that we haven’t seen too
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Man Shoots His 6.5 Creedmoor From a Mile
The Social Regressive rings steel at a mile with the 6.5 Creedmoor from CMMG and Savage. Nothing quite beats a day of trigger therapy at the range. Ringing steel and doing some plinking with buddies is a great way to burn some free time. I have never been just a huge range nut, as I
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Hickok45 Checks Out the Guns of Red Dead Redemption II
These are the real-life versions of the guns from Red Dead Redemption 2. Even if you haven’t played it, by now you’ve surely heard about the western video game Red Dead Redemption II. This western epic made an astonishing $725 million in its first three days of release and is being hailed by critics for
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How to Make the Most Out of Your Deer Hunting Season
Want to maximize your time afield? The time to start planning is now! Almost every hunter has done it at some point. Life has happened and it has impeded your deer hunting season plans. Maybe it is a new job cutting into your time afield, the arrival of new child or simply lost access to
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Learn the Basics of Shooting a Handgun from This 10-Minute Video
Here are the basics of shooting a pistol quickly explained. Learning to shoot any firearm can be an intimidating experience, but this is especially true for handguns. Gun owners have a lingo that almost sounds like an entirely different language and it is easy for newer shooters to get overwhelmed. Considering that pistols are much
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Take a Peek at Marine Life With the Help of a Transparent Kayak
Forget scuba diving; you can get an unbelievable view of underwater with a transparent kayak. Before your next kayaking excursion, be sure to invest in a new kayak that’s going to enhance the experience. Clear kayaks are back just in time for summer, and outdoor enthusiasts can’t stop talking about them. Hammacher Schlemmer is selling
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Increase Your Shot Accuracy at Home for Only $89 Using the Strikeman Training System
Check out the Strikeman Laser Firearm Training System. Dry fire practice at home has always been a great way to work on your draw, presentation, and trigger control skills. But it can be hard to see your progress. And actually getting to the range is time consuming, and range fees and ammunition are expensive. Now
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Bear Bites Sleeping Camper While She’s Still in Her Tent
A presumed bear incident led to minor injuries and a ruined tent near Big Sky. Wildlife investigators are rather certain it was a bear that interrupted a woman’s sleep on private land in Beehive Basin northwest of Big Sky, Montana. No bear tracks were found, but the victim’s account seemed to line up with officials
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My Turn
I posted a week ago that recently I had been out-fished by both my kids, Outfished. Here, I want to note that if you keep casting long enough, eventually things turn your way. My daughter was not with me on this trip, but my son was. In a couple of evenings, we did not catch …
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Naomi Osaka is Both Excited and Cautious about Tennis Resumption
The two-time Slam champion wants to play the US Open, but does have her worries. Though she has been active in the public eye as she uses her expansive starpower and social media platform to push for social justice, 2018 US Open champion Naomi Osaka is eager to get her 2020 tennis season back on track while at the same time admitting that it is a scary proposition.
In a candid video interview with Time Magazine the two-time major champion talked about Racism in Japan and Colin Kaepernick as well as the US Open and 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
Naomi Osaka in TIME 100 Talks Asia virtual eventhttps://t.co/ghFhdwZ8UT
— Chris Oddo (@TheFanChild) June 17, 2020
“I want to play,” Osaka said of the 2020 US Open. “For me right now I’m definitely preparing as if it’s going to happen.”
She added: “I’m also concerned. I don’t know if they’re really prepared for this. If the rules keep changing and also if there’s going to be another spike, you never know what’s going to happen.”
In light of the announcements that the WTA and ATP Tours have made about restarting tennis in early to mid-August in collaboration with the ITF, the US Open and Roland Garros, Osaka admitted that the travel is a scary part of getting back to the sport.
“I think I would just be worried about travelling because tennis players have to travel quite often,” she said.
No matter what happens, the announcements have put a bit more urgency into Osaka’s day-to-day activities. She says she has enjoyed parts of quarantine, like re-connecting with reading (as opposed to being a TV junkie) and lending her voice to the cause of social justice, but she is aware that the time for tennis is near again.
“I’ve been practicing recently,” she said. “I think tuning up my game tennis-wise, it’s more like I’m just trying to get my balance back to, I guess, the things that I’ve been working on before quarantine.”
If there is one thing that the 22-year-old has missed more than any other, it would be the stirring battles that she used to regularly take part in with the WTA's best. Osaka says she misses the competition most.
“I think all athletes are really competitive and when there’s nothing to compete for it’s a bit boring.”
