Shoot it! Five amateur photographers have landed a prize from Köppen via our contest on a new section of the site, “Weekday Warrior,” which highlights outdoor-adventure activities you can do in your neighborhood and near home.

Bizarre handmade snowboards created by Corey Smith are part art, part performance product made for shredding the deep white. For $500, you can buy one of these hand-shaped, hand-painted wooden boards from Smith’s Spring Break Snowboards upstart.

Most mountain-biking footwear cannot masquerade as trail shoes. But Pearl Izumi set out to do just that when it launched its X-Alp series several years ago. We got the latest version to test.

$70 for a simple bike tool? That’s the proposition with the Pica+ from Crank Bros., a new product that has lock-in-place “indexed” components and a 5-year warranty against defect. We gave it an on-the-trail repair test.

BioLite stoves burn wood, heat water, and generate electricity to charge phones, lights, GPS devices, and other devices on the side. Will this “flame-for-electricity” concept eliminate a need for solar or extra batteries on backcountry trips?