Category: Gear
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Blood Pressure Monitor Review
I research and order blood pressure monitors to test and review for GearLab. I created and implemented the initial test with the help of three consulting doctors, and repeat the process whenever we add in new devices. Read the full review at GearLab or view a PDF of the November…
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Surf Trip Packing List 2020
The version posted on Wave Tribe is attributed to Derek Dodds. This is the original version I submitted. Published by Wave Tribe | June 10, 2020 Traveling to a new break has a way of smacking you in the face with beauty. Wake up! Stop worrying about emails. It’s time to surf.…
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Surfing Chicama, Peru – The Longest Left
Published by Wave Tribe | September 12, 2019 The version posted on Wave Tribe is attributed to Derek Dodds. This is the original version I submitted. [Credit – Mikey Wier. Caption – Waist high waves at El Point are hard to hate.] Chicama, The Longest Left Chicama is known as…
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GearLab Mountain Bike Review Program
I lead a team to create GearLab’s first mountain bike review in September of 2016 and launched its mountain bike review program with the most scientific and objective testing process known at the time. I continued leading the program until April 2018, when I became a senior managing editor. During…
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Field Tested: Boosted Board
The Boosted Board lets you accelerate fast, skate uphill and ride up to 8 miles on a single electric charge, with almost no learning curve. Published by Hilltromper Santa Cruz | December 4, 2018 by L. Clark Tate. Photos courtesy Boosted Boards Dec. 4, 2015—I was kind of a skater…
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Field Tested: OneWheel
‘The world’s first self-balancing electric skateboard,’ says Future Motion Inc. It’s that, plus a lot of fun. Hilltromper Santa Cruz | 2015 Words and Photo by L. Clark Tate I was definitely channeling Marty McFly. Not just because I was riding a contraption akin to the hoverboard, but because I…
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Gear Philosophy
Our super-official, semi-philosophical gear review policy. Hilltromper | 2015 Words and Photo By L. Clark Tate Here at Hilltromper we love getting out. And while epic adventures like climbing mountains or running wild rivers while trekking through foreign lands offer a thrilling escape, we spend most of our outdoor time closer…
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Rock Solid Map App
GraniteMaps is a clear and reliable app to help mountain bikers and hikers explore Wilder Ranch and UCSC’s upper campus. by L. Clark Tate Jan. 7, 2015—It’s a sunny Saturday in late December out at Wilder Ranch. Austin Riba and I sidestep a passing horse-drawn carriage before rolling up to…
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Shamma Barefoot Running Sandals
Published by Women’s Movement | September 2014 By L. Clark Tate Barefoot running is a blast, but even the toughest toesies need a little protection. That’s just what Santa Cruz-based Shamma Sandals provides with their Mountain Goat barefoot running sandals. This trail-specific model is engineered for us devoted off-roaders. The…
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Josh Stiles
Published in Hilltromper Santa Cruz | August 2013 By L. Clark Tate Midway through a softball game at Delaveaga Park in Santa Cruz, Josh Stiles was feeling like he’d lost a step. At 31 he was active and fit, but he’d just been thrown out, twice. That just didn’t happen. “I…
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