ajtestbed Removable doors. Power-folding rooftop. E-locking differentials. Underbody protection. Big AT tires. The Jeep nameplate. Ah, a new Wrangler must be on the horizon, you may be thinking. Nope. This is the Jeep Recon, one of two fully electric Jeeps set to hit the US market for the 2024 model year, which would typically mean availability … Read more
When Mark Andre took the stand in a Humboldt County courtroom on a fall afternoon in 2018, he testified to the financial worth of portions of an old-growth redwood. Andre is a registered professional forester with a forestry firm in Arcata, California. In the spring leading up to his appearance on the stand, rangers from … Read more
Perhaps you’ve seen Austin Smith’s charming old firetruck turned into a snow globe traversing cozy palace. But even if you have, surely you’d like to see more of it.
Devon Howard used to be considered a throwback in the surf world. When everyone was consumed with riding Formula-1 level performance boards, he was out there cruising on easier to ride and way more fun egg shapes and longboards. The rest of the world has finally come around to his point of view and surfing … Read more
Buckle in, everyone. Filmmakers E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin have a new 10-part series examining the most harrowing moments of A-List adventure athletes, and how they come back stronger from mountain avalanches, big-wave beatdowns, high-altitude heart attacks and, in one case, clinical death. It’s a subject ripe for hyperbole, but in the hands of … Read more
The healing power of nature, of connecting with the greater, more powerful world out of doors, takes many forms. You don’t need to dangle from the side of a mountain, or run 100 miles through the desert to find that connection. Just as Eric.
The first time I saw an electric bike I was struggling up a hill. Suddenly, a silver-haired man came whizzing by in regular city clothes. I felt a wave of envy as he left me in the dust. That was probably five years ago, and since then ebike use has exploded. In 2020, ebike sales … Read more
Normally, we tend to keep things a bit seasonal here at AJ, but goodness it’s hot out here in the West. We’re watching anything with snow today to keep our sanity. Skiing? Great. Nightime? Perfect. We’re cooling off already.
Back in March the New Mexico Supreme Court told the state Game Commission get could not issue regulations allowing private property owners to close access to rivers and streams flowing over their land, provided the public is walking or wading on the streambed. Yesterday the court issued their written opinion explaining and clarifying their ruling. … Read more
The offices of a Manhattan law firm seem like an unlikely place to try to read the mind of a forest. But after showing IDs at the skyscraper’s entrance, we walked our polished shoes across a marble-floored lobby into the elevators. Doors closed. We ungrounded ourselves. The mellow ring of the elevator bell signaled our … Read more