Gearing Up On A Budget For Winter Sports
Spokane-area small businesses — Rambleraven Gear Trader, Sports Creel, and Play It Again Sports — sell used gear for alpine winter sports.
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Local Holiday Gift Guide – 2020
By Derrick Knowles & Jon Jonckers 2020 has been a year we won’t ever forget, and local businesses need our support more than ever. Shopping at locally-owned stores helps keep jobs and money in our local communities, and local businesses will work harder to make sure you’re happy with your purchases. Wear a mask, use hand sanitizer, and use this
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Bike or Walk to the Farmers Market
Biking or walking to a local farmers market is great summertime urban adventure, offering exercise and healthy food.
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Gear Room: Sweet Protection Helmet
I started wearing a helmet skiing over a decade ago, and good thing too. The very next season, casually picking my way down a shredded and deserted powder field, a young snowboarder crashed into me from behind. His board struck my helmet and the impact left my head aching for hours. It was long past
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Refining Your Running Gear
I hate treadmills. I am far from alone on this. A treadmill run can be dreary, making you feel like a hamster on a wheel—because basically, that’s what you are. Sometimes, though, a treadmill is just a piece of essential gear, a tool that helps runners get through the often sloppy “shoulder season” bridging from
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Gear to Get Kids Outside in Winter
Children need outdoor gear they can call their own, and by the time they are 6-9 years old, they are ready (and more willing) to receive fewer toys and more experience-oriented, practical items. Here are 10 gear ideas that will help encourage outdoorsy kids to become lifelong adventurers. 1. Pocketknife: A versatile tool for a responsible,
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Inland Northwest Holiday Gift Guide
By Bradley Bleck, Jon Jonckers, Derrick Knowles, and Amy McCaffree What does it mean to shop local? For some, it means something made locally from local materials or from a locally-owned shop. Or for many buying local means shopping from a local store that might sell products that are mostly made elsewhere. Others place high
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Effortless AirPods
I like running with friends. And I often like running in silence. But most often, I like running in the companionship of what I think of as “my most prized possessions,” my AirPods. Since receiving these little wireless gems of headphones as a gift last December, silly little “problems” that were not really a big deal but
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3 Ways to Plan for Safe Winter Driving
Learn 3 key tips for winter driving, whether traveling to ski mountains or on a road-trip or just wanting to be safer in town.
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4 Tips to Keep Kids Happy on the Slopes
A few years ago I knew next to nothing about skiing with kids. But after three seasons of doing my best to teach my son, I’ve learned a few things. I hope these tips will help you keep your little shredders happy on the snow this winter! 1. Keep Them Motivated A positive day on
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