Venturing off-road can provide a mental lift to your weekly routine and reap huge fitness gains. While we’ve all taken our road shoes to the trail, having specific trail running shoes will elevate your off-road game. The perfect shoe is the calculus of individual fit and the type of trail you run on. To collect feedback, we had our team of testers from across the country run in diverse terrain. From rocky scrambles to mellow hikes to the Leadville 100, we’ve worn these trail shoes through rain, summer heat, and everything in between. And while there isn’t a single perfect shoe for everyo ..read more

Carl the Carpenter loves working hard. Well … he wants to love it, but construction is a young man’s game, and Carl’s no spring chicken. It’s not his first rodeo — or tenth, for that matter. He works for the weekend. Most evenings, before heading home to his wife and kiddos — you can find him propped on his tailgate, chopping it up with his colleagues. He talks a lot of smack — but deep down, he cares deeply for his friends and coworkers.   His coworkers call him “Old Dog,” and he’s become a bit of a father figure to the young bucks on the crew. “That’ll look decent if you step back ..read more

Nature is a dangerous place to recreate, but that certainly isn’t going to stop me from hitting the trail. I love to hike despite the risks. Sure, I could get lost and stranded. I could break an ankle and have no way of extricating myself. Lightning strikes, animals attack, and accidents happen. To quote Bilbo Baggins, “It’s a dangerous business going out your front door.” If you want to play outside, you have to accept a certain level of risk. Gear and technology can help mitigate that. It’s why people wear helmets, use avalanche beacons, and carry emergency survival equipment. It’s also why ..read more

Whether you’re looking for cute flip-flops for a beach vacation, the best flip-flops for outdoor adventures, or just the most comfortable flip-flops to run around town, this toe-free footwear can serve multiple purposes. We know it can be hard to pick out shoes online, so our experts have rigorously tested eight styles of flip-flops for women and we have all the inside scoop to share. Our tester, Brandy Jo Hastings, is a beach-loving outdoor adventurer who lives in Florida and has worn flip-flops for 4 decades. Over the years, Brandy has tried many great ones, but just like Jimmy Buffett in M ..read more

Any trail running shoe worth its lugs has enough traction to keep you upright in sloppy conditions. But a good pair of winter running shoes takes it up a notch. While summer conditions call for lighter, airy kicks, winter shoes will sacrifice breathability for waterproof membranes, shells, higher collars, and gaiters that shed the icy snow and mud. You pay a little more for the bells and whistles, but the goal is to keep feet warm, dry, and safe as you run through winter. Steve Graepel, the primary author of this guide, has been running for 30 years. He worked with other GearJunkie staff writ ..read more

Whether you’re looking for cute flip-flops for a beach vacation, the best flip-flops for outdoor adventures, or just the most comfortable flip-flops to run around town, this toe-free footwear can serve multiple purposes. We know it can be hard to pick out shoes online, so our experts have rigorously tested eight styles of flip-flops for women and we have all the inside scoop to share. Our tester, Brandy Jo Hastings, is a beach-loving outdoor adventurer who lives in Florida and has worn flip-flops for 4 decades. Over the years, Brandy has tried many great ones, but just like Jimmy Buffett in M ..read more

Humanity hasn’t always needed water shoes for protection. But let’s face it: Most of us in this era will never again develop tough-as-leather feet like our shoeless ancestors, who could travel miles across nasty terrain with bare feet. Today, our feet have delicate, sensitive soles that feel every piece of gravel in the grass, every shell in the sand, every fish hook in the foot, and every tree branch in the toe. Our water shoe review covers function, but also fashion. Water shoes are a key piece of gear today for almost all environments and water sports. They protect our feet from sharp cora ..read more

Searching for the best water shoes can feel like navigating a sea of endless options and variations. But fear not — our comprehensive buyer’s guide to the best water shoes for women will steer you in the right direction. Whether floating down a river, hiking through a canyon, or on a paddleboarding adventure, we’ve got you covered. Read on to find the perfect pair of water shoes that best fit your budget and adventure of choice. Over a few months, gear tester Emma Renly tested eight different water shoes. Each shoe offered a different type of wearability. But overall, she noticed these option ..read more

You probably fell in love with running because of its simplicity. You harness a tenet of basic human locomotion — pushing off the ground to generate forward motion. In most cases, it makes your day better and puts a smile on your face. La Sportiva’s R&D Team Product Leader, Nicola Dalla Costa, has a pretty rad job — figuring out how to optimize that very basic tenet of human locomotion to make your running experience as comfortable, efficient, and enjoyable as possible. Dalla Costa and his team are the brains behind La Sportiva’s sleek new Prodigio trail running shoe, which harnesses La S ..read more

If you haven’t run in a trail super shoe yet, it’s time to get on board. Brands like Nike, HOKA, The North Face, and now adidas are making it difficult for core trail running brands to compete with a shoe you’ll not just want to race in, but do all of your training in, too. Adidas spent a lot of time tooling a trail shoe around the same qualities that make its marathon super shoes so successful. Records are falling consistently in road running, and adidas predicts its first trail super shoe will have the same cascading effect on the trail racing scene; in some way,s it already has. Maybe the ..read more