The POV camera market has been blowing up lately. The new Drift HD camera features a compact design with an lcd screen so that you can see what the hell you are filming. Based on most of the videos I have watched from the POV angle, people could really use a point of reference. Available August 31, 2011.

Cameras are getting smaller & smaller. Replay’s HD cam is about the size of a Lifesavers candy roll. Strap it to your body and do something cool.

When you strip snowboarding, surfing & skateboarding down to the bare essentials, it’s all about the glide. The simple motion of riding a surface on a plank of wood. That’s what Maki Longboards is all about. They provide a means to glide.

The new Contour Plus is about to hit the market. What makes it so “plus” is the new wider angle lens and direct HDMI plug.

Finless surfboards provide the ultimate glide in the water. The learning curve is steep, but once overcome it’s an indescribable ride. These boards take the Alia experience and make it a bit more user-friendly.

There’s a way to stand out at a campsite other than shooting off fireworks all night long. VW’s Camper is the most original tent I’ve ever seen. If you’ve always wanted a retro Volkswagen bus, but can’t justify spending hard-earned money on a van that will spend more time in the shop than on the road, this is your perfect solution.

If you Google mustache chances are the third or fourth hit, behind a certain megalomaniac mass murderer from Germany, is Donny. Facial hair and scary Germans aside, Donavan is a very stylish surfer and successful musician. Therefore, it totally makes sense that he has his own travel guitar model to take with him and play at beach bonfires.

Steve Olson was one of the Daggers in the movie Thrashin’. I don’t really know what else he’s done besides that and carve over a few lights in some pools. Oh … he did make Alex Olson, and he’s pretty awesome.

My friend Glen works for this service. I’m also a member. For under 400 bucks a year, you can have the peace of mind that a special team, consisting of ex seal team operatives, will come and extract you from anywhere on the planet.  It’s pretty damn sick. Pro surfers, Mick Fanning and Jordy Smith, are members along with high dollar international business men and global adventure types. If you travel to exotic locals to surf, snowboard or just to get lost, there is always a chance you will be somewhere during a coupe de etat, natural disaster or unstoppable outbreak of herpes. Know you can call the modern A Team to come and rescue your ass. Don’t call them when you’re lost in Los Angeles or when you sober up next to a bargoyle monster the morning after Cinco De Mayo. After all, they are ex navy seals with the ability to end your life with a paper clip and nobody would ever know.

Pentax has a new all-conditions camera looking as rugged as Tom Selleck.  If you find yourself in crappy weather trying to take pictures with your standard digi-camera, these days you are the minority. Do yourself a favor, get a camera that can take terrible weather thrown at it, while you take terrible pictures.