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Too Postmodern for Postmodernism 14 Aug 2013 | 06:53 am
Hi friends, sorry for the abrupt end of posts. This will, in all likelihood, be my final post to The Goat. It’s been quite a run: 9,063 posts (how on Earth did that happen?). So, here I am, with a tal...
Backcountry: This Is Your Life 31 Jul 2013 | 03:26 am
What, Sam Elliot wasn’t available for the voiceover? Today Backcountry released their new brand video: This is Backcountry. This is how it’s been explained: “This is Backcountry. Here, blood meets ...
A Bit Buggy: Massive Mosquito Swarms in Alaska 30 Jul 2013 | 05:50 pm
I’d rather camp in a torrential hailstorm than deal with this kind of mosquito influx. Hell, I’d rather camp underwater than deal with this. Researchers Jesse Krause and Shannan Sweet put together thi...
Bear Party in Canada 30 Jul 2013 | 03:37 am
The Bear Party kicks off about 55 seconds in. It’s easy to image whoever reviews this footage sitting through hours and hours of tedium day after day only to see this and wonder if they’ve finally g...
Days of My Youth from Red Bull and MSP: A Trailer for the Trailer 26 Jul 2013 | 03:31 am
The sponsors are piled on for Days of My Youth, a Red Bull and MSP video trailer trailer. That’s right, this isn’t the trailer, it’s a preview of the trailer that will be coming this fall, and it be...
Divers Have a Close Call with a Feeding Whale 25 Jul 2013 | 03:04 am
“Bold” would be too kind a word for these divers off the coast of California. It’s tough to tell if they’re wearing scuba gear in this clip, but if they are I almost wish they’d been swallowed. What...
The Tetons, from Yeti Cycles 24 Jul 2013 | 04:59 am
The Tetons, a new mountain biking video from Yeti Cycles gives you a good idea of the good things that can happen with park officials team up with locals to help them carve trails. In the Teton Vall...
The ATV Skateboard 23 Jul 2013 | 04:10 am
The Scarpar: an ATV skateboard that’s been in development for so long that I made fun of it all the way back in 2007. I appreciate that they haven’t bothered updating the soundtrack to their promo v...
Colorado Town Moves to Legalize Hunting Surveillance Drones 18 Jul 2013 | 05:50 pm
The Colorado town of Deer Trail is taking the legislative steps necessary to issue hunting permits for government surveillance drones. And if you require further inducement to arm yourself for the com...
Kite Boarder vs America’s Cup Boat 18 Jul 2013 | 06:24 am
The America’s Cup is something that’s happening soon. It’s kind of cool if you’re able to forget the fact that it’s a bunch of obscenely rich guys playing around with their disposable income. Though...
