Check out these magazines and feel the love

We love it when we flip through the pages of our favorite magazines and see Suunto products getting great reviews.

Outside Magazine is featuring the Suunto Quest Pack in their Buyer's Guide.

Powder Magazine likes us too! The Core is their choice in their backcountry recommendations feature.


Mountain Living also digging the Suunto Core for the 2012 Resort Guide.

Extreme in 3D

Alexander and Thomas Huber, better known collectively as the Huber Brothers or Huberbuam, are recognized as two of the world’s best extreme mountaineers.

Check out their new 3D film that documents their ascent up the “Karma route” of Loferer Alm near Berchtesgaden in Germany, which at grade 11 is one of the most challenging climbs in the Alps. This gripping film captures the brothers’ efforts in one of their final ascents as extreme climbers. Both in their 40s, the duo describe it as “their final statement.”

“This route stands as a mark of our teamwork as brothers,” says Thomas, “for all the conflicts that have been and that we have solved.”

In the 2007 film "On the Limit," these two Suunto ambassadors attempted a speed climbing record on El Capitan’s Zodiac face. Although they initially failed to set a record during that particular ascent, they returned later in the year and achieved their goal. And of course they used Suunto every inch of the way.

You can catch the entire film - “Extremkletterer auf ihrer Schicksalsroute”- on Youtube. So grab your 3D glasses and your German dictionary (ja, ist auf Deutsch, but you don't need to speak German to love this amazing film). Prepare for some extreme!

The Gear Junkie's Essential? SUUNTO VECTOR HR!!

No one needed to tell us, of course, but it sure is nice to have the validation from such notables as Stephen Reginold, aka: GearJunkie.com.

In the latest Outside Magazine issue, dear friend GearJunkie sends out his list of Top 10 Adventure Racing Essentials, including the Suunto Vector HR.

Thanks for the nod.

2011 XTERRA USA is all about the race

Although the most talked-about element of the 2011 XTERRA USA - held Sept 24th in Ogden, Utah - was the presence of legend Lance Armstrong as a competitor, in the end it was the race - the water, the dirt, the wheels - that determined the winner.

Not that four-time XTERRA champion Conrad Stoltz was at all intimidated by the larger-than-life Tour d' France champ: "I told him not to bring the 26" bike - he can leave the kiddie's bike at home. Bring the 29er." BOOM!
(check out video highlights here)

Conrad helped douse some of the media hype when he finished 2+ minutes ahead of the superstar Armstrong. His 2:27:30 overall time put him three spots behind this years winner, Nicolas Lebrun. Which goes to show ya: your competition is not always the grandest guy in the room.

Conrad ripped that race apart, of course, but it is a harsh road to run.

QUICK STATS*
1.5k swim / 28k mountain bike / 9.8k trail run
Swim course distance: 1,500-meters (0.93 miles) Combines two 750-meter laps (no run in-between)
Elevation at Port Ramp Marina for swim start: 4,900-feet
Water temperature: Expected to be in the 65-degree range
Mountain bike course distance: 28-kilometers (17.7 miles)
Total climbing on bike: 3,400-feet
Elevation at highest point: 7,300-feet (where Sardine Peak Trail meets the ridgeline)
Elevation at T2/Snowbasin Resort Lodge: 6,400-feet
Trail Run course distance: 9.8-kilometers (6.1 miles)
Total climbing on run: 700-feet
Total climbing on course: 4,100-feet

The U.S. Forest Service started work on the Sardine Peak Trail near Snowbasin Resort three years ago and for the first-time in XTERRA racing history, it was ready to ride. The new 7+ mile section of single and double track is the sweetest and smoothest piece of trail on the mountain, and makes the bike course “a true mountain race course that weaves in-and-out of aspen glades and pines,” said Snowbasin Resort sport event operations director Steve Andrus.*

Congrats to Conrad on his awesome finish, and to all the other competitors that ripped that track up!

*from XterraPlanet.com

The Queen Of Pain in NYC

The Queen of Pain and Suunto Athlete, Rebecca Rusch is wrapping up her SRAM Gold Rusch Tour with multiple social events in New York City.

First: An evening with Rebecca Rusch and fellow pro Katie Holden. There will be food and drinks and a great opportunity to meet and greet these amazing women. This event will be on October 6th at Sid's Bike Shop.

Second: October 8th Rusch and Holden will host a FREE Women's Mountain Bike Clinic at Highbridge Park 10am to 4pm.

If you are interested in meeting with Rebecca for a media appointment you can contact Amy May (amy@outsidemedia.com), the sooner the better.

Suunto Athlete Kim Havell Representing in New Winter Film

Suunto athlete and mountaineering ripper Kim Havell stars in Solitaire, a new backcountry ski, snowboard and telemark film. Solitaire tells the story of a team of earn-your-turns backcountry buffs who find themselves among (and sliding down) some of the most intense peaks in South America.

SOLITAIRE: A Backcountry Skiing, Snowboarding, and Telemark Film from Sweetgrass Productions on Vimeo.

The Gear Junkie Puts the Suunto Core to the Test

The Gear Junkie Stephen Regenold Climbed Utah's King's Peak in a fraction of the time it usually takes to summit the state's tallest peak. Regenold's goal was to pack as light as possible and hike fast and light. Among his state-of-the-art backpacking gear, Regenold utilized his Suunto Core watch to track his altitude and elevation gain. Watch the video that chronicles this Gear Junkie's King's Peak adventure and see some great shots of the Suunto Core hard at work.

Fast & Light on Kings Peak, Utah - Brought to you by Timberland™ from Gear Junkie on Vimeo.