Mar
12
2009
Lately Adam and I have been kind of obsessing over the new X10 GPS watch. Here is another example from an X10 fan site of what we can do with this watch. Below see how Suunto Ambassador Manuelo Bustelo mashed-up the X10 and Google Earth to track and share his first day of Costa Rica’s [...]
Tags: ambassador, beautiful mountain, costa rica, earth, fellow, guanaride, mountain bike races, obsessing, video clip, x10
Mar
10
2009
Nike presented us with a fun opportunity and asked us (in a casual sort of “see what you think of them” kind of way) to test out some of their new ACG outdoor gear. We’re stoked! The shoe comes in bright orange too!
Technically speaking the shoe is an innovation. The new fabric, named Flywire, has high-tensile Vectran threads [...]
Tags: 14ers, bright orange, Colorado, Fun, Hiking, hiking boot, nike, paces, suunto, Test, x10
Mar
10
2009
I took the new Suunto X10 on a trip to Portalón, Costa Rica. The trip was one one-part real estate recon and one-part adventure travel. The watch was useful for both. For the adventure travel part of the trip, I traveled on horseback through the rain forest near Manuel Antonio National Park. It was the perfect [...]
Tags: altimeter, barometer, battery life, google earth, gps, interconnection, mashup, suunto, thermometer, x10, x10 review
Mar
04
2009
Hello from Costa Rica! I’m here stresstesting Suunto’s new GPS Watch, the X10. I’ll blog about it in a few days and show you the maps it produces with Google Earth. Meantime, enjoy this awesome video from Suunto!
Tags: costa rica, earth, few days, google, maps, x10