Outdoor Recreation: Page 40

No water should be considered safe unless it is treated. Please take all precautions before drinking water you find in creeks and streams. Even water that looks safe may contain harmful bacteria and viruses. Learn how to recognize water that is safe to drink.

Learn how to navigate while hiking using a compass and Global Positioning System (GPS).

In this video series, watch as Jared Cummings teaches you how to ride an ATV. Learn how to start the quad, the basic riding gear needed, how to brake and turn on a 4-wheeler, how to ride up and down a hill, how to avoid things, and basic safety tips to remember.

The game of Amtgard was created in El Paso, Texas by Peter La Grue in 1983. He borrowed aspects from other role playing games such as Emarthnguarth and Dagorhir to create the rules and format for Amtgard.

In this rock climbing video series, learn from expert rock climber Danny Logan. Danny will tell you what rock climbing gear you will need to start rock climbing and what types of rock climbing holds to expect in an indoor rock climbing gym.

In this video series, our expert Kimo Greene will teach you how to make a surfboard. He will tell you all the necessary tools you will need, and talk about the different types of blanks, fins, and stringers. Kimo will also teach you how to trim the crust, make an outline, draw the template, shape the board, level the stringer, and put in the rails.

Kristin Hostetter, Backpacker's Gear editor, shows you how to hold trekking poles to hike longer and higher with fewer aches and pains. Learn more from Backpacker's Gear School in the March 2007 Gear Guide.

Is your hydration bladder collecting mold? Here are 3 new solutions for common backcountry drinking problems--as explained by Backpacker editor-in-chief Jon Dorn. Learn more from Backpacker's Gear School in the March 2007 Gear Guide, and at www.backpacker.com/video.

Knowing your torso length is crucial to finding the best-fitting backpack for your body type. Don't estimate a pack size using the clothing standbys of tall, medium, and petite: a 6-foot guy can have a shorter torso length than a 5'10" woman. Backpacker's Gear editor Kristin Hostetter explains the correct way to measure your torso length. Learn more important skills with Backpacker's Gear School videos - straight from the pages of the March 2007 Gear Guide.

Backpacker magazine shows you how to build a plastic footprint for your tent--a skill taken from the Jan/Feb 2007 issue. Associate editor Jason Stevenson explains the nine steps to create a footprint, including how to cut webbing and punch grommets. Learn more Skills at www.backpacker.com.

These simple tricks can prevent typical trail maladies and keep your hike going. Learn more from Backpacker's Gear School in the March 2007 Gear Guide, and at www.backpacker.com/video.

Backpacker editor-in-chief Jon Dorn explains 5 field-tested techniques for eliminating the three main causes of blisters: heat, moisture, and friction. Learn more from Backpacker's Gear School in the March 2007 Gear Guide, and at www.backpacker.com/video.

ATV's are not like a car or truck. They need a much stricter maintenance routine that is based on hours of use and not miles. This video goes over checking and changing oil and other requirements for ATV's.

Here is the final video in the CNC Stomp Pad Tutorial Video Series. In this video, we go over the final assembly of the stomp pad. Then we watch as we used double sided... More» tape to adhere it to the snowboard. Finally we take a look at some final photos of the CNC Stomp Pad on the Snowboard. One Final Note: The Stomp Pad works perfectly. I love the fact you can customize your life with CNC.

This video shows how to do basic parkour moves. Parkour looks like gymnastics in the park instead of a gym.

In this video series, our expert Charlie Labarda will show you how to fire a bow and arrow including how to select the right bow, how to shoot while standing, sitting, and kneeling, and how to use the sights.

In this how-to video series, learn how to play disc golf from expert disc golfer C.R. Willey. C.R. will teach you what you need to know to get started playing disc golf, with tips such as what equipment you need, what accessories are good to buy for playing disc golf, and how to play with proper disc golf etiquette.

David Duke is rated as an advanced hang gliding pilot by the United States Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association. He talks about the basics of hang gliding.

This video shows you how to prepare a basic fishing tackle. Good for kids learning to fish. All you need is a float, weight and a hook.

Imagine Jack Black riding into town at the head of a gang of leather-jacketed rebels on his A4 razor with a wheelie bar and an extended deck. "What are you razoring against?" demands the town sheriff. "What have you got?" says Jack in the Brando role, turning his back to the law, peeling out and sending a dirt clod and a pebble at the sheriff's shoe in a gesture of fierce defiance.

In this series of extreme sports videos, our expert mountain biker will explain and demonstrate braking techniques for downhill mountain biking. He will show you the proper body position and braking techniques for slowing down or stopping when you need to.

In this downhill racing video series, learn how to prepare for downhill cycling from DH expert Mickey Denoncourt. Mickey will show you how to adjust mountain bikes for downhill racing, how to position handlebars, how to adjust seat height and angle for DH racing, how to adjust the front and rear suspension spring rate for downhill racing, how to adjust the front and rear damper settings on a DH bike, and how to choose protective safety gear for downhill racing.

In this series of extreme sports videos, our expert mountain biker will explain and demonstrate cornering techniques for downhill mountain biking. He will show you the proper body position and braking techniques for cruising down that hillside without having to interrupt your ride. Mickey Denoncourt shows you how to hit various types of corners, from flat and bermed corners to camber corners.

In this video series, our expert will demonstrate how to do a variety of beginning skateboarding tricks. You will will learn the basics of skateboarding from pushing to turning your skateboard, to more advanced tricks like back side 180's and crooked grinds.

Build your backyard snow fort bigger and better than ever before. The stick trick is vital to keeping your fort sturdy.

This is a great big tower and it's for snowboarding down. Kind of a small scale of the kind they use in summer snowjams.

Sometimes the frame size on a bike isn't listed for whatever reason. Learn how you can accurately measure the frame size of a bike. It's easy so long as you can recognize the seat tube and the crank.

If you hear clicking noises or rattles in your headset when you brake, hit bumps, or steer, you may need to tighten your bike's headset. It only takes a minute or two, and will get rid of the annoying clicks.

Retaping the handlebars on your bike is easy, cheap, and can have a dramatic effect on the look of your bike. I show you how to do it.

Mountain bike tips, how-to's and techniques from Shaums March (MMR Camps). Pull up and push down on rollers and holes to keep momentum going in the mountains.

In this video series, Nick and Valerie Wisniewski are going to talk about how to go over the basics of tracking an animal. They talk about measuring tracks, stride, gait, patterns and signs for some types of tracks.

In this video series, Nick and Valerie Wisniewski talk about animal tracks and signs, specifically that of the black bear Ursus Americanus.

In this video series Rafael Mayans explains how to offshore fish. He goes over everything from the types of bait to use, trolling, tying knots and the laws of offshore fishing you'll need to understand.

In this video series, Patrick Eaves shows you how to get started in paragliding. Remember, it's important to find an actual instructor to supplement anything you learn here.

In this video series our expert will demonstrate a wide variety of knots to use during camping adventures, rock and mountain climbing trips and much more.

In this free video series learn how to tie knots from knot tying expert and outdoor enthusiast Dan Schieffelin.

In this video series, learn the proper way to make a safe, long-burning campfire. Our expert will show you how to choose the right area in your campsite for the fire, how to build a fire pit, how to start a fire without matches, and how to properly put out the fire when you are ready to break camp and move on.

If you are one of those individuals that are looking to enhance your Frisbee abilities, this video series is perfect for you. Steve Blank shows you how to do a variety of throws and catches. He shows you traditional Frisbee throws.

Bode Miller discusses and illustrates basic skiing turns like the wedge turn. He begins by discussing starting positions. These are the parallel position and the wedge position. A recap is given at the end of the video.

Learn the two principle snowboarding turns - skidding and carving. Skidding turns are the easiest and most common turn while carving turns can be used to pick up your speed.