Gear Patrol | Spirit of Adventure, Passion for Gear

We here at Gear Patrol take our duty to bring you the coolest gear around very seriously. But on Thanksgiving, we’d like to remind you of a quote by Frederick Koenig: “We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what [...]

If you missed any of the gut wrenching drama of the US Open then you missed one of the most spectacular showdowns in all of sports. Four rounds and an 18-hole playoff were not enough to settle it between the #1 ranked played in the world and the 158th that it had to go to [...]

June 9th – 15th | San Diego, California The United States Open is in my humble opinion the greatest Major/Championship in golf. It’s not only our country’s national golf championship but any golfer with a handicap index of 1.4 or better can qualify, thus making it a true ‘Open’. The Masters may have its rich [...]

It’s settled. South Africa is the country you want to be in to learn about golfing in windy conditions, and though it may resemble very little of Augusta one thing is for sure… Trevor Immelman has left his mark on both countries. “It’s magic” as the South Africans would say. Some sports have belts, some [...]

Not long after it became widely known that Bear Stearns shares sold to JPMorgan for the portfolio crumbling price of $2 we got an email from a reader asking if we knew what else out there cost $2. Here’s what we found: One-way metro pass on the New York subway system. Two Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers [...]

[click on image to enlarge] February 14th. They might as well call it National Woman’s Day. An overhyped, overcommercialized day of pink, roses and chocolate. We don’t buy into it yet we succumb to it’s powers – buying gifts, dinner at marquee restaurants, sending flowers and making extraordinary efforts in what feels like a contest [...]