Author Cole Soldwisch

I have been working with Ridge for a few years now testing their wallets—which is Ridge’s original product—as well as their other daily carry items like key carriers, pens, and more. When Ridge...

I have been a pizza lover for as long as I can remember. When I was a kid, I remember turning anything and everything into pizza with my dad – bagels, french bread, actual pizza dough – the creativity was...

We got our first Inflatable Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP) off Amazon for about $120. It was on the short and narrow side, was extremely basic, and had just enough weight capacity for me and my fiance. It was...

Living out in Utah takes me to some great places, but to get there, you’re on dirt and gravel roads, some with more rocks than others. That had led me to desire a more all-terrain tire to have peace of mind...

Another humble garage-roots company, Soundboks was started by 3 high school friends in Denmark. They started off on a mission to satisfy their own needs – durable, big sound speakers that could keep the...

I’ve been seeing more and more Arbor snowboards out on the mountain, and I’ve always been drawn to their clean designs and exposed wood top sheet aesthetic. Naturally, I jumped on the chance to give Arbor...

Calling all bike fans, Cannondale has a rad new electric mountain bike with a bold claim – the lightest full-power mountain bike ever*!  With a claim like that, Cannondale's new Moterra SL is sure to get...

“No more sleeping on the ground,” says Acacia Outdoor, a new brand headquartered in the Bay Area. This ambitious startup is here to change the way you and yours take on glamping. The first of its kind, The...

I’ve had the opportunity to ride Cannondale’s Habit 3 for just about 3 months, and it has been nothing short of a blast. Cannondale relaunched the Habit line of bikes for the 2023 mountain bike season with...

Back on May 9th, 2023, I helped spread the news of Suunto’s newest adventure watch, The Suunto Vertical, which is Suunto’s most exciting release of the recent few years. Blending software updates seen in...

The moment you’ve all been dreaming of – Traeger’s got a flat top grill.  The Flatrock represents a new era for Traeger. A departure from the wood pellet smokers that have built the foundation of...

Back in March of 2022, I got my hands on the original Bowers & Wilkins PI7 in-ear headphones. They made for an excellent introduction to the earbud marketplace.  About a year later, I’m back with the...