I have lost count of how many times a fish in my kayak has flipped my cheap scale into the drink. Over three summers of fishing out of Hobie and Old Town kayaks, I have gone through four digital fish scales and learned exactly what separates a $35 paperweight from a tournament-grade tool. Our team […]

After 90 days of hauling gear through airports, down boat ladders, and across sandy beaches, I can tell you the best dive bags are the ones that match how you actually dive. Our team loaded BCDs, regulators, 7mm wetsuits, and long fins into 10 scuba dive bags, weighed them at airline counters, and rolled them […]

I have spent the last three months diving with 12 different dive computers across the Caribbean, the Pacific Northwest, and my local quarry in Texas. I logged 87 real dives, including warm reef dives, a 30-meter cold-water wreck, and a freediving session in a 12-meter cenote. I wore each unit through thick 7mm gloves and […]

I've logged more than 600 dives over the past decade across the Caribbean, the Indo-Pacific, and a few cold-water wrecks off the UK. Fins are the scuba gear item I obsess over most because the wrong pair will leave your legs burning after a 40-minute dive and make every kick feel like work. Our team […]