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August 16, 2024
Lazydays Reports Q2 YOY Losses, CEO Remains ‘Confident’
John North, Lazydays chief executive officer, said, “Our team has focused on maintaining healthy vehicle inventory, improving F&I per unit and achieving substantial total gross margin improvement sequentially. However, the seasonal improvement in sales volume we had anticipated to occur in the second quarter did not materialize. On a same-store...
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August 16, 2024
Huge Drones Will Remove Trash on Mount Everest
The Kathmandu Post revealed today that after a successful test in April, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the three authorities responsible for managing garbage on Everest. Drones will remove trash from the higher slopes of the world’s tallest mountain. This agreement applies to the Khumbu region, not...
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August 15, 2024
Skeezy New Trend: Strava ‘Surrogates’ Are Making Money by Logging Runs for Other People
An Indonesian teenager has found a lucrative way to do just that by, well, running for other people. Wahyu Wicaksono, 17, has become what’s known in the country as a “Strava jockey,” logging running achievements for others on the app for a fee. “I am active on X and it...
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August 15, 2024
Deckers Sells Sanuk to Canadian Active Company Lolë Brands
Nearly a year after Deckers Brands announced its intention to divest Sanuk, the outdoor lifestyle shoe brand has officially been scooped up by Canadian active company Lolë Brands. According to Todd Steele, chief executive officer of Lolë, when the company heard that Deckers was selling Sanuk, it “jumped” at the opportunity. FN
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August 14, 2024
Are Athletes Born or Made? A New Study Reveals Which Fitness Traits Are Primarily Genetic
Iran elementary school cross country for the first time when I was in third grade. The main thing I remember about our practices was that we spent a lot of time trying to touch our toes, and I was terrible at it. Years later, that would become a reassuring memory,...
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August 13, 2024
Man Dies in Death Valley After 1-Mile Hike in 119-Degree Heat
Peter Hayes Robino arrived at the Natural Bridge trail’s parking lot in Death Valley on August 1 after a short hike in the desert. That afternoon, the National Park’s Furnace Creek weather station recorded a peak temperature of 119 degrees. Death Valley said it was likely that hot when Robino returned from the...
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August 12, 2024
Time-Lapse Video Shows Trash Interceptor Halting Flow of Garbage Into the Ocean
The Ocean Cleanup may be the world’s largest single effort to rid our oceans of plastic pollution. While there are obviously numerous projects around the world operated by different organizations, Boyan Slat’s endeavor includes tracking down and removing plastic from the ocean itself as well as stopping a great deal of trash...
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August 9, 2024
Updated: Stalking Horse Bid for Eastern Mountain Sports Approved
The Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) retail brand may survive bankruptcy after the court on Wednesday approved a $5 million stalking horse bid from U.K.-based Mountain Warehouse for some of the remaining stores. A stalking horse bid is an initial bid on the assets of a bankrupt company. If other bidders...
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August 8, 2024
Atomic Employee Allegedly Stole 1,900 Pairs of Skis
Aformer employee of Atomic is being accused of stealing as many as 1,900 pairs of skis from the company over the course of two years. The report originally comes from Salzburg Nachrichten, in which the newspaper uncovered public court documents detailing an alleged operation by a 57-year-old employee working in the company’s...
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August 8, 2024
How Much Caffeine is Too Much Caffeine? Here’s What a Sports Nutrition Expert Says.
There’s no denying caffeine can take the edge off when things get dicey in a race. Many endurance athletes turn to the world’s most popular drug for a performance boost, and with a long list of caffeinated gels, beverages, and chews to choose from, a turbocharged buzz is only a swallow away....
