You're ready to ride. Then you see it - your bike has a flat tire. As always. As it does very single year!

Beth Schub started surfing with one of her uncles on Long Island when she was 13, but she went off to college in Pennsylvania and later settled there after getting married, she thought she was pretty much done with the sport.

Chris Raschka, a winner of the Caldecott Medal, which honors the year's best picture book for kids, has released "Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle."

There are many bad things you can do for your tent, and storing it wet is one of the worst.

Deep in the desert, searching for enlightenment at a spot called Samuelson's Rocks that is unmarked on any map, all I find are shaggy, gnarled trees that give this area its name, bulbous monzogranite rock formations and the triad of cholla, creosote and prickly pear that scar my legs and test my resolve.

If you grew up in the Schwinn Stingray era, all you needed for bike repairs and maintenance was a crescent wrench and a can of WD-40.

To most of the world, pyramids are synonymous with ancient Egypt, but to fitness buffs it's the favored form of resistance training.

Five-time Olympic swimmer Dara Torres is on tour to promote new Koss earbuds for fitness-minded, active women. She joined a spin class at Elite Sports Club in Mequon, Wis.

When mother of three Angela Devaney wanted to get back into shape after her second child, she struggled with one of the most common ailments of parenthood: guilt.

Into the overstuffed outdoors energy-bar market comes a new entrant � YaffBars.

There is something (not someone) called "creep" - after about 20 minutes in a fixed position, your body will start to shorten up your muscles to make it easier to stay in that position. Most of us spend a good chunk of our life sitting - sitting for breakfast, sitting for our commute, sitting at work, etc. When our muscles get tight and stiff from not sitting they can put a lot of stress on all of your joints - especially your knees, low back and shoulders.

You want an athletic beach body badly enough to work for it. That doesn't mean you have to do the work in a metal and mirrored gym. You can get even more effective conditioning using the natural world outside.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - When Bill Sinak runs 22 miles a day for nine days in June, how good he feels will be at the front of his mind more than his life with multiple sclerosis.

Are you throwing away the healthiest parts of your food? If all of your slicing, dicing and peeling leaves about as much produce in the trash as on your plate, it's time to rethink your menu.

A guide for what you need to enhance your recreation and travel experience.

Finding a multi-functional swimsuit that stays on in the water and provides enough coverage for a casual lunch is a true feat. Prana's Manori Tankini Top does this and has a stylish, flattering fit for most body types. It's also durable enough for most swim and surf activities.

Breaking in a new pair of hiking boots used to take some serious time and effort.

May is National Bike Month, but virtually every day is about bicycling for Alecia Adcock, who rides as much as 300 miles a week.

The 10 scuba divers who plunged to a reef about 70 feet deep off Jupiter, Fla., had a mission: try to find a hawksbill sea turtle for marine scientist Larry Wood to tag.