The best outdoor products for big and heavy people. From camp chairs to bike to paddleboards, we’ve got you covered!
One of my old pub quiz teammates recently moved to Colorado and has been trying to get the rest of the team to take a trip and come visit him. Part of the trip would involve going skiing or snowboarding in Aspen since it’s only about an hour’s drive from his house. He called me …
A friend of mine recently moved to Hawaii and has been trying to convince me to round up the rest of our friends and go visit her down in Honolulu. I find Hawaii to be a little too hot and humid for a fat guy like me who sweats buckets while walking down the street, …
I was watching television the other day with some of my friends and I saw a scene in some movie while we were flipping through channels where the characters go parasailing. One of my pals, who is about 5’3″ and 225 pounds, looked down at his stomach and said, “I’ve always wanted to go parasailing, …
I was on vacation in Arizona a few years back when my girlfriend and I drove past a horse stable. She told me that she’d always wanted to go horseback riding, but since she grew up in the city, she’s never really had the chance. She then looked over at me, paused for a second, …
I remember when I first decided to get back into running. I needed to lose weight and, having been a runner in my younger days, figured that was the way. I set out my shoes and shorts the night before so I would be sure to get out the door and crawled out of bed …
“Time and time again, the most comfortable camping cot is the biggest camping cot…” Fat people aren’t meant to enjoy the outdoors. Or at least that’s the conclusion I came to after my search for the most comfortable camping cot for large adults. I could find lots of extra-wide, double, and even plush-looking cots but …
I hate to tell you this, but the only cure for wanting a paddleboard is buying a paddleboard. I thought that, since I’m a fat guy, I would eventually just watch enough skinny people on paddleboards that I’d get over trying it. I was wrong. So when that failed I went on a mission to …
The average weight in the U.S., in particular, has increased steadily, and now, with 73.7% of men (including me) considered overweight or obese, why has a truly heavy-duty hammock been so long in the making?! Well actually, high-capacity hammocks have always been there. There were just never marketed directly to us big guys and plus-size …
I’ll be the first to admit that I was pretty disappointed the first time I saw a hoverboard. I had been hearing about them for a while and expected that they would turn me into the next silver surfer. Seeing something with wheels was a bit of a letdown. However, once I got the hang …
When I was younger, my family didn’t have beach chairs. Or camp chairs. Or any sort of outdoor chairs. I don’t know if my parents thought they were for lazy people (more likely: we just couldn’t afford them) but we never invested in anything that would make our short beach trips more comfortable. We did …