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Outside Magazine, February 2007

Essential Skills 2007
What It Takes
...to travel smarter, go faster, dress better, eat right, work less, and play more. Presenting a handy manual of bold schemes for the 21st-century adventurer.


	Illustration by Dan Page

Show Off Like a Pro

Sneak In a Ski Vacation

Electro-Pimp Your Ride or Burn Less Gas

Just Say "Xie Xie" and Be iLingual

Don't Bonk

Roll With It

Live Life in the Bike Lane and Lock This Way

Ignore Borat

Maximize That Weekend Escape

Turn Your Phone Into a Coach

Be a Sake Sommelier or Mix It Up

Get Paddled

¡Viva la Revolución! and Keep an Eye on Cuba

Next Page: The best part of hucking? Bragging about it to your friends afterwards—ideally with video, when they're stuck behind their desks. A guide to the new techniques of action-sports exhibitionism.

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