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Two-Wheelin’ Winter: Frosty Bike Survival

With this winter’s warmer weather and largely ice-free roadways, I’m betting more of you are biking around town than usual. With that in mind, check out these winter biking tips we posted a few years back ...

Chiseled for Cheap

10 winter fitness activities through Eau Claire parks & rec

Hockey: No teams necessary for this co-ed free-for-all 8:45-10:15pm every Wednesday at Hobbs Ice Center through March 28. This is for ages 18 and older costs $6 a session and you can slap shot 654 calories away in the first hour. Snowshoeing: ...

Ski Dooing It

a fascination with family snowmobiles

I’ve always loved my dad’s old snowmobiles. He’s always had one or two for as long as I can remember, and they were a fixture of my youth. My family always had a cabin in the northwestern part of the state, so we always had wintertime access to ...

Welcome to the “Kubb Capital of North America”

Whilst traveling abroad (say, to Tomah or Rice Lake), Eau Clairians can now tell people that they're from “Eau Claire, the Kubb Capital of North America.” And when people respond with a blank stare, we can tell them all about the game of kubb ...

UPDATED: Travel Wisconsin annoys Michigan

As you may have heard, Travel Wisconsin’s been busy pissing off the lower half of Michigan by using a Wisconsin-shaped mitten in their winter tourism campaign. See, like Wisconsin, the bottom part of Michigan is also kind of vaguely shaped like a ...

ESPN fails geography, thinks Wisconsin is in Minnesota

To be fair, geography is probably not a required course in most graphic design programs. But also to be fair, a professional graphic designer working for, say, the largest sports news corporation to ever exist in the known universe should probably...

INFOGRAPHIC: Deer Vehicle Collisions

a statistical look at why you should watch the ditches

A statistical look at why you should watch the ditches ...

Skating Through Your Holidays

Hobbs Ice Center hosts three festive events this winter including skating with Santa

Have you ever noticed that every musical, movie, or TV show with a kidsy angle is made that much more awesome by adding the phrase “on ice?” Think about it. Disney On Ice: genius. Sesame Street On Ice: brilliant.

A Runner's High

a chat with Eau Clairian Ryan Burr, who ran 11 marathons this year alone

“Things change dramatically. Some call this the wall. Some call it bonking. Whatever you call it, you have to find a way to overcome it.”– Ryan Burr, on the opposite of the “runner’s high”

Battling the Cyclocross

hardcore cyclists to invade town for multi-terrain race

Want a crazy way to spice up the holidays and put those Thanksgiving calories to use? Overdrive Cycling Club presents the Princeton Valley Cyclocross Race at the Eau Claire golf course as a benefit for Feed My People.