Downhill skis can certainly be awkward to carry, but you know what? So can their poles! San Francisco startup Yardsale is out to change that, with customizable poles that cling together via integrated ...

There's an interesting trend in statements coming out of the White House these days — it seems like the top folks over at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. are a little obsessed with "long poles" and "big sticks ...

Not so long ago, trekking poles, high-tech hiking sticks with ergonomic grips and spring-loaded suspensions, were used only by the most serious professional wilderness guides in the United States.

BERKELEY — Sticks and poles are among the objects that cannot be taken into Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park on Saturday, where rallies for and against President Donald Trump are expected.

Heimplanet's no-pole tent is on the cusp of release, and this video makes the stickless tent look very tempting indeed. The tent, called the Cave, replaces poles with air-filled tubes. These are ...

A supermarket has had to go to extreme lengths to stop shoppers stealing trolleys to avoid paying 5p for carrier bags. Iceland has fixed metal poles onto its trolleys after shoppers decided to dodge ...