All articles by Mark Han
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Article2024 Overlanding Trends: Top Vehicles and Gear from SEMA’s Overland Experience
Every year, SEMA brings out the most interesting and extreme vehicles for us to take inspiration and 2024 did not disappoint.
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NewsOVR is attending the 2024 Overland Expo Mountain West in Loveland, CO: Stop by and say Hello!
What’s better in life than hanging out with 19,000 like-minded vehicle-based outdoor and overlanding enthusiasts?
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Events2024 Overland Expo PNW in Redmond, OR: Vendors, Vehicles, People, Products, and Pets - A Pictorial Recap
16,000+ Attendees, 376 Exhibitors, 92 Instructors, 312 Classes, 47% New Attendees. What can go right?
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EventsOverland Expo West 2024: Overlanding Rigs, Gear, People, Pets and more from Flagstaff, AZ
A receipe for sucess: 29,500 attendees, 415 vendors, 318 classes, plenty of sunshine during the 15th Annual Overland Expo West. We provide a photo dump of nearly 100 images.
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ReviewXVENTURE XV-3 Off-Road Trailer Review: Modular Design, Versatile Features, and Awesome Adventures
The adage goes, April showers bring May flowers but for us vehicle based outdoor enthusiasts, it signals that Overland Expo West is just around the corner. Last year, we made the trek in the hopes of finding, buying or borrowing cool products that we could review for you, our readers.
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OVR Project Ford BroncoOVR’s Project Bronco: Enhancing On & Off-Road Stability with Hellwig’s Sway Bar
Ford began adding sway bars from the factory to certain four-door Broncos with the Sasquatch package, as well as Wildtraks equipped with the HOSS 3.0 suspension system.
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UpgradeBeyond The Spacer: Bilstein’s bolt-in B8 TerraSport is the suspension your CUV has been waiting for
He had been considering alternative solutions like replacing the whole strut, replacing the shocks, and taking off the spacer lift.
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OVR Project Ford BroncoOVR’s Project Ford Bronco: Pavement Princess gets SVC Offroad’s Baja Styled Tubular Front and Rear Bumpers
The stock plastic and rubber bumper wasn’t cutting the mustard any longer. We needed something more robust to handle the overlanding trips, chasing off-road races in Baja and the various backcountry outdoor activities that we tackle. We turned to SVC Offroad.
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OVR Project Ford BroncoLight Up The Night: OVR’s Project Bronco gets a High Performance Baja Designs LED Lighting Upgrade
Looking for more visibility in front of the Bronco at night, these lights delivered a combined 17,125 extra lumen on top of our stock headlights.
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OVR Project Ford BroncoHidden Trail Communication: Installing the 50-Watt Midland MXT575 GMRS into a 2021 Ford Bronco
We install the 50-watt Midland MXT575 GMRS mobile radio into the OVR 2021 Ford Bronco project vehicle.
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ReviewREVIEWED: Camp Cooking with iKamper’s Disco Series for Campsite Meals
We go hands on with iKamper’s Disco Series cooking disc. Find out how it fares cooking up campside meals.
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GearDiscover HITCHFIRE: Innovative Gear for Your 2-Inch Hitch – DIY Swing Arm, Cook Station, F-20 Hitch Mounted Grill
Hitchfire emerges as a trailblazer in redefining the utility and potential applications of your 2-inch hitch.
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GearDriving Innovation: Hands-On With the MORRFlate Off-Road Multi Tire Inflation and Deflation System
Following rigorous testing in his own “backyard,” The Rubicon Trail, the MORRFlate 4-Tire Inflation Deflation kit was introduced
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DestinationsOVR Adventures: Death Valley, Black Rock Desert, Mono Lake, Mojave, and Grand Canyon: Parashant National Monument
Four Points Adventures is permitted to guide trips in Death Valley, Mojave National Preserve, Black Rock Desert, the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, and the Inyo National Forest.
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DestinationsDiscovering Ireland- Donegal’s Wild Atlantic Way and Causeway Coastal Route with Flat Cap Adventurers
The day encompasses a drive along a 7-mile stretch of beach and a visit to Bushmills Whiskey, where you can partake in a factory tour and acquire a bottle of the exclusive 12-year malt, available solely in Bushmills town.
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Trips & TalesBackcountry Survival Skills Summit with Subject Matter Expert and Gear Gurus Hosted by Tread Agency
The allure of interacting with cool gear creators and learning skills from SMEs was too hard to pass up.
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Trips & TalesFactory Tour of WARN Industries in Clackamas, Oregon: A different type of Trips & Tales adventure!
In an effort to keep up with demand, the manufactuing plant runs around the clock with 3 shifts and produces ~3,500 winches per week!
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OVR Project Ford BroncoOVR's Project Bronco: Bolt-on Bilstein Suspension Upgrade For Non-Sasquatch-Equipped Broncos
After drooling and researching so many vehicles over the two years, it was time to turn her into an all-purpose overlanding and outdoor activity vehicle while maintaining everyday driver civility.
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OVR Project Ford BroncoOVR: Outdoor Vehicle Recreation- From Pavement Princess to All-Purpose Overlanding Vehicle, 2021 Non-SAS Bronco gets an Aftermarket Sasquatch Upgrade
Using this opportunity as another father/son moment, the two of us went about problem solving, taking off the stock side steps, installing the sliders and building a memory that will last a lifetime.
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Vehicle FeaturesOverland Expo Debuts LX600 - The Ultimate Overland Vehicle 2023 at Overland Expo West 2023 in Flagstaff, AZ
At the conclusion of the show season, the Ultimate Overland Vehicle LX600 and Off Grid Trailers Pando 2.0 will be auctioned off separately on Bring a Trailer with 100% of the proceeds going to the Overland Expo Foundation.