The GFX servers (including chat) will be going offline for a short period tonight (Wednesday). The outage isn't expected to last more than a few minutes. Check the GFX Twitter account for status updates. Thanks for your understanding.

Charlie's Celebration of life will be Nov. 16 from 2-4pm at the KCRA studios. There will also be a no host bar celebration at the Bolt Bar (Sacramento) from 5-8pm. In lieu of flowers there is a GoFundMe set up to help with Charlie's final expenses. (Click the news headding for more information)

We are saddened to hear of the passing of @CalRider365 a real pioneer to the gear community. His energy and passion for gear and his impact on the community was insurmountable. Lets honor his legacy and ensure the #gear365 tradition lives on forever. Be your true self every day.

A Denim / Jeans fetish category has been added.

The chat server was updated to the latest stable 1.x release.

Minor site improvements have been made to the main page, account page, and forums.

GearBlast:US 2019 is in gear and ready to roll! Be sure to check the details of this news post for updates on the event as they come in. For those that are at the event be sure to upload your photos (with permission) directly to the event page. For those of us that were not able to attend the event this year come join the gear conversation going on in Rocket.Chat.

A major chat system upgrade was performed today and the chat server is back online. Be sure to check it out! For users that were experiencing issues logging in to the Rocket.Chat app on their iOS and Android device(s) this upgrade should address that issue as well.

Read the full story to find a list that encapsulates some of the changes that occurred the first few days of 2019!

I have performed some updates to the site, should make things a bit better for everyone. There is also a new chat module.