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January 26, 2021
PeopleForBikes Joins The Big Gear Show as Presenting Sponsor
PARK CITY, UT – The Big Gear Show, the first of its kind outdoor and bike hardgoods buying and demo experience debuting in Park City, Utah in August of this year, announces PeopleForBikes as presenting sponsor. PeopleForBikes builds a favorable bike business environment through legislation and regulation, and works to...
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January 26, 2021
David Longren Appointed as Strategic Advisor of U.S. Business Redarc Corporation
LONSDALE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA – REDARC is pleased to announce the hiring of David Longren as strategic advisor of REDARC’s United States Corporation as well as the REDARC Group. David comes to REDARC with a wealth of knowledge in general business leadership, innovation and product development. A former Vice President and...
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January 26, 2021
Big Agnes Introduces Solution Dyed Fabric Tents and Sugarcane-Based Sleeping Pad
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (January 26, 2020) – Big Agnes, the award-winning outdoor equipment brand, recently announced multiple new products made from sustainably sourced materials unique to their categories. These products include a collection of nine of the company’s most popular ultralight tents, now constructed from solution-dyed fabrics, and sleeping pads...
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January 26, 2021
Aqua Lung Welcomes World-Renowned Wildlife Photographer and Conservationist Paul Nicklen as a Global Ocean Ambassador
CARROS, France (January 26, 2021) – Aqua Lung, the celebrated pioneer, designer, manufacturer and distributor of dive and watersports equipment for 75 years, today announced world-renowned wildlife photographer and conservationist Paul Nicklen is joining the brand as a global ocean ambassador. As part of the partnership, Nicklen will exclusively use...
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January 25, 2021
GearJunkie joins forces to launch AllGear Media Group
GearJunkie, Bikerumor, Switchback Travel, AutoWise, iRunFar, and more unite under the ‘AllGear’ banner to create a media group focused on the outdoors, new products, active lifestyles, and gear. GearJunkie
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January 25, 2021
Boom in snowshoe sales fueled by COVID-19 and resort restrictions
According to the most recent numbers from the Snowsports Industries Association, more than 3.7 million snowshoeing participants take to winter trails in the U.S. every season. This year that number is likely to climb even higher, as newcomers fuel a spike in sales. SGBMedia
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January 25, 2021
Feetures Celebrates 20 Years of Family-Owned Business and Announces Organizational Changes
Charlotte, NC – January 25, 2021 – Family owned and operated since 2001, leading performance sock brand Feetures is celebrating 20 years of making socks to help people perform at their best. As the brand enters its 20th year of producing products to support a healthy, active lifestyle, Feetures is...
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January 25, 2021
UltraRunning Magazine Celebrates 40 Years
January 25, 2021 - BEND, OR – Founded in 1981, UltraRunning Magazine is celebrating 40 years as the Voice of the Sport.™ The February 2021 issue will provide comprehensive and in-depth historical coverage featuring a summary of each decade written by former UR publisher John Medinger. Other contributors are a...
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January 25, 2021
Mammut Wins ISPO Gold Award with the World’s First Climbing Tracker
25.01.2021 - Mammut is the recipient of three awards at the ISPO Online Munich 2021 for product innovation in the category, Outdoor. The Mammut Climbax climbing tracker received the Gold Award by the international jury of experts due to its innovation and high performance capabilities. Additionally, Mammut’s «Close The Loop»...
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January 25, 2021
Access Fund Sues to Block America’s Largest Loss of Climbing to a Foreign-Owned Mining Company
Boulder, Colorado – January 25, 2021 – In the final days before leaving office, the Trump Administration initiated the transfer of 2,422 acres of Oak Flat in Arizona, an Apache ancestral territory and world-class rock climbing destination, to foreign-owned Resolution Copper (RC). Access Fund has filed a lawsuit in Arizona...
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January 25, 2021
Osprey Ambassador and Mountaineering Legend Nimsdai Purja is First to Summit K2 in Winter Equipped with Osprey’s New Talon Pro
Cortez, CO – January 25, 2021 – Osprey, the leader in creating top-quality, high-performance, innovative carry solutions, is proud to announce that record-breaking mountaineer and Osprey Ambassador Nimsdai Purja MBE summited K2 on January 16 wearing the brand’s soon-to-be released Talon Pro 30. Nimsdai and Mingma Gyabu Sherpa along with...
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January 25, 2021
Salewa | Alpine Mountaineering Boot Wins ISPO Gold Award 2021
South Tyrolean mountain sports manufacturer SALEWA is driven by pure mountain experiences and the desire to engineer intelligent solutions for like-minded mountaineers. The new crampon-compatible Ortles Couloir mountaineering boot weighs just 725 grams per pair and is a high-tech product that further underlines SALEWA’s alpine competence. The Ortles Couloir combines...
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January 25, 2021
ROAM Media Announces Partnership With STOKED Organization
(BOULDER, CO - JANUARY 2020) - ROAM Media, the Colorado-based start-up committed to quality storytelling and outdoor education, founded by the world’s best adventure athletes, photographers, and filmmakers, announced today that has partnered with national mentorship organization STOKED to support National Mentorship Month in January and support mentoring relationships and...
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January 25, 2021
Lola Digital Media Announces ‘AllGear’ Group
JANUARY 25, 2021 | LOS ANGELES CALIF. — Lola Digital Media today announces the AllGear group, a media unit built for readers with a passion for new products, innovation, design, and gear. Comprising nine digital publications, AllGear sites cover topics spanning the outdoors, fitness, automotive, cycling, running, men's lifestyle, and...
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January 25, 2021
Decathlon Wins Prestigious Outdoor Retailer Innovation Award
San Francisco, Calif. (Jan. 25, 2021) — Decathlon, the world’s largest sporting goods retailer, is proud to announce that it is a recipient of the coveted Outdoor Retailer Innovation Award 2021 for its 2 Second Easy Tent — a groundbreaking, state-of-the-art, easy-to-pitch tent designed to make the outdoors more accessible...
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January 24, 2021
RV Service Technician is Third-Fastest Growing Job in America
Salary comparison site PayScale used crowdsourced data from 4.33 million people to find the jobs with the highest share of growth in 2020 compared to the previous year. RV service technicians were in a comfy third with a 97% growth, making people think, did COVID-19 pandemic cause people to need...
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January 22, 2021
Utah’s Castle Country Acquires Funtime RV’s Oregon Stores
Utah-based Castle Country RV Thursday (Jan. 21) announced that an agreement has been signed to acquire the two existing locations of Funtime RV in Sandy and Tualatin, Oregon, with plans for the acquisition to close in February, according to a press release from Lankford Consulting Group. RV Business
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January 22, 2021
COROS Announces First Major Software Update of 2021
Tustin, CA, January 22, 2021 – COROS Wearables Inc., makers of performance sports wearables, announced today a major software and app update. The new features and advancement of existing features comes as the brand continues to respond to the ever-evolving needs of performance athletes of all disciplines. The latest update...
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January 21, 2021
Bernie Sanders, Dressed in Burton Gear for Presidential Inauguration, Inspires Epic Meme Fest
At the Presidential Inauguration for Joe Biden, Sanders, a Vermont senator, was sporting a Burton jacket and a pair of homemade mittens made by Vermont native Jen Ellis from repurposed wool sweaters, lined with fleece made from recycled plastic. The Inertia
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January 21, 2021
President Biden Orders Review of Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante Boundaries
The proclamation directs the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with other cabinet members and tribal governments, to determine whether restoration of the monument boundaries and conditions that existed as of Jan. 20, 2017, would be appropriate, and report their findings to the president within 60 days. Backpacker
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January 21, 2021
PeopleForBikes Announces Ravi Rajcoomar as Vice President of Business Network
BOULDER, COLO (Jan. 21, 2021) — PeopleForBikes, the nation’s leading bicycle industry trade association, is proud to announce the addition of Ravi Rajcoomar as the vice president of the organization’s Business Network. In his new role, Rajcoomar will serve on PeopleForBikes’ senior leadership team and guide the organization in creating...
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January 21, 2021
Wiley X Founder Myles R. Freeman Leaves an Enduring Legacy
LIVERMORE, Calif. (January 21, 2021) – The iconic founder of protective eyewear company Wiley X, Myles R. Freeman, passed away peacefully early Sunday morning after a long illness. He was 79 years old. Myles started the company in September of 1987. As an Army Veteran, he understood the need for...
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January 21, 2021
Sweet Protection Unveils New 2Vi™ Technology
(BOULDER, CO - JANUARY 2021) - Sweet Protection, the industry leader in high-performance helmets, goggles and technical clothing, today unveiled its revolutionary new 2Vi™ high-performance technology platform in a pair of brand new helmets, pushing the boundaries for what’s possible for performance and comfort in the world of adventure sports....
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January 20, 2021
Why Ski Patrollers Are Picketing at Two Vail Resorts
Union members at Stevens Pass and Park City Mountain Resort want better wages and working conditions but say their parent company has dragged its feet in negotiations. If they still can't get to the bargaining table, could a strike shut down the two ski areas? Outside