March 10, 2021

Backpacker Magazine Bestows MSR with Coveted Editors’ Choice Award for New Guardian™ Gravity Purifier

SEATTLE, Wash. (March 10, 2021) –Mountain Safety Research® (MSR®), the high-performance outdoor equipment brand and leader in water treatment science, is honored to receive an Editor’s Choice award from Backpacker magazine for the Guardian™ Gravity Purifier, as part of their Spring Buyer’s Guide. This prestigious outdoor industry award is given annually...

March 10, 2021

Mountain Hardwear Ghost Whisperer Ultralight Jacket Earns 2021 Backpacker Editor’s Choice, Gold Award

Richmond, Calif. (March 10, 2021)- Mountain Hardwear, a leader in performance equipment and apparel for climbers, mountaineers, and athletes, is proud to announce that their Ghost Whisperer Ultralight Jacket earned the coveted 2021 Editor’s Choice, Gold award from Backpacker Magazine. The rare 1,000-fill RDS-certified down jacket hit the market in...

March 9, 2021

NEMO’s New Moonlite™ Recliner Wins Backpacker’s Editors’ Choice Award

[DOVER, NH, March 9, 2021] — NEMO, an award-winning designer of outdoor gear and accessories that are built to improve the experience of adventure, has won Backpacker’s coveted Editors’ Choice award for its new, lightweight, packable Moonlite™ Reclining Chair. “Just nine standout products emerged from a testing season like no...

March 9, 2021

Sea to Summit’s Telos TR2 Wins BACKPACKER Editor’s Choice Award

Boulder, CO (March 9, 2021)— Sea to Summit, the global adventure equipment brand headquartered in Perth, Western Australia, is thrilled to accept a BACKPACKER Magazine Editor’s Choice award for the company’s Telos range of backpacking tents. The Telos is part of an ambitious and innovative new lineup of lightweight and...

March 9, 2021

Good To-Go’s Latest Meal, Chicken Pho, Wins Backpacker’s Editors’ Choice Award

[Kittery, ME] — Created to elevate expectations of what prepared meals can taste like, the latest two meals launched by Good To-Go are included in Backpacker’s 2021 Spring Gear Guide, with the Chicken Pho taking home the most coveted honor, the Editors’ Choice award. This is the brand’s third Editors’...

March 4, 2021

NPD Group Awards Winners of Outdoor Sports Industry Performance

The awards acknowledge the fastest-growing brands of 2020 across the major outdoor categories in the US, according to NPD’s Retail Tracking Service. The top-performing brands of 2020 in the U.S., based on dollar sales growth versus the prior year are: Gregory (Accessories); BUFF (Apparel); HOKA ONE ONE (Footwear); Dometic (Equipment...

March 2, 2021

Solo New York Wins Prestigious SEAL Business Sustainability Award

NEW YORK, NY - March 2, 2021 - Solo New York, one of North America’s largest and most innovative bag and luggage brands, today announces that it has been awarded a 2020 SEAL Business Sustainability Award, which celebrates leadership, transparency, and commitment to sustainable business practices. Solo was awarded the...

February 24, 2021

Saucony® Peregrine 11 ST Named Editor’s Choice by Runner’s World in Spring 2021 Shoe Guide

WALTHAM, MASS. (Feb. 24, 2021) – Global performance running lifestyle brand Saucony is excited to announce that the Peregrine 11 ST has been named Editor's Choice in the Runner's World Spring 2021 Shoe Guide. The Peregrine 11 ST is the mud-shedding, muck-loving model of the Peregrine11Collection, a triad of grippy, protective...

February 17, 2021

Grundéns Ambassador Skeet Reese Wins 2021 Pro Circuit Bass Tournament

February 17, 2021 (Poulsbo, WA) – Grundéns, producer of the world’s leading fishing apparel and footwear, proudly announces that its bass fishing ambassador Skeet Reese won the Major League Fishing Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit stop at Lake Okeechobee in Clewiston, Florida over the weekend. In receiving the trophy and thanking his...

February 17, 2021

River Radamus Places Eight at World Championships

HAVERHILL, Mass. --Swix athlete, River Radamus, finished eighth at Tuesday's World Championship Parallel Giant Slalom held in Cortina, Italy. Radamus was the top American finisher in a race where the podium was occupied by skiers from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. Radamus’ next race will be the World Champion Giant Slalom...