October 28, 2025

Outdoor Market Alliance announces 2025-26 sales week events, adds 20-plus new brands

LAKEWOOD, Colo. October 28, 2025 /OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ — In what has become a Rockies hub for the Outdoor Industry as well as a leading example of collaboration designed to drive business results, Outdoor Market Alliance (OMA), a collective of 25 independent sales and marketing agencies representing nearly 200 brands in the outdoor...

October 25, 2025

Another 8-year-old just went up Yosemite’s El Capitan. Here’s the backstory

An 8-year-old boy and his father reached the top of El Capitan late Friday night, having ascended the 3,000-foot cliff in a weeklong group climbing trip. About an hour before the finish, 150 feet below the summit ledge, the boy, Sylvan Lightyear Evermore, was preparing to ascend the last of about...

October 21, 2025

International Ski and Snowboard Federation Bars Russian Athletes From Olympic Qualifying Events

Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be allowed to compete in qualifying events for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games as neutral athletes. The news comes from The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS), which announced the decision Tuesday. THE Inertia

October 20, 2025

Laura Orvidas, onX CEO, to Deliver Opening Keynote at Outdoor Media Summit on Public Land Advocacy

DURANGO, CO /OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ - Outdoor Media Summit (OMS) is thrilled to announce that Laura Orvidas, CEO of onX, will deliver the opening keynote address at OMS on October 28, 2025, detailing how the outdoor community's unprecedented unity defeated one of the largest public land sell-off attempts in U.S. history....

October 15, 2025

Wiley X Supports Stay in the Fight Veterans Foundation’s “A Winning Hand” Event

Frisco, TX (October 15, 2025) /OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ - Wiley X, a global leader in protective eyewear, proudly served as the title sponsor of the Stay in the Fight Veterans Foundation’s “A Winning Hand” event, held at the newly opened National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas on October 11th....

October 15, 2025

KETL Mtn. Apparel Sets Off Third Treasure Hunt Edition in Colorado, October 18th

SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS (October 15, 2025) /OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ - KETL Mtn. Apparel, makers of outdoor travel apparel done differently, is kicking off the third edition of its wildly popular treasure hunts, this time in Colorado with an uncommon progressive prize format. On Saturday, October 18th, the coordinates to the first...

October 8, 2025

Raccoon Media Group enters Middle East market with launch of Run Show MENA

October 8, 2025 /OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ - Raccoon Media Group has today announced the launch of Run Show MENA, a new B2C and B2B running exhibition set to take place at the Dubai Exhibition Centre on 3–4 October 2026. Over 100 high-profile guests attended a launch party at Dubai Exhibition Centre...

October 7, 2025

TREW Gear Releases Six Films and Launches 2025 TREW To You North American Tour

PORTLAND, OR (October 7, 2025) /OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ – TREW Gear is excited to announce the release of six short films and the launch of the 2025 TREW To You Film Tour, a celebration of grassroots creativity in the ski and snowboard world. The tour will crisscross North America throughout October...

October 6, 2025

Bear Attacks, Kills Man at Popular Arkansas Campground

Sam’s Throne, a popular campground in the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest in Arkansas, was the site of tragedy this week. On October 2, local sheriffs found a 60-year-old man deceased in one of the campsites, likely from a bear attack. The suspected animal was tracked and euthanized by the sheriff’s department,...

October 5, 2025

Rescue efforts under way after 1,000 people trapped on Mount Everest slopes

Rescue efforts are under way in the remote Tibetan slopes of Mount Everest where a snowstorm has trapped nearly 1,000 people in campsites on the eastern side of the mountain, according to Chinese state media. Hundreds of local villagers and rescue teams have been deployed to clear out snow blocking...