Industry News
Industry News Archive for dates of Friday, September 9, 2016 thru Thursday, September 22, 2016
- Osprey CEO Tom Barney Departs 09/22/2016 sgbonline.com - Outdoor pack and travel luggage manufacturer Osprey Packs said its CEO of 15 years, Tom Barney, is leaving the company. Officials gave no reason for the departure, but said Barney would remain...
- Outdoor Participation Grows, But Number Of Outings Drop 09/21/2016 sgbonline.com - Outdoor participation in the United States increased in 2015, adding 1 million participants for a total of 142 million Americans who recreated outdoors at least once during the year. But at the...
- Adventure Academy Turns Desk Jockeys into Savvy Explorers 09/20/2016 outsideonline.com - The one-week boot camp puts paying customers in the middle of the Indonesian jungle, then helps them survive the journey home.
- Mountain Bikers Acknowledge Image Problem 09/19/2016 sgbonline.com - Seven in 10 mountain bikers ranked the perceived negative image of mountain biking as the number one threat to gaining new mountain bike trail access in their communities, according to a membership...
- Did An Unknown Hiker Just Break Every A.T. Record? 09/19/2016 gearjunkie.com - She has no GPS tracking and is an unknown in the world of record-breaking thru-hikes. But this weekend, on the heels of Karl Meltzer, Kaiha Bertollini trekked to the top of Springer...
- Bode Miller Announces Comeback—and Sues Head Skis 09/19/2016 outsideonline.com - Bode Miller, 38, announced his comeback to professional ski racing in a lawsuit he filed against Head USA in federal court in Los Angeles. In the lawsuit, Miller wrote that he wants...
- GoPro Launches Hero 5, Hero 5 Session and the Karma Drone 09/19/2016 transworld.net - GoPro launched a new line of products including the all new GoPro Hero 5 and Hero 5 Session. The company also announced several other ground-breaking products including; Karma, a GoPro engineered drone.
- 8 Badass Brands And The Women Who Run Them 09/14/2016 gearjunkie.com - As the outdoors industry booms in popularity, more women are at the helm of brands that build community for adventurous ladies. These eight female-run businesses make space for more women to learn,...
- Backpacker Gives Us America’s 10 Most Dangerous Hikes 09/13/2016 theadventureblog.blogspot.com - When going for a hike we generally tend to hit local trails that are scenic, fun, and even relaxing. But not all trails fit that description, some are actually quite dangerous. This...
- Nixon Mission: A Smartwatch for Action Sports 09/12/2016 snowboarding.transworld.net - Nixon partnered with Snocountry to bring real-time reports to your wrist. Program your favorite resorts and ideal conditions, and their watch will let you know when the weather is right. The first...
- Patagonia Launches Vote Our Planet: A National Campaign Urging Americans to Vote Up and Down the Ballot to Protect Our Air, Water and Soil 09/12/2016 business.transworld.net - Patagonia is launching Vote Our Planet – a major non-partisan environmental campaign urging Americans to vote to elect officials and support referendums that will defend our planet’s air, water and soil and...
- Report: Standup Paddling’s Growth Continues 09/09/2016 supthemag.com - A recent report revealed some very promising news about the standup paddling community: it’s growing. The Sports and Fitness Industry Association released findings that showed in the past three years, participation in...
