The coronavirus crisis has ravaged small businesses across the globe, and those in the outdoor industry are no exception. If you own an outdoor startup, Catapult Innovation Labs, a startup accelerator owned by SNEWS' parent company, Active Interest Media, has devised a means of ...read more

• By SNEWS
  Apr 1, 2020

We're heartbroken to report that the outdoor community lost one of its own in recent days. Aliaa Abaza, the Adventure Travel Trade Association's community lead for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, passed away last weekend from complications of COVID-19. Aliaa is the first ...read more

• By SNEWS
  Apr 1, 2020

It started by word of mouth. An employee at Mystery Ranch, the Montana-based backpack brand, heard from a friend that a local quilting guild had started sewing masks for hospitals, and soon many of Mystery Ranch's own employees were clamoring to do the same.  "Lots of people ...read more

• By Andrew Weaver
  Apr 1, 2020

The news about how companies are responding and reacting to the coronavirus pandemic have been flooding in so fast over the last few weeks that we, here at SNEWS, have been scrambling to keep up. The impacts on our community have been wide, deep, and vast, and the implications ...read more

• By SNEWS
  Mar 31, 2020

Industry headlines: Intriguing reads from around the web PPE from the co-founder of Granite Gear: Jeff Knight has designed a new tool to help prolong the life of N95 masks. #CurbYourTurns: SIA has launched a new campaign to promote the idea that flattening the curve “has to take ...read more

• By SNEWS
  Mar 30, 2020

Outdoor Research has pledged to start producing masks for medical workers at a substantial clip—200,000 a day by June, according to an announcement the company made Monday. To do so, the gear and apparel brand will convert its Seattle factory to comply with FDA Class II ...read more

• By Andrew Weaver
  Mar 31, 2020

Grassroots Outdoor Alliance’s Connect Show will not go on as planned this spring, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The show was scheduled to go down June 12-15 in Knoxville, Tennessee, one week ahead of Outdoor Retailer, which has not yet announced a cancellation. Should Outdoor ...read more

• By Kristin Hostetter
  Mar 30, 2020

During this period of quarantining, self-isolating, and social distancing, there's only so much binge watching a person can do. It's nice to veg out for while, but after a couple of weeks (or days), the urge to get moving sets in.  Active Interest Media has temporarily made a ...read more

• By SNEWS
  Mar 28, 2020

Industry headlines: Intriguing reads from around the web Letters to Trump and 50 governors: The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable sent letters to the president and all 50 governors asking for tariff relief, stimulus aid, and “essential business” classification. Modell’s buys some ...read more

• By SNEWS
  Mar 27, 2020

Europe's biggest outdoor trade show, OutDoor by ISPO, announced it's cancelling the show for 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic. Scheduled for late June in Munich, Germany, show organizers announced on March 27th that the next ISPO show will happen June 20-23, 2021. “Under these ...read more

• By Kristin Hostetter
  Mar 27, 2020

“WFH” was an acronym that was not in my vernacular just two weeks ago, which is pretty funny because I actually do WFH, and have for the last 20 years. But now, we’re all doing it. It’s clear from all the Zoom calls I’ve been on in the last two weeks that some of us have pretty ...read more

• By Kristin Hostetter
  Mar 26, 2020

It's no surprise to learn that David Billstrom, the CEO of Kitsbow, worked as an EMT for 38 years before taking over as head of the premium cycling apparel company in Asheville, North Carolina. As the coronavirus emergency has developed in recent days, Billstrom has responded ...read more

• By Andrew Weaver
  Mar 26, 2020